1974 Boler : THE TANK - new flooring

[Jayson Wall]

I replaced the flooring in my boler with and end piece that cost me only $25.

[Bonnie]

Very nice. I like the darker wood with the green fiberglass.

Bonnie

[bonnie w]

Guess it's the Bonnie's thinking the same thing !! You did an incredibly superb job, Jason. I would be doing the Koo car rach cha on it !!

[Robin H]

Hi Jason,
Great job by the way. You pic of the 'dining area' - what is on the center of the floor?? My boler had a bolt sticking out in the center. I could not figure out a purpose for it so I cut it off as I could not get to it underneath. Was this bad?????

Robin

[Herb P]

Hi Jason,
Great job by the way. You pic of the 'dining area' - what is on the center of the floor?? My boler had a bolt sticking out in the center. I could not figure out a purpose for it so I cut it off as I could not get to it underneath. Was this bad?????

That bolt prevents boiling hot fondue oil from splashing the floor when your 5 year old kicks the table leg at dinner time.

[Greg A]

So you either need to leave the bolt or remove the 5 year old?

[Frederick L. Simson]

...remove the 5 year old?

small inconspicuous bolt on floor: priceless

[Jayson Wall]

Hi Jason,
Great job by the way. You pic of the 'dining area' - what is on the center of the floor?? My boler had a bolt sticking out in the center. I could not figure out a purpose for it so I cut it off as I could not get to it underneath. Was this bad?????

Robin

Well that bolt was used to hold up the table leg, so it was kind of important.

But it should be an easy fix. Simply drill the old one out ( whats ever left of it ) and replace it with another from the bottom up.

or

You could fashion some type of wood peg that would be just a bit smaller than the hollow leg. Screw the peg to the floor and then the table leg would simply slide over the peg. A piece of round dowling would work fine. Cut a piece about 3/4 - 1 inch in length. Drill a whole down the centre of it and then screw it to the floor.

[Robin H]

So is the table leg hollow?? Does the leg fit over top of the bolt or peg?
My table leg is not hollow so I could really not figure out the bolt thing. The table leg has a locking spring so it locks open. I would imagine a good kick might fold the table but I don't have a 5 yr old and if my 10yr old tries it....she can go sleep in the tent lol
I have already cut off the bolt and can't get underneath it because the water tank is in the way....so I hope I did not screw up!

Robin

[Herb P]

So is the table leg hollow?? Does the leg fit over top of the bolt or peg?
My table leg is not hollow so I could really not figure out the bolt thing. The table leg has a locking spring so it locks open. I would imagine a good kick might fold the table but I don't have a 5 yr old and if my 10yr old tries it....she can go sleep in the tent lol
I have already cut off the bolt and can't get underneath it because the water tank is in the way....so I hope I did not screw up!

The springy lock frob on my old 1300 and my new 1700 doesn't actuallly do anything... I think over time they become useless...

The table leg on my 1300 had an open end at the bottom. My 1700 has no bolt and has a rubber foot...

[Mike Watters]

The Boler we had must have been a bit of a freak. It had the same wall-mount shown in the photo above - but ALSO had one of those standard RV table posts (instead of a flip-up leg).

As part of the re-do, I pulled the big post and build my own flip-up leg. I considered putting a cleat on the floor to prevent the leg from folding back (like the bolt), but instead I installed a little sliding bolt on the underside of the table that prevented the leg from folding once down. I believe it was actually made to act as a lock for a sliding glass door, but worked quite nicely for my purpose. I would think that something similar could be rigged on a more conventional leg to act in a similar manner.

mkw