Sturdee’s movable assembly table.

**Sturdee** · 9th April 2007, 02:55 PM

If you’re like me you will always have a need for an extra low assembly table but don’t have the space to have it permanently set up. In addition I have to make it do alternate duties between my workshop and finishing shed.

Over the years I have also accumulated a number of sawhorses, some with fold up legs, which I often used as an assembly table by using a piece of chipboard. This wasn’t always convenient or hand so I made a permanent movable assembly table.

I fixed to the sawhorses 2 length of pine framing onto which I nailed a large piece of chipboard. On one end and against the pine framing I bolted 2 old pram wheels to make it easy to wheel around.

Photo 1 shows the table legs folded up on its wheels, photo 2 shows the legs of the sawhorses folded out and the final photo shows the table ready for use.

As you can see I have been using the table quite a lot and it is one of the most usefull tools I have, easy to fold up and wheel away and very easy to set up.

Peter.

**Wild Dingo** · 9th April 2007, 03:29 PM

GHASTLY!!

I mean Peter comeon mate!!

wheres the fine woodwork in that?? mmmm wheres the framing of Messmate or Maple mmm?? wheres the wonderous textured finish of the top?? I mean this is not up to your usual fine standard mate!! For shame

hang your head in shame young fella

However as a utilitarian piece its bloody brilliant

and has caused to remind me that I have these fold down legs from an old tressle table I knicked from the daughter when I helped move her last year... mmmm thinking thinking

At present besides the two 15ft x 28in benches and the 8ft x 28in bench Im using an old post office desk I knicked from somewhere or other many moons ago that all the ply and chipboard had rotted away on so I took it all of and found a nice wee steel frame under it all this now is my main workbench which Ive covered with a double layer of 1 ply... mind you I still havent gotten around to screwing the top down to the frame nor have I stuck wheels on it... but I have located the thing right in the doorway so I can have light over it when Im laminating or fitting stuff together.

So now Im thinking Id better get some more and make a top for that folding tressle table and finish this workbench off eh?

But for innovative use of otherwise rubbish WELL DONE!!... Id add a two thumbs up thingy here but for some reason the forum has changed and now only lets me use 7 soooo Id add a sad one but Im all out of my limit

**Groggy** · 9th April 2007, 03:34 PM

I like the wheels Peter, nice touch!

**Sturdee** · 9th April 2007, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

wheres the wonderous textured finish of the top??

And I thought that the top looked quite artistic, with the stains and drops from french polishing and painting.

At the time I thought of giving it a shellac coat but I was in too much of a hurry to use it.

Peter.

**Sturdee** · 9th April 2007, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Groggy

I like the wheels Peter, nice touch!

Thanks Groggy, without the wheels it would be a pain to move it as it's quite heavy, pram wheels are a dime a dozen at council hard rubbish collection days and come in very handy for all sort of thinhs.

Peter.

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