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  1. 29th April 2007, 06:25 PM #1
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    Default scissor jack table

    somewhere I've seen a picture(s) of a home made scissor(?) jack work table.
    This was the same as a car scissor jack.
    From memory it was home made and could be moved from work bench to bench and adjusted for different height tables by the scissor jack action. Can anyone help please
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    I had pictures too!

    I concluded that it just wasn't worth the effort given the rather course thread on the scissor jack, but here are a couple of other options, I rather like the first one, which seems to be powered by a threaded rod, and the last one for it's simplicity.

    http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_bas..._and_Lift.html
    http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot681.shtml
    http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot681.shtml
    http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot681.shtml

    There's a current thread on another forum, where with a bit of luck a bloke is about to post pics:

    http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot681.shtml

    Let me know if he does!

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  4. 29th April 2007, 09:05 PM #3
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    You mean something like this?

    I'm pretty sure I've seen it too, may have been on one of the 'free plans' sites. It depends on whether you want to make it primarily from wood or steel - the basic principle remains the same - a sturdy base with wheels, an 'X' frame with one '/' fixed to the base & top, the other one able to slide in tracks top & bottom, plus a jack mechanism that pushes on the sliding '/' member - most of the metal ones use a modified hydraulic jack fixed into the base. But there is no good reason to avoid some physical exercise and use a screw rod & captive nut powered by an 'arm-strong' crank and have it fixed either to the base or even the top (to save a bit of bending).
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    Nah.

    Like this:
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    Bsrlee your winning top money so far but my thoughts were to have it made out of wood and instead of a hydraulic jack. The 2 legs have cross members that have a threaded peice of steel between them fixed on one end and the other the rod goes through and fitted with a handle. When wound this rod would pull the other side up and the whole unit is supported by legs on each corner. Keep it coming Brslee I cant do drawings like that

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    Oh darn! It must have been the TimTams!

    You said WORK TABLE not ROUTER table... sorry!

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    Hmmm.. wrong table but nice ideas particularly the seat adjuster they need to see Triton ad. I've seen that article been winding the cogs to try and remember too many reds
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