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Default Folding legs for workbench?

trs80 wrote:
| I have a 4x4 workbench made from 2 sheets of 3/4 ply. I just use
| it for a convenient flat surface for glue-ups and dry fits and
| stuff. I set it on a couple saw horses when I need to use it.
|
| Its becoming to0 heavy to lift and move around the shop for me now.
|
| Are there plans for a folding workbench? I could use my current
| top if I could put some folding legs on it so that I could drop and
| lock one legs on one side that lift the bench and drop and lock the
| other legs. That way it would be so heavy to haul up in the air to
| set on saw horses. Maybe there is a mechanism that one can buy
| that uses 2x4 for legs? I dont need a beefy sturdy set up as it
| just do glue-ups on it.
|
| Any thoughts appreciated.
| thanks

You might adapt my tilting shop cart design to produce a table that'll
lock in either vertical or horizontal - and can be rolled out of the
way for storage. There're photos at the link below.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/shop_cart.html