Interesting little rolling table

[PugetDude]

Picked up this table this weekend, machined top, cast iron base stretcher, heavy pipe legs, industrial casters. Very heavy duty construction.

I was told it’s an antique typesetter’s table; came out of a small NM newspaper decades ago.

Price?

Free.

A good friend was cleaning out an overstuffed garage and decided he didn’t have room for it anymore; he already had a bigger weld table.

edit: How in the hell do I get vBullettin software to quit rotating pictures???

 

[Modern Jess]

You ****!

That's a nice table. Lots of things you could do with that.

 

[Ign]

Top machined as in face mill or surface ground or something else? I can't make it out from pics

 

[PugetDude]

Surface ground.

 

[ddawg16]

How much does that ***** weight?

Oh.....and.........

YOU ****!!!!

 

[PugetDude]

How much does that ***** weight?

Oh.....and.........

YOU ****!!!!

Not sure about the weight, John.
I could ******** spleen when we were loading it.

 

[driftpin]

Mind your "p's" and "q's!"

 

[PugetDude]

Mind your "p's" and "q's!"

Good one!

 

[MoonRise]

Oh, it's no good.

It's sideways.

 

[laser3kw]

Not sure about the weight, John.
I could ******** spleen when we were loading it.

LOL! I'm using that!

 

[NC Fabricator25]

That’s a very nice table indeed. Do you have plans to clean it up or repaint it? Nice find.

 

[driftpin]

It has that 1920's Industrial Age look to it. Is there cast-into it someplace, a date? Maybe underneath?

I have an interesting side table, cast-iron, it's round, it has a cut-glass top about the size of a LP record. The frame looks like a structural member off Captain Nemo's Nautilus. It's just-sitting, I haven't gotten around to cleaning it, or refinishing it. I don't think I want to leave it rusty/'with-patina,' and I'm trying to decide about painting it what color.

The frame of it also resembles an old micrometer, if you had one for working on Caterpillar diesel engines. A big cast crescent, with holes in the web. If I had it here, I'd include a pic, it's stored elsewhere.

I think it would look good in cobalt, or yellow.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

How much does that ***** weight?

Oh.....and.........

YOU ****!!!!

To the OP
Congrats on that massive you ****
Well done

 

[Packard V8]

Back in the day, those were sometimes referred to as "turtles" because they were sturdy, slow and if hurried while heavily laden would turn belly-up.

jack vines

 

[1cargarage]

I believe that's a "machinist's end table". I saw something on Antiques Roadshow where an expert explained that they were/are intended as bedside tables for master machinists in their homes. The flatness insures that the glass of water they take to bed with them has a stable surface to rest on.

Nice find indeed