Anyone build Norm's worktable?

[Scott Schwake]

I'm looking to build a combination assembly/outfeed/general purpose table, this caught my eye:

http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?0207

I like the idea of having it on wheels. Your thoughts or any other design ideas?

[Don Abele]

Laurie Brown just built one and posted about it here: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=92160

Excellent table, I've got it at the top of my shop "to build" list.

Be well,

Doc

[Ray Newman]

I built it & the clamp cart about 4 - 5 years ago.

I dimensioned the table to fit my needs for a combined assembly/cut off table. The wheels make it highly mobile & I've often moved it around to accommodate assemblies or ripping sheet goods on the Unisaw.

One hint: on both projects, don't skimp on the quality of the casters! The table I made is approx. 72X42" & it is a lot heavier than it looks.

[Randy Cox]

I have built a little different version of it. My top is a torsion box on the frame like Norm's. I also added a roll of paper to roll out across the top to help with spills. Added a couple of drawers for storage also.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/coxy7491/DSCF0003.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/coxy7491/drawer1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/coxy7491/DSCF0001.jpg

[Wayne Cannon]

It is easy to build and works very well.

Alterations:


I cut the feet a bit shorter and added large, heavy-duty levelers to allow me to compensate for variations in the floor, top thickness, and to trim the height to match my saw versus my bench.
I would re-design the caster arrangement. I needed to add a bottom stop on the two flip-down caster strips to prevent them from trying to fold down too far (i.e., they sometimes try to fold under when they hit a wood chip or cord). This may depend on your choice of casters -- mine are 6" double-locking polyurethane wheels whose axles may be too far offset from the pivot center for the design as is.
I added an additional cross member across the end to support a paper roll.

[Steve Kohn]

I built the table at 48X60 inches. I modified the design to add a shelf across the braces and boxed the bottom of the legs to allow me to simply use 4 inch double locking casters. I used the table for a couple of years but always found it too large to reach over for much of my assembly work.

So earlier this year I cut it into two even pieces. Adding more legs and casters resulted in having 2 30X48 carts. Both have shelves and the same double locking casters. If desired I can lock the carts together with scrap plywood to get back to the 48X60 size or can lock them together end to end to get a 30X96 inch table. All 3 configurations are very stable.

Works for me and the two tables are easier to store.

[Scott Schwake]

Great ideas everyone, I like Randy's storage solution below. I think I'll be ordering up the plans soon and attempting one of my own, thanks for the replies.

Scott