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Mike Y

Mike Y

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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.

 

 

Current build: Beavers Prize - POF 1:48 (Hahn style)

Side builds: Schooner Polotsk by Master Korabel  18th Century Longboat by MS
Finished: 21ft English Pinnace by MS

Bob Blarney

Bob Blarney

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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. 

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