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   jackplane | Jun 29, 2004 09:09pm | #1

   A large gear attached to the tabletop and a smaller gear that meshes attached to a crankhandle with indexed pins or stops. Like a bicycle pedal/gear assembly with a welded rod connecting the crankshaft, as it were, lenghtwise undernath the table.

   
   

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   Edited 6/29/2004 2:12 pm ET by JACKPLANE

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   nikkiwood | Jun 29, 2004 11:07pm | #2

   The slickest one I have ever seen was written up in WOODWORK (#87, June 2004) in an article by Roger Heitzman (Page 68), called THE ULTIMATE LAYOUT AND ASSEMBLY TABLE.

   As the article title implies, this is not a work bench, but the same mechanism could easily be used. The hydraulic lift alone cost him $600, and welding is required to build the supporting frame.

   This may be more than you need, but as I said, it is the best and most versatile design I have run across.

   
   

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   Edited 6/29/2004 4:08 pm ET by nikkiwood

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   wop | Jun 29, 2004 11:26pm | #3

       Yeah, I saw that too, bloody great idea. I wish I had one ,but by the time I get around to making one I'll be retirement age.

                                          Philip

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   chatobob | Jun 30, 2004 01:06am | #4

   When at the Philly furniture show this year, I ran into Jeff Noden, who makes an adjustable bench.  It really works, though I didn't buy one.  He is in Trenton, New Jersey.  You can check him out at http://www.geocities.com/adjustabench

   -Bob