Lagun Cockpit Table

K7MDL,

Are you looking for an LCD TV wall mount to mount a TV or to mount your table?


The stock FWC table. I have seen in the past simple ones made of a tube bent 90 degrees, and the vertical part slips into the wall mount extrusion. The LCD mount is usually pinned or bolted to the end of the horizontal portion so it can be removed or rotated. Of course I cannot find one of those now that I am actually wanting one. I figure the most likely place is one of the Office supply catalogs. Most likey use is Kiosks and desktop monitors.
 
I mounted my Lagun mount into the side of the step area.


Leadsled, if mounted to the front wall of the camper instead of to the shorter step area, would the horizontal arm rotate freely, or would it require a spacer behind the wall mount plate to give the arm enough room to swivel?
 
Leadsled, if mounted to the front wall of the camper instead of to the shorter step area, would the horizontal arm rotate freely, or would it require a spacer behind the wall mount plate to give the arm enough room to swivel?


For a flush mount like that it looks like you'd need about 1" of spacer.
 
I just thought I'd revive this thread from last year and see if leadsled9 or anyone else has any thoughts to add.

I posted back in July that I'm ready to get one, but I never did. Well, now I'm really ready, for the reasons I stated back then but now even more so.
In the past 11 months since I retired I've spent almost 3 months out camping in my camper -- and trying to maneuver around my table, and that's given me plenty of time to confirm how frustrating that table really is. Yeah, in one sense it's something I've gotten used to...but it's like getting used to using eyeglasses to see -- you can do it, but you'd love to not have to.

Anyway, I'm going to contact SVHotwire and see if they still have this Lagun bracket "orderable". It still shows on their website for $275, but it doesn't indicate availability, so I don't know if it's still real or just an old page.

Any updated thoughts from users or from the users of the much-cheaper Chinese knock-off?
Or thoughts on alternative-similar approaches to a movable-mount table? I seem to recall someone posting about using the mount-bracket from Westfalia/Vanagon Camper Van...

Thanks.
 
http://www.cascadede...Anodized/Detail

BobM posted this link in another thread.

Yes...I saw that posted by someone else in a different Lagun thread. I wonder how it's worked out for anyone who bought it. ?? Like, "kinda wiggly" or "fell apart" or "Great -- and at 70%-off the price of the Swedish product!"

While I can justify (to myself) paying the Swedish-Lagun price...I'd rather not if it's not necessary. ;)
 
I really struggled with this. I wanted the Lagun leg and even designed a table top to go with it. But when I was designing our new Cougar we ended up with so much floor space that these work just great inside.

http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Manufacturing-8500-01-3700-Quick-Fold-Table/dp/B0015XDK9Y


They're cheap and since we already have 2 it worked out well. But even with a standard camper these babys fit. they're inexpensive and have tons of uses in and out of the camper. I admit they're very low tech and not as cool looking as a lagun but they work. Strike another blow for KISS
 
The Lagun Table mount is the single best thing I've done to my camper.....and I've done quite a bit.

Get one....you won't regret it. You'll love the flexability it gives you especially since you are spending so much time in your camper now.

Just DO IT!
 
The Lagun Table mount is the single best thing I've done to my camper.....and I've done quite a bit.
Get one....you won't regret it. You'll love the flexability it gives you especially since you are spending so much time in your camper now.
Just DO IT!

Thanks for the endorsement and encouragement, leadsled9!
Yes, I'm going to do it -- before my next long trip...maybe before my next trip of any length (depending on availability and shipping time).

After my trip to Utah last May in which I spent $1000 on truck gas, that has become my "great comparator":
"I spent $1000 on gas and all I got from it are just one trip worth of photos, memories....and global warming."
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So spending $275 on something that will enhance "campability" over many trips, probably over many years, is really a trivial expense when calculated per trip.

What I like about it is that it can swing out of the way in seconds (say, to get better access to stuff in cabinets) and then swing back in place.
I travel by myself so (almost all the time) only one person is maneuvering around in the camper. I really can't imagine how two people could move around in there with a table in place. (Note: I have the couch -- maybe the dinette arrangement is better.)
I suppose if the couple liked each other than the constant bumping into and rubbing against one another would be OK...but seems like that could lead to delays in food prep.
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I have the couch and I figure a simple 1.25" round pipe bent 90 degrees (in a smooth arc, say 6-9" radius, think thick wall conduit pipe and tube bender) and slipped into a slightly larger 4" long tube welded to a flat mounting plate might work well. I would mount it to the cabinet face across from the couch. The table top woudl also be a simple tube weldedto a plate affair with pin inserted at 0 or 90 degrees for storage.

Because it is a tube it would easily push out of the way (pivot to the right for example against the cabinets), and the table top could have a removable pin that you pull and let it rotate 90 degrees to the vertical position thus lie flat against the cabinet face, or in my case with a Grandby, lie flat in front of the empty storage space where I have a stretch net now. Out of the way and easy to position in fornt of the couch in a few positions, especially if the table portion of the tube has a few holes drilled along it length and you can pin the table top closer or further from the wall bracket changing its effective length.

