Thats an awesome idea. What size is that table top and how does that attach to the base? Do you have to use a spanner to tighten and loosen the two arms that hold the top when you move them or are they loose enough to move without any tools? One last question which may be a dumb one but did you drill a hole on the underside and put the nut inside the tube? I'm assuming thats the case so it doesn't hit the chassis as it slides in....
Had a look just then and appears that bunnings don't sell the ally so must have to get it from elsewhere...
Yeah Mick , Bunnings don't stock it , I got it from a steel and aluminium supplier in North Brisbane ...they had everything there ...and exactly what i wanted , it cost about $30.00 for a 3.0m length. The swing out arms are attached with lock nuts so you can have them as tight as you like and they don't unwind when you swing them out, no spanner required . Yes the nuts holding the swing outs were a challenge as they can't go through the bottom of the rail . The arms are about 100mm and 600mm in from the end, so to tighten the 600mm one , I had to make up a spanner attached onto a piece of timber so I could tighten it , as it didn't want to drill another ( bigger ) hole in the bottom of the slide.
With the table top , I cut 2 little squares out of the underside , and these sit over the top of the 3/8 bolt heads so it doesn't move.
I was originally going to make a top out of a nice bit of timber , and still might do so , but I had the old alum table top so i used it.
