Interesting idea Dale! I wonder if a heavier base would help. Maybe hide a concrete 12x12 stepping stone, or sand, in a wood box for the base. Or you could try turning the feet so they extend under the couch instead of to the side. For the dowels, you could chuck each one in the drill and spin it on some sand paper. I've been staying home too. Luckily, I can work from home.
I did play around with adding weight to the base and it did work. That just made it a bit heavy to easily move around. Good tip on the dowels. I may try that as the dowels I have are just so darn tight in the holes. Glad you can work from home. I've actually worked from home the last 15-20 years, but so many people can't.
We've been using it for a couple months now (took a while to edit) and it works perfect for us. Let me know how yours turns out... Honestly would like to know. Problem with the black socks and sandals is that is seriously what the kids are wearing these days.
Tip on the dowels (just got to that part of the video): Chuck one into your drill and hold a bit of sandpaper up to it with slight pressure. Un-chuck, flip it around, and sand the other end. It'll take a practiced hand, but you'll soon know how much to sand off to get the desired 'Goldilocks' tightness in the dowel holes. Edit: I just saw I was not the first to make the dowel suggestion. However, on the tipping from the full extension hinges, one thing to do is on the 'back' side of the pedestal (opposite the 2 feet), add a board that pivots on a pin near the bottom, so that it flips down and toward the couch. Add a second pin in a second hole in the board, for 'locking' it in one or the other of 2 holes in the pedestal, one for flipped up and stored, the other for flipped down to the floor, providing an 'outrigger' balancing foot that goes back under the couch.
I'm definitely going to try the sanding idea. I had thought about building in some sort of flip/swivel/etc for support when extended but since it was just "see if it works" I didn't want to add complexity. I guess I should have 😃
@@BronkBuilt Not at all. This is the purpose of a proof-of-concept build, to work out this sort of thing. Another prop that occurs to me is to build a pocket in the bottom of the pedestal, so that a board can slide out of it and under the couch. Add a pin sticking out the side, sliding in a slot, and the couple inches distance between the pin and the opening should provide all the 'locking' you need. Plus you can snag the pin with a toe to slide the board in and out. Bending over to lock this rear brace is not that big a deal before the snack, but bending over after can induce the dreaded 'vurp'.... :)
I like it, first good attempt. Consider making an Amazon storefront that you can add all your stuff to in different categories. after a little bit of time, the description ends up getting filled with tons of links. I've been yelled at for it. LoL
Great question. I actually did add a dumbbell on the base to test how much weight woudl be needed and I thought it added a bit more weight that I wanted to keep it easily moved. Hind sight it was only 3 pounds so probably would have been a better solution.
@@BronkBuilt i had one similar but frame was metal and top was on bars held on by knobs so top could slide back and forth and then get locked in place when using, feature of this was 2 wheels fitted for moving it around while tilted
@@BronkBuilt not the way you did it but I have a tv table that has wheels at the back and it adjusts forward and back by loosening the knobs and move the table top then lock it in place by tightening the knobs. It only moves back and forth and cannot fold away yours is a much better design
Don't feel too badly, most husbands shame their family or at least their children on a regular basis. Lol. Love your style of videos. Btw, if you really want to embarrass your family, wear dark colored dress socks with sandals.
