Lets See Your Fold Down Tables!

[justin_carlson]

 

[mcskibadee1]

Damn, that is legit!

 

[shu2kill]

hey. i have been thinking about making my tailgate table, and yesterday i found these folding shelf brackets...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Foldi...1-7-8-shelf-support-bracket-NEW-/361298889380

has any of you used them? when in place the shelf is pretty strong, i saw them physically at a wood shop. not strong enough to stand on them, but i dont know why i would want to stand on it either... i will just use it for my camping stove and light use...

 

[jeep-N-montero]

hey. i have been thinking about making my tailgate table, and yesterday i found these folding shelf brackets...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Foldi...1-7-8-shelf-support-bracket-NEW-/361298889380

has any of you used them? when in place the shelf is pretty strong, i saw them physically at a wood shop. not strong enough to stand on them, but i dont know why i would want to stand on it either... i will just use it for my camping stove and light use...

Those seem too bulky for most rear door setups, would work great in a trailer though.

 

[shu2kill]

Those seem too bulky for most rear door setups, would work great in a trailer though.

when not in use, i think the table will be about 2.5" thick... it will be thicker than just a metal plate, but not much...

 

[svana]

when not in use, i think the table will be about 2.5" thick... it will be thicker than just a metal plate, but not much...

These look nifty, but one thing to consider is that they fold down, not up. In order for it to be at the proper height when in the usable position, it would likely be hanging lower than the swing arm and interfere with the bumper when in the "closed position". You could potentially flip the brackets over to have the table fold upwards, but I can't tell if the unit locks in the folded position as well as the extended. If not, you'd have to fashion some kind of lock for it.

Edit: Scratch the upside down idea. The description says you have to take it beyond extension in order to unlock the table to close it. If you're going to have the table swing down into the open position like a traditional trail table, it's always going to be at full extension, never being locked. You'll essentially be relying on the strength of the material back stop as opposed to the latching mechanism.

 

[chris the ogre]

Amazon has the stainless version for less $

http://smile.amazon.com/Amarine-mad...8-2&keywords=folding+shelf+bracket+heavy+duty

 

[C-Fish]

 

[rob mellor]

I just finished mine today, most of the ideas came from members on here. It's all stainless steel including the hardware and then the table top is from a cutting board company. It's a material called richlite thats suppose to be good to 350 degrees so using the stove on it is no problem. Then it also has a knife block, bottle opener and hook for a garbage bag on the bottom right.

 

[fireball]

For the back of my BJ74.

King starboard panel and Baltic birch plywood with a few coats of spar varnish. Rare earth magnets flushed into the table which secure to the bolts holding the panel in place when upright.

 

[hyperboarder]

Put this in last weekend. About $20 in parts, brackets are from Amazon, shelf from Home Depot. Digging it so far, probably just under 2" protrusion from the door, fits with just a bit of clearance to the platform.

 

[jerdog53]

I had created a fold down table for the tail gate of the LJ I had made from the door of a bathroom paper towel dispenser.

Very low budget.

 

[jmeb]

In exploration phase of how to mount a drop down table securely to the rear dutch door on my Astro van. Pulled of the interior panel (plastic + carpet in the middle) to get a look at underneath....

(Before clean-up)

This just raised more questions for me.

- Insulate the interior openings?
- Build small storage shelves inside for kitchen odds-and-ends and mount drop down directly to this panel?
- Put the panel back on and mount to the trim (if so, what sort of hardware to go through the panel and sheet metal?)
- Ideal height would be on the lower-edge of the speaker. Not sure how to securely mount the table hinge here -- maybe just two small hinges at outer edges instead of a piano hinge?

Welcome any ideas. Goal is to have a cook service big enough / study enough to hold my Coleman two-burner + coffee pot + cast iron skillet.

 

[Accrete]

not a jeep tailgate... but one way to do it : )
The galley box on the curb/camp side of our rear aluminess bumpers on the van. This replaced a table and chuck box.
Wife approved!

Thom

 

[coolfeet]

Put this in last weekend. About $20 in parts, brackets are from Amazon, shelf from Home Depot. Digging it so far, probably just under 2" protrusion from the door, fits with just a bit of clearance to the platform.

Do you have an amazon part #? Looks easy!