estesbubba Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Decided that a 48x72 assembly table would be useful before starting on our platform king bed with storage. The base is around 38x62 and made with pre-finished birch plywood which is good enough for a shop project. I made my own leg levelers using eye bolts and hard maple which will allow the table to be raised between 32 and 36". The top will be a torsion box made out of 1/2" MDF with maple edging. Any tips on how to spray a 48x72 top without having Shaq-length arms? I plan on using semi-gloss water based poly since the base has some gloss. Nuts epoxied into the levelers. Completed base leveled to floor. Each section is wide enough to fit systainers. My birthday is in a couple of days if anyone wants to help me fill them Just going to build the torsion box on the base and call it good enough. Cut the top and bottom 1" oversized. Oh, and cutting MDF with no dust using the Festool TS is awesome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Spray from each side and you'll be fine. Looking awesome Mike! Big for sure! But, then again, you have the shop to handle it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Mike. Looks great, I like the leveler idea and may have to steal (borrow) that idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 3 hours ago, estesbubba said: Just going to build the torsion box on the base and call it good enough. Thats what I did with mine Mike and it came out plenty flat for what I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post estesbubba Posted January 17, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Finished my assembly table today. This was a nice quick and dirty project after all the details of the Roubo build. A bunch of screws, glue, and brads went into this project but that OK's at it's going to get abused breaking down boards and glue ups. I'll eventually add some sliding trays and shelves. It was also a nice project to practice spraying a large surface. Torsion box top with 2" thick grid and finished top is 3". Before flush trimming the top. Right now it's home is close to the table saw and Roubo and I'll see how that works. These eye bolt levelers work great and will adjust it from 32" to 36" high. Not bad for $5 in hardware. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Looks great Mike. Im sure it will be a very useful addition to the shop. I have one similar to that ( a bit smaller) and use it all the time. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 That looks really nice and functional. I actually need to make one of these in the next few weeks, right after I finish making my workbench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 BTW I got a lot of my ideas from here: http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/viewer-projects/kens-mobile-torsion-box-assembly-table/?as=assembly%20table&mode=posts&ap=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Nice job! Did you buy pre cut mdf for the torsion box? I'm hoping to start a similar build next month, but I'm a little worried about the mdf sagging, not sure yet how much unsupported span it can handle... Edited January 17, 2016 by JosephThomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I bought full sheets and cut the MDF myself. With the torsion box top and only 5" of overhang I don't think that sagging will be a problem. I actually sat on the edge today while out there and the top is solid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 That came out great Mike. Are you going to put some paste wax on the top? I did on mine a dried glue doesn't stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 38 minutes ago, Chet K. said: That came out great Mike. Are you going to put some paste wax on the top? I did on mine a dried glue doesn't stick. I thought about putting paste wax on it but didn't know if the poly alone would keep glue from sticking? Since I'll clamp boards to it for breaking down and also jigs I didn't want it super slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 One of my shop tables has multiple coats of waterborne on it and I have had no problem with glue sticking. Occasionally I scuff the surface and re spray with leftover finish before I clean the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Capwn Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Super cool - like the torsion box design and the leveling feet design. Even more jealous of that shop real estate you have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassAct Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'll go so far as to say it's adepressingly good job. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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