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Project by tomjboyle posted 132 days ago 919 views 14 times favorited 17 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Made this table for my garage. It is pretty good in that it has wheels and the table swings shut. I can use it for a ton of storage and fold out the leafs when I need them. Works great with limited space.

-- "There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't"


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sboyle

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posted 132 days ago

I really like this! Are those adjustable legs?

-- Hey, It will always make good firewood!!

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thiel

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posted 132 days ago

GREAT idea! I’m always looking for space savers, and this is a good one!

-- Laziness - Apathy = Efficiency

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Bob A in NJ

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posted 132 days ago

Great design, like how useful it is.

-- Bob A in NJ

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bayspt

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posted 131 days ago

Love this design. Where did you get the plans or did you come up with it on your own.

-- Jimmy, Oklahoma "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing milkbone underwear!"

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Don K.

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posted 131 days ago

Nice space saver…looks great and very handy !!!

-- Don S.E. OK

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a1Jim

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posted 131 days ago

Great Idea super job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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Greg Wurst

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posted 131 days ago

Fantastic space saver!

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

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HokieMojo

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posted 131 days ago

the beauty of this is in the simplicity. I think this is perfectly what I need to build. It is already added to my favorites. Thanks so much for posting this!

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Craig

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posted 131 days ago

As I really don’t have an indoor shop, or even a garage, I have been looking for ways of creating an outdoor movable cabinet / work table. You have just jump started my ideas!!!

Great idea / design!

-- Wood working is my relaxation, until nothing fits or works out right...Then it's just like work!

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cwdance1

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posted 131 days ago

Great looking project and it serves a perpose. That is my kind of project.

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tomjboyle

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posted 130 days ago

I did use a plan on the internet but can’t find it now. Steve I think I sent it to you, do you have it?

It is fairly simple, all made from hardwood plywood. Some keys that I learned.
- I would size the height of the bench to match the height of your table saw. It would double to be a great outfeed table.
- The legs are simply 3/4” steel pipe with a threaded connection secured to the underside of the table
-4’ piano hinges provide a very strong connection and the table is pretty stout.
- the casters are 4”.
- everything was bought at the Depot.
- It is important to provide the interior shelfs to provide the support.
-Took me about 2 weekends to build and about $200 in materials.

I get a ton of use out of it and am real happy with the final product. Works great in a limited size shop.

Thanks guys for the comments.

-- "There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't"

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tooldad

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posted 130 days ago

I had a table like this once too. It now has a solid 42×64 top on it. I got tired of fiddling with the legs to make the 8ft table flat each time, but it did work. Nice job, mine didn’t look that good, just some construction plywood and no finish.

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PineInTheAsh

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posted 130 days ago

At first I didn’t see the other swingout. That’s a lot of flat table area …and you can never have enough table space. I love the casters and the warm, rich color.
You can easily see where this would get plenty of use.
Great job.
Thanks for posting.

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jleiwig

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posted 130 days ago

That’s the cart from the family handyman. I was thinking of building one myself a while back, but never got around to it. You did it up right!

-- I intend to live forever, or die trying..........Justin, Ohio

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tomjboyle

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posted 129 days ago

http://www.rd.com/18265/article18265.html

Thanks Justin from Ohio.

Here is the plan

-- "There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't"

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davidinpcola

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posted 122 days ago

This is a great work table. I built mine six or seven years ago and use it almost everyday. One improvement I made was adding a pocket under the bottom, between the wheels to slide the pipe into when they are not in use.

-- David

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Rick Dennington

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posted 87 days ago

Tom: I’m new to the website, but not new to woodworking. I’ve been building custom furniture for about 26 years now, and I love it. I built a table kind of like yours several years ago, and it worked great, as I know yours does. I built a new shop about 7 years ago and it is big enough that I built a 4’x8’ table, and gave the other one to my son(also a woodworker). And it’s still going strong. Your’s will last forever. Rick from Arkansas.

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