R-pod Owners Forum : 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 20 May 2026 22:29:18 +0000 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:59:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15921 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed : Well, here it is:http://www.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153288#153288 Author: TVRacer
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 4:59pm

Well, here it is: http://www.tvracer.com/images/rpod/slider.jpg
A laminate of the 1/8" veneer as can be seen on the top of the platform, hard foam on the inside, and looks to be a bottom thin veneer of 1/8" wood with a thin layer of what looks to be perhaps fiberglass.  Down the approximate middle (from front of slider platform to the back wall) is a 7" strip of plywood.  I don't know if this is the only strip placed inside the platform.

I've also include a photo of the finished cushions that I cut from the jackknife sofa. 


Platform cutout for our legs and table to follow.

Tom
]]> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:59:20 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153288#153288 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed : "It has to be able to support... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153272#153272 Author: TVRacer
Subject: 15921
Posted: 21 Jan 2024 at 12:27pm

"It has to be able to support people sitting on it."  Thanks!!

I removed the jackknife sofa and also the support brackets.  They were screwed into the edge of the platform.  When knocking on the platform in the area of the brackets, it sounded more solid, thus why I said I thought there might be wood on the edge.  But after removing the bracket screws, it looks to be a layer of wood on top of some type of a foam core, throughout the whole platform, including the edges.  The screws were solidly anchored.

I am cutting the jackknife sofa in half (disassembling might be a better word) so I can turn the halves sideways and use them as the dinette seats.  That's where I am at so far.

Tom
]]> Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:27:13 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153272#153272 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed : I can't guarantee it, but... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153271#153271 Author: mjlrpod
Subject: 15921
Posted: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:47am

I can't guarantee it, but I believe the platform is a solid piece, of wood or some type of laminate.  It has to be able to support people sitting on it. ]]> Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:47:37 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153271#153271 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed : I will be really interested in... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153262#153262 Author: CAPTKIDD
Subject: 15921
Posted: 17 Jan 2024 at 12:13pm

I will be really interested in how you do this and how you like it when done.]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:13:01 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153262#153262 196 Jackknife sofa platform - how constructed : We are replacing our 196 jackknife... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15921&PID=153260#153260 Author: TVRacer
Subject: 15921
Posted: 16 Jan 2024 at 2:37pm

We are replacing our 196 jackknife sofa with a dinette.  I want to mount a table on the jackknife sofa platform.  I would imagine the edges of the platform are solid wood (to mount the sofa mechanism), then the center a foam core or honeycomb???  (Kind of like a hollow core door)

The center of the platform is the area I am wondering about, so I can use screws there.

Tom
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