Tool Table Rotates For Easy Access

Tool Table Rotates For Easy Access FARM SHOP Miscellaneous David Chambers designed a 48-in dia rotating tool table that gives him easy access to a cut-off saw drill press band saw planer and combination belt/disc sander “I needed a way to get at different tools when working with long materials ” explains Chambers who does custom carpentry projects Chambers’ solution was to build a cabinet that while attached to his existing workbench stuck out from it The cabinet consists of a 2 by 4-ft wood storage unit open to either side “I cut a 1 in thick 4 by 8-ft sheet of pressed board in half and mounted half of it to the top of the cabinets ” says Chambers “I drilled a hole in the center of it and cut out half a circle on the part that extended over the drawer unit Then I drilled a hole in the center of the second half and cut out a full circle ” Chambers used a router on a piece of flat stock set on a 24-in radius to cut out the half and full circle pieces He set the full round over the half circle and slipped a 2-in long dowel through both holes “I mounted the tools to the top disk and just pull it around as needed ” says Chambers “There’s nothing between the two disks and they don’t move unless you are pulling on them Yet it’s easy for a 170-lb 84-year old man to do and has worked well for 16 years ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Chambers 2594 S Brehenan Dr Florence S C 29505 ph 843 665-7065

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