40 + Year Old Work Table Refinished

[HFS]

Refinishing the worktable top I built back in 1981.

Has an "umbilical" for power & air, 9 drawers on each side, with an overhead additional LED work light ...

Appliance white gloss enamel.

When the outer panels (shelf width ~11 1/4") have too many holes to patch I just replace them, keeping the center section for the next go round.

Always on rollers w/brakes.

HFS

 

[JoeSeibert]

That is a work of art. Everything you could want. Let me know when I can come by and pick it up.

 

[Ironflight]

Didn’t there used to be an airplane sitting in that spot?

 

[Ralph Inkster]

My idea of refinishing the work table is unscrewing the top & flip it over. Than its good for the next plane.
Maybe some day I'll get fancy & treat it to drawers, like your great looking table.

 

[HFS]

Didn’t there used to be an airplane sitting in that spot?

Didn’t there used to be an airplane sitting in that spot?

My idea of refinishing the work table is unscrewing the top & flip it over. Than its good for the next plane.
Maybe some day I'll get fancy & treat it to drawers, like your great looking table.

You can't see it (unless you have a magnifying glass) - but my top is in three distinct sections: a middle & 2 wings (shelf width melamine) where most of the drilling takes place. So I do get two "uses" out of each wing before replacement.

 

[HFS]

Didn’t there used to be an airplane sitting in that spot?

Funny, I thought that space was looking kinda' empty - wonder where it went ...

 

[HFS]

That is a work of art. Everything you could want. Let me know when I can come by and pick it up.

If you enlarge the attachment, and look at the far left corner you will see the DIY spar yoke (w/6K lb tandem squeezer) that mounts on that corner when the paint dries.

I think it - work table (along with its younger brother) is already in my will somewhere ...