It's the main settee table. Or saloon table. The saloon is the main room in the boat. Some saloon tables are gimbled (they swing like our stove). Ours is not. Our table is fixed to the sole (that's the floor of the boat) so it does not move then you sail and a big rough wave throws you on the table. Read it needs to be sturdy. It's large to serve as a work table, dinner table and small too. Leaves turn down so you can pass by. In reality it is something between a coffee table and dinner or work table.
The tabletop is composed of 5 components. A center console runs the entire length and four leaves fold up/down. Wings underneath the console rotate out to support the leaves. CAI sketched out a proof of concept last week:
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| Concept for main saloon table. A bookshelf is planned at the far end. |
The table will be large for a boat our size! It will measure 38" x 62" with all 4 leaves in their up position. The center console will provide additional storage which is accessible from the top.
CAI finished cutting the tabletop last week and pieced them together for an important fit check shown in the photo below. The light colored wood is the maple and the dark wood is mahogany.
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| Tabletop fit check atop CAI's SawStop tablesaw. |
Each of the four leaves must be glued and clamped. Here's the first of the four:
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| The first of the four leaves. |
CAI's table saw is really something special. It's called a SawStop. This tool will protect you if you get your fingers in the blade because it stops in an instant if senses skin contact.
A lot of people manage to get hurt by their table saws. Google reveals there are 64,000 table saw accidents every year. 4,000 fingers are lost. A friend of ours cut off half of his hand. So sad.
CAI and I agreed that this "finger-saving" saw was worth the extra cost. See the video below. If you haven't seen this before, you will be amazed.
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