I have a question, maybe a dumb one but we'll see for those of you who have a flip top tool stand.
Have you ever tried to use one unbalanced? What I mean is, have you ever set up a flip top tool stand with only one tool? In that way you'd have a clear benchtop on one side, with the tool on the other. The clear side could be used for assembly, or maybe as a TS outfeed, or maybe just allow it to roll under a counter when not used. Then when you needed the flipped tool, just swing it up.
The concern I have is that the out-of-balance top (lots of weight on one side, none on the other) would be be hard to use, awkward, or even dangerous when the weight start swinging down.
I have recently bought a DeWalt 735 planer, and it's pretty heavy, so just manually hoisting it up onto a benchtop when I need to use it is going to get old reallll fast. And my basement shop, at 11x23 is pretty cramped, so I'm trying to think of the best way to store it.
I can imagine the pain of a squished or broken finger if that (nearly) 100lbs of weight would slam down on me when pivoting an unbalanced flip top.
But maybe I'm just worrying over nothing, or maybe someone has come up with a really innovative solution.
Hence my post.
...art
ps: I guess another way of looking at this would be what is the most interesting way you've found of storing moderately heavy yet infrequently used tools.