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i had an old folding table, the kind you find in rental halls, particle board = heavy and not flat
take off the legs and mount them on a hollow core interier door, a couple 1×2s with clamps for face frames and you have a dead flat, light weight table that doesn’t take up much room to store
lumber yards and big box stores often have damaged doors they’ll sell cheap
it’s not one of the great jigs and projects we see here on LJ’s but its cheap, like me
-- Ron, Missouri
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newTim
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posted 219 days ago
An old table, yes. But also one heck of a jointer.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
a1Jim
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posted 219 days ago
Hey Ron
Good Idea
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, http://www.heirloomwoodshop.com/
hootr
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posted 219 days ago
yeah tim, the jointer is one i picked up at a consignment auction for $150, no motor and i think the only other bidder was a scrap iron dealer
it’s made by cresent tool, they went out of business in the early 1950s
near as i can tell this one was made around 1920-1925
12” wide, 7’ bed, about 1200# i put a 5 hp 220v motor on
-- Ron, Missouri
PineInTheAsh
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posted 219 days ago
Assembly tables are among the most important tools in any shop.
This is an absolutetly great idea.
John Gray
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posted 219 days ago
Great idea!! I have one just like it!!!!
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