This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.

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"Jim Harvey" wrote in message
This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.

I'd be interested in seeing a picture of the hinge arrangement.

Upscale wrote:
"Jim Harvey" wrote in message
This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.

I'd be interested in seeing a picture of the hinge arrangement.

OK, that I do have.

First picture is the hinge assembly. Steel plates, half inch carriage
bolt with a sleeve of 3/8 pipe over the threads. The smaller plate is
drilled to fit the outside diameter of the 3/8 pipe and forms the
bearing surface. It's quite smooth swinging about 170 pounds of tool and
table.

The second picture is the prototype I made for testing.
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Wow! Very nice job. I just finished a fliptop for my planer and CMS, but it
isn't nearly as sophisticated as yours. Mine only has a 1" dowel for a
hinge.

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"Jim Harvey" wrote in message
...
This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.

Hope this post works.
--
Jim Harvey, Naperville, Ill. Linux person - WB8NBS/9
He who dies with the most software wins.

"Jim Harvey" wrote in message
First picture is the hinge assembly. Steel plates, half inch carriage
bolt with a sleeve of 3/8 pipe over the threads. The smaller plate is
drilled to fit the outside diameter of the 3/8 pipe and forms the
bearing surface. It's quite smooth swinging about 170 pounds of tool and
table.

Nice design. Did you need to use any Loctite or threadlocker to prevent the
nut from coming off the bolt?

Jim Harvey wrote:
This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.

How do you lock it into place after rotating?

Upscale wrote:
"Jim Harvey" wrote in message
First picture is the hinge assembly. Steel plates, half inch carriage
bolt with a sleeve of 3/8 pipe over the threads. The smaller plate is
drilled to fit the outside diameter of the 3/8 pipe and forms the
bearing surface. It's quite smooth swinging about 170 pounds of tool and
table.

Nice design. Did you need to use any Loctite or threadlocker to prevent the
nut from coming off the bolt?



The nut torques up against the 3/8 pipe sleeve. Doubt it will come off
by itself.
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Jim Harvey, Naperville, Ill. Linux person - WB8NBS/9
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Woodie wrote:
Jim Harvey wrote:
This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.

How do you lock it into place after rotating?

Two big star knobs with 3/8 shaft screw from the inside of the top tray
through the T nuts you can see near the top edge.
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Jim Harvey, Naperville, Ill. Linux person - WB8NBS/9
He who dies with the most software wins.

asmurff wrote:
Wow! Very nice job. I just finished a fliptop for my planer and CMS, but it
isn't nearly as sophisticated as yours. Mine only has a 1" dowel for a
hinge.


These hinges are extra rigid because they don't have the support a
through rod would provide. There is a bending moment that has to be
transferred to the side panels. And I had the quarter inch steel plate
available.

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:31:47 -0500, Jim Harvey wrote:

This flip top cabinet design has the pivot hinges offset four inches
from the table top.This allows the drill press to sit eight inches
lower when it is rotated up.




I'm thinking of buying a Dewalt planer... how do you like it?

Neat table BTW...