This is on my to do list but I do not have a tube bender or welder yet. But I prefer to live without a table in the camper then try to store a pedestal table or walk around one.

I looked at some marine supply sites thinking boats surely have this problem also. I found some things close to what I envisioned. The Lagun style does not fit flush against a vertical wall very well. The gas grill and heavy duty RAM mount type approaches have some promise.
http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Magma-Marine-Kettles-Square/Flat-Rail-Mounting-Bracket&i=20737&aID=601I1&merchID=4006
 
Some other table mounting ideas I have not seen before that have promise in our application.
The Tallon receiver and optional RAM mount system, among other adapters. Claims ovwer 1300lbs load tested.

Tallon Classic Receiver $26
http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Tallon-Classic-Receiver-2-pack-Stainless-Steel&i=16303&r=view&from=grid

Tallon Marine connector $20 for table mount
http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Tallon-Marine-Connector-stainless-steel&i=83969&aID=601J7&merchID=4006

Here is the Tallon factory web page that shows various adaptors and possible uses.
http://www.tallonsystems.com/cms/index.php?page=english-browse&key=/english/Marine+Accessories/Entertaining
At the bottom is a RAM TV mount. Pivot the table top up 90 degress in the picture and you have an adjustable table that unhooks out of the way or just swings out of the way quickly.

These might be handy for outside mounting a small table, your gas grill, outside shower head holder, or your beer holder. Here is the RV page with ideas.
http://www.tallonsystems.com/cms/index.php?page=english-browse&key=/english/RV+Accessories
or the fixed arm version
http://www.tallonsystems.com/view/table_supports_long/

Use the 12V powered version and you can make these a night light :).
http://www.tallonsystems.com/cms/index.php?page=english-browse&key=/english/Marine+Accessories/Power
See the courtesy light and the 12V outlet adapter. I especially like the chart table light, a flexible head for reading while on the couch perhaps.

This auto applications page has a video that shows a variety of ideas including a USB+12VDC socket incorporated into the mount.
http://www.tallonsystems.com/browse/auto/
There are some cool ideas, I may be motivated to try some out soon.
 
Good news if you want to go the easy/deluxe - but expensive -- Swedish Lagun route:
It's now a little less-expensive than we thought!
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I sent an e-mail to svhotwire this morning and got this response:
Mark, it IS in stock, AND the price is WRONG! It's supposed to be $225.00!! I thought that had been changed! Evidently not.
You're glad you asked, I'll bet!
We're closing until probably next Wednesday, so your order will need to wait, unfortunately. But you could try placing an order this weekend. One of us might come in then.
Libbie


I see the price still shows as $275 on the website...I think I'd wait to order until the price shows as $225.
 
I have installed mine, and so far I am very happy with it. Going to mount the second bracket this weekend, so I will have plenty of options. Now I just need to finish the table top.
 
Good news if you want to go the easy/deluxe - but expensive -- Swedish Lagun route:
It's now a little less-expensive than we thought!
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I see the price still shows as $275 on the website...I think I'd wait to order until the price shows as $225.

OK, the price has now changed on the website...I wonder how long the price has actually been $225 and just wasn't updated?
Glad I could make a difference in the world!
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...in my small $50 way.

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Great news, Mark ! ! ! :D Thanks for letting us know. Really rare to see a price come down, these days... :oops:
 
Is there a way to articulate the arm so as to allow the tabletop to drop down into the dinette leg area to make a continuous bed platform?
 
Has anybody successfully installed the Lagun table in a couch (not dinette) configuration? Can you post pictures and your experience?

Thanks!

Herve
 
Has anybody successfully installed the Lagun table in a couch (not dinette) configuration? Can you post pictures and your experience?
Thanks!
Herve

I plan to do so this week -- install/mount, that is. Then I'll post photos.
 
Looking at the Lagun bracket/hardware and the inside of my camper, I'm trying to visualize and decide where I want the mount-bracket to be (that is, where on the face of the cabinet-storage under the couch):
In the middle of the couch? Near the cab-end of the couch? At the short-end-of-the "L" of the couch?

I found this video from an Australian dealer that helped me to visualize the options as well as demonstrate the table bracket very well:

Lagun Space Saving Table Frame Demonstration

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Just considering the part of the sitting area where the guy isn't sitting -- the right side and the far end -- it's similar to the seating arrangement in my Hawk.
I haven't decided for sure...but right now I'm thinking I'll put the mounting bracket at the far (cab) end of the long/main section of the couch, on the face to the right of where the table is mounted in the video. In the video there's an unused/extra mount shown where I think I'll put mine. Seems like that puts the vertical member of the bracket at its most "out-of-the-way" point. It looks like I'll have to cut a notch out of the end of the lid covering the water-tank/storage cabinet to fit around that vertical member. And I may need to reinforce the cabinet-corner itself where the weight of the table/bracket will be hanging -- short screws in a couple of angle-brackets are all that hold it together now.

Seems like it'll be straightforward...I may even get it done before my next camping trip.
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This looks very practical. I hardly ever use my table (in my Palomino) as it is such a pain in the rear to work around and the "bum scoot" is really annoying. Fortunately I have no Littlees to deal with but I do have lots of rubbish.
 
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