Rotating Swivel Tooling Station

[cardinal leather]

chriscraft,

See the attached drawing. I was on the road this week so spent some time in the evening to see if I could re-develope my thoughts on the swivle table. The drawing is what came out of the process. The weights are off some as the granite weight varies by thickness. A 2 x 18 should be around 64 lbs., the rest of the metal parts vary due to the different pipe wall and plate thickness available.

The lower pipe is welded to the lower base plate which is anchored to the floor. The outer pipe is full length and set for your favorite working height. This pipe is welded to a secondary plate that allows the inner pipe to pass thru but still gives a good foot print for the tooling pressure. The inner pipe is there to support the outter pipe and prevent tipping of a top heavy table. There is a teflon disk glued to both the base plate and the base of the stand pipe to allow easier movement. The upper plate has a rubber disk under the granite to help absorb the impact tooling. This system is not adjustable. I do not know at this time if you can move the upper disk by pushing the lower base plate with your foot or not. If required 2 inch steel wheels could be attached to the exterior under a seperate ring that rides on the outer base plate. The wheels would have to be down tight enough to allow the teflon plates to keep up a solid contact and still allow a person to move it with their foot.

The table that I am using now is set at 26 inches which allows me to sit up over the work but it woud work just as well at desk height. When I am standing I like the work around 36-38 inches so it depends on a persons height, reach etc.

Weight of the unit would run around 180 - 220 lbs depending on what sizes of stands and plates were selected. Lots of oppurtunity for various plans for work station like this.

Hope this makes some sense, for me it would be about rotating the project with my foot while tooling or stamping otherwise I would continue to turn the project by hand and forget about the swivel.

[cardinal leather]

I did have this photo rotated but it defaulted when it was transfered. copy it to your desk top and it will open in microsoft picture it can then be rotated. the three lower drawings just show different ways to set up the station wether a person would like it free standing inside a desk or countertop or out a ways to leave more room on the desk or countertop.