Air-lift assembly table (GLOAT!)

[Ryan Bess]

Hi guys!

Thought I'd share a couple pics of my new baby.

I'm so excited. It's always been a thorn in my side to have to work at the same elevation for every project. I've seen so many inventive and inspirational ideas on this site...I thought it would be appropriate to share my own. Maybe someone else will take this idea, and improve and expand upon it!

I'm very fortunate to have a friend that owns a metal fabrication shop. He jumped at the chance to try something new.

BTW, if anyone in the IL area falls in love with this, he did say he would be willing to build a few more...PM me for further info.

The beast weighs about 500 lbs and uses a 12 ton air-asist hydraulic jack. From there, it is a basic (and overbuilt) scissor lift. We put over a half ton on the table and lifted it with 90 lbs of air pressure. The top is a torsion box - David Marks 1/2 inch MDF design.

Lowest work height is 14 inches and highest is 50 inches.

Thanks for looking!

Ryan

[William OConnell]

SSwwwweeeeeeetttt

[frank shic]

how much did it cost? that would make a great outfeed table as well if you had to cut lots of cabinet parts on a daily basis.

[Keith Hall]

Ryan, My only emotion is envy. I looked at these for years and couldn't justify the cost for me to own one. I thought the lift would be great to stack sheet goods in front of the table saw and EASILY fed them for cutting. Good gloat. keith

[Jim O'Dell]

That be COOL!!! Looks like your friend did a great job. Put a sticker on it and it could have come off the shelf! Jim.

[keith ouellette]

Thats not the type of thing I could build out of scrap metal and wood in my shop. Heck! I doubt I could build that with any amount of material in any shop.
Nice job.

[Ryan Baker]

I love it. I've thought of doing something like that.

[Andy McCormick]

What are the table demensions? How smoothly does it go up and down?

[guy knight]

wow very nice wish i had room for one

[David Christopher]

Man, that shop is way too clean. BTW nice lift

[Calvin Crutchfield]

Man, that shop is way too clean. BTW nice lift

+1

BTW you suck!

[Ryan Bess]

Thanks for all the compliments. I'll be sure to pass them along to the fabricator.

My buddy said retail for the lift table would be about $800. He made me promise not to mention what my "friend discount" was! I know it's a lot of cash, but it's the last assembly table I'll ever need.

I think it's fun that each person who sees it thinks immediately of something they'd use it for.

The table is 42" x 96".

[Dave Avery]

Cool lift..... and that's not a shop, it's a CLEAN ROOM!

[Bruce Page]

That's pretty darn slick!

[Mark Bolton]

Looks like an ATV lift to me? Handy as he)( for sure

Mark