Anyone use this for an adjustable height work bench?

[Joe Unni]

http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/143846_lg.jpg
From Northern Tool?

Lift and lower heavy cargo for easy loading and unloading. Ideal for transporting machinery and big tool chests, unloading trucks and more. Foot pedal operates lifting and lowering of hydraulic tabletop. 660-lb. lift capacity. Lift range from 10 5/8in. to 28-1/2in. Tabletop measures 31 5/8in. L x 19 5/8in. W. Two swivel and two fixed 5 in. plastic casters. Handle folds for easy storage.

Hey all,

Well, it looks like some type of adjustable bench is in order. After a car wreck in March and thrice weekly chiropractic care for about 10 weeks (with 6-8 to go) I need to make a change.

Yesterday I tried adjusting the height of the work piece for some hand work and found that it alleviated the pain while looking down. However, this morning my neck was really killing me. My Doc said I was the tightest he'd seen since the accident. I explained what I had done and he said by raising the work piece I changed the position of my arms/shoulders thereby causing the discomfort. It seem adjustability is the key.

I looked at Jim Becker's solution (I forget the name right now), but found it to be a bit expensive. Then I received the Northern catalog in the mail and saw this. It seems that A top could be added pretty easily.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
-joe

[Ben Roman]

This is what i did works great !

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=38908&highlight=assembly

Ben

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

I saw a larger commercial unit in a guy's shop once. It looked goofy untill I saw how slick and useful it was. Then it looked Sweet.

[John Miliunas]

Joe, contact our own Admin, Keith Outten. I believe he uses one or more of these in his shop and has been very impressed by them. Ergonomics in the shop is a good thing, especially if one has physical limitations, while still needing varying work heights. Quite portable, to boot. :) :cool:

[rick fulton]

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37512&highlight=adjustable

[Jim Tobias]

Joe,
I have one of those that I put my grinding wheel, etc. for sharpening. I had to take the first one back as it did not go all the way up. Check it out before you leave the store (lesson learned here). I later bought a different model (a little better one) to keep buffing wheels on. It was fairly simnple to add table tops to both.

jim