what is the ideal modelling table?

[Mike Y]

I was writing about IKEA electrical height adjusted tables here, and now I finally got it to try first hand.

 

See the photos in "where do you do your modelling" topic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/3869-so-where-do-you-do-yours-then-model-making-that-is/page-26#entry399112

 

It is the BEKANT table: http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/catalog/products/30255250/

With GERTON table top: http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/catalog/products/50106773/

 

It is more stable than I expected, probably a heavy table top (it is a thick solid wood) helps with that. Really great, I can recommend it.

 

 

[Bob Blarney]

I would separate the tool rack & storage from the assembly table.

 

This pic is just for ideas, for holding and working on a (big) model.  It was built upon the scavenged base of a veterinary operating table.  It rotates 360d, tilts 0-85d, and elevates from ~22>36".  It can lift about 500lbs, due to the long-ram hydraulic jack in the base.  The top is 24"x24". 

 

It could be scaled down.  The gimbal mechanism is quite clever and not too complex. 

Edited March 25, 2016 by Bob Blarney