In my shop it's called a table saw....
The I The am going to beat it to death island has a 6-inch-thick cast iron top.
On the equipment in my shop that has legs and is heavy or awkward to move I added a perimeter shelf type frame about 4 inches off the floor to be able to move those items around with my pallet jack. The bending brake in this picture is one example, and it provides a storage shelf for my Little Giant tap and die set to allow for the lid to swing open. The parts washer also has a lower perimeter frame. I have a forklift but it would not be useable in some areas of the shop. The pallet jack is parked protruding underneath a rolling work table to keep it somewhat out of the way.
If I had the Room I would have a table like this complete with Welding fumes exhaust system.
The table started off as a new piece of 1/2x4x8 plate in 1982 that I traded a heavy frame 5 hp 3 phase motor for. Plate was $208 back then, and a local fab shop needed the motor. The 3” pipe legs were free posts from the old large satellite dishes. Everything else involved in it was a good deal scrounged from a scrap metal yard or hunted down from Carolina Bargain Trader weekly sales magazine back then. I think I paid $20 for the pipe vise and about $40 each for the two Columbian vises. The all steel roll out table underneath was built by a friend who gave it to me when he became unable to use it. The exhaust hood is powered by an 8” gable mounted fan using metal duct with a butterfly damper right above the hood to prevent downdrafts. The hood has a fluorescent light inside it to help eliminate shadow areas on the table.
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