Building table??

Im guessing you ll have to drop some serious coin for a good rolltop? On the other hand if you get a WallyWorld special you could always put another piece of wood on the desktop to sturdy it up.

When I lived in a place with limited space I bought a wright building board It measured 14x48 It is portable and very well built has 3/4 cork, you can put it up on shelf when not building. I dont think they sell them anymore but since I am not using it anymore I would let you have it if you are interested. It is in very good shape.

BBill

I built a 3/4" thick (particle board) x 36" x 72" build table. I made adjustible feet with 5/16" carriage bolts, nuts & T-nuts. I can slide it to the cener of my garage - under the fluorescet light - & level it up. The carriage bolts have the rounded head - they slide OK on the concete floor - but stay put till I give the table a good shove. Then when I'm done I slide it back to the wall under the cabinets. For a pin surface - I borrowed an extra celing tile from our basement & used the backside. Now if I could just heat the garage for this winter...

Can you keep the kids out of the garage - if you have a garage?

You can also use a 24" x 72" hollow core door.. only about $18 at home depot... you could carry it in from the garage or just put it up on a couple of saw horses.... Blue foam works good for pinning too... Or drywall or a ceiling tile....

Or you can take a door off of the hinges I used my closet door for awhile.

Make a table you can raise with 4 pulleys like some guys have when they put a ping pong table on top of their pool table. Just make sure Jr. can't reach the release rope :shock:

Chuck

Now that's a good idea. One other option that I have come about is to use the closet and close the doors when I am done.

I miss my garage The airplanes take up more space than I remeber.

I've been using one of those lunch tables from costco. $40, folds and can be stored anyway, including under the bed.

I don't worry too much about level...because none of my planes last that long. :twisted:

ChuckAuger said:

Make a table you can raise with 4 pulleys...

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If you do this - make sure you can keep the table from swinging while you work on it. And you may need to sub-divide the pulleys to get enough mechanical advantage to actually pull it up. So you'll really need 8 pulleys & all the fancy hardware to connect everything up.
Ask me about my truck topper sometime.

PaulSwany said:

You can also use a 24" x 72" hollow core door.. only about $18 at home depot... you could carry it in from the garage or just put it up on a couple of saw horses.... Blue foam works good for pinning too... Or drywall or a ceiling tile....

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So how would you keep foam or drywall flat? Do you put it over your work table or are certain types flat and stiff? :shock: That last part didnt sound right

A hollow core door has some support in the middle.. It'll stay flat for a few builds..... Use a solid core door if you want it to last forever.... But I thought you said this was a quick fix??

Ive been thinking I need to make some kinda board to carry in my truck so I can build on the road. Ya all giving me some ideas for that too.

dhooks said:

...so I can build on the road...

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Why don't you just put a tonneau cover on your truck? That'd be a perfect build table. Those vinyl ones would probably hold pins well too.

Tater said:

dhooks said:

...so I can build on the road...

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Why don't you just put a tonneau cover on your truck? That'd be a perfect build table. Those vinyl ones would probably hold pins well too.

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Im talking about a big truck....the 18 wheel variety.

Hey looks nice....Im thinking about just putting a building board an such stuff on the top bunk and dragging it down to the bottom bunk when I want to build.