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My 2 cents…
If that table was mine, I’d be trying to get it into the middle of the room where I could work from all 4 sides. I would also start out by not using that valuable real estate for storing tools and hardware. Having them handy is great, but I’d try making a shelf on an adjacent wall instead of storing them on the table.
That table is terrific. Tres envious!
 
FatherWes said:
I would also start out by not using that valuable real estate for storing tools and hardware. Having them handy is great, but I’d try making a shelf on an adjacent wall instead of storing them on the table.
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@Stuart Samuel - And I would recognize how valuable central storage space is. I'd prolly add a removeable plywood cover with handles so I could use the surface storage more effectively and still have fast access to a centrally located machine.

Oh yes! Tres Tres Tres Enviosso!
 
FatherWes said:
My 2 cents…
If that table was mine, I’d be trying to get it into the middle of the room where I could work from all 4 sides. I would also start out by not using that valuable real estate for storing tools and hardware. Having them handy is great, but I’d try making a shelf on an adjacent wall instead of storing them on the table.
That table is terrific. Tres envious!
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The table's on wheels, so not hard to adjust. I made the mistake of making too many workbenches, and put them around the perimeter of the room, which quickly became low-efficiency horizontal storage. The room's very much a work in progress. Day job is taking up most of my time and energy lately, which is good for paying for things, but bad for doing stuff at home.

The accessories just ended up there for the photo, and to get them off the kitchen floor so I could make some chilli. They need a better home, another thing on the increasingly long list.

Hmm. Actually, some of them could mount to the side of the table... I'll have to try that this evening.
 
TorontoBuilder said:
Took me a long time to spot the plant. I guess I fixated on what looks to be a rolling mill
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Yep, it's a Durston. Bought it from some friends, after her Dad passed. He actually tipped it over on himself, and was pinned under it for a few hours, until his wife got home. I had a heck of a time getting it up the basement stairs. I couldn't really afford what it was worth, especially ten years ago, but they didn't mind, so we settled on $1000.

I started out as a goldsmith, trained at George Brown College. I don't use it often, but I wanted one desperately.
 
TorontoBuilder said:
wow 5K. I'm not saying that this is over priced, just amazed because I dont have a single shop item that I paid more than 1/4 of that.

I need to become more committed to the hobby, or win the lotto
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It was something I suspected I'd never find used. I've seen the odd cast iron table, but usually 4'x8'. I decided I could wait forever, hoping, or just make a decision with the info at hand.
 
Stuart Samuel said:
Yep, it's a Durston. Bought it from some friends, after her Dad passed. He actually tipped it over on himself, and was pinned under it for a few hours, until his wife got home. I had a heck of a time getting it up the basement stairs. I couldn't really afford what it was worth, especially ten years ago, but they didn't mind, so we settled on $1000.

I started out as a goldsmith, trained at George Brown College. I don't use it often, but I wanted one desperately.
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I have done a bit of silver smithing, and want to do more but I cant justify a commercial rolling mill for myself so I hope to build one some day.

I would design it so I can also emboss leather straps
 
Stuart Samuel said:
The table's on wheels, so not hard to adjust. I made the mistake of making too many workbenches, and put them around the perimeter of the room, which quickly became low-efficiency horizontal storage. The room's very much a work in progress. Day job is taking up most of my time and energy lately, which is good for paying for things, but bad for doing stuff at home.

The accessories just ended up there for the photo, and to get them off the kitchen floor so I could make some chilli. They need a better home, another thing on the increasingly long list.

Hmm. Actually, some of them could mount to the side of the table... I'll have to try that this evening.
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:)

Also, I really like this hold-down mechanism. Maybe everyone else has seen it, but it beats the hell out of threaded holes.

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Three captive balls, knurled cap drives a screw/wedge down and pushes them outwards. The interior/under side of the holes in the table are machined, so the holes are of known depth, and the balls pull the mechanism down against the table. Sort of like an aircraft cable/wire rope gripper, but inside out.

Edit: Oh, and it's easy to operate them with one hand!
 
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