ccrrar
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Title says it all......https://baltimore.craigslist.org/tls/6129135349.html
Surgery Table as a Workbench?
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Marctrees
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I think the best part is that it has a lift to change heights.
Could be very useful for a person that needs to alternate between sit and stand, maybe like with a back problem.
Marc
Could be very useful for a person that needs to alternate between sit and stand, maybe like with a back problem.
Marc
If it works for you. I have a buddy that bought old morgue tables with fluid drains and catch pan bases. He uses them for splitting and rebuilding transmissions. All the transmission fluid runs into the bottom pan and keeps the mess contained.
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Marctrees
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And I'll tell ya who's gonna buy it - One of those "Millennials" that are currently getting hot on "standing" rather than sitting at their work computer.
They will also dig the industrial design appearance of it.
Marc
They will also dig the industrial design appearance of it.
Marc
PelicanPines
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Great for body work...
Richard Cranium
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It is great that it is adjustable, too bad it isn't closer, I also have a bad back.
ard
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When Iv'e use those, you need to really tie the patient down... the re-positioning is a PITA if you find how you have the parts exposed is not optimal.... You need to stop, level it all- release the patient, re-position, then tilt into the new position.
With a transmission on a flat table, I just flop it to where I need it-work on it.
$500?! I wouldnt spend 100.
JMHO
With a transmission on a flat table, I just flop it to where I need it-work on it.
$500?! I wouldnt spend 100.
JMHO
I hope you're right and they tilt it and it costs them thousands.
tjpavlov
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Epsteins had some Swedish military ones the last time I looked. Pretty cool.
Strouty
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I would buy it if it were closer, I love weird stuff like that.
bczygan
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Depends on the work.....
Kaizen
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Gross...bad mojo
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SuperCat
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The ad says the table is only 60 inches long. Did that come out of a vet's office? It is too short for most people, but would probably work great for most pets, like cats and dogs.
I agree with Kaizen, having that in the garage is indeed "bad mojo." Just plain creepy.
I agree with Kaizen, having that in the garage is indeed "bad mojo." Just plain creepy.
jimreed2160
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My dad had a similar table in his veterinary hospital where I worked as a kid. Great table, fully adjustable, drain hole at end with hook for slop bucket, easy to clean ss. Tilts about 30 degrees. Up and down with foot pedal. Probably cost much more than $500. Large base and heavy as all get out.
Good for cleaning fish and butchering meat or anything else that makes a mess. Probably less than optimal as a general workbench table because those tables are not as steady as they look--they jiggle when force is applied.
Maybe there are automotive projects where a table with drain is an asset. I don't know as my shopwork is mostly woodworking and light metalworking. It would not be much help in my shop. YMMV
Good for cleaning fish and butchering meat or anything else that makes a mess. Probably less than optimal as a general workbench table because those tables are not as steady as they look--they jiggle when force is applied.
Maybe there are automotive projects where a table with drain is an asset. I don't know as my shopwork is mostly woodworking and light metalworking. It would not be much help in my shop. YMMV
RVDan
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Don't know how stable that would be whe you're hammering on it.
I am a veterinarian and yes it looks like an older surgery table from my profession. The table I use also V's in the center. and would be less desirable as a workbench. The ones I have seen, and used would not hold up to hammering, they are too light wt. of stainless. I guess I don't see it as creepy. I do have a couple old surgical lights I am planning on using in my shop. They were replaced and I thought the old ones would provide much better lighting than is typical for a shop or workbench. I also have an old anesthetic machine that is built onto a very heavy duty rolling cabinet with a stainless top that I plan on using as a rolling work station. They were all things I thought too nice to discard when repalced, but no market value I know of.
ddawg16
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Would be great for working on transmissions.....
ALinCarolina
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Jim and Ross are correct. That is a Shorline surgery table and it is a fairly recent model due to the tie down rail design. I don't think they would be that useful in a shop. The hydraulic lift is handy but it will definitely be unstable if you put much weight on one end of the table. Two ways I can think of that would make sense would be to bolt the base to the floor and the other would be to take the table top off and make a regular base for it and then use the hydraulic base with a smaller top that wouldn't topple over.
Always_Thinkin
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Similar to the first option given above, instead of attaching it to the floor make a larger rectangular metal tube frame on casters. Then attach it to the frame. One nice thing to about this would be that you could put a deck on the metal frame base and use to store items. Then there are no longer legs you have to reach around to grab something stored on the shelf and you could lift the table up so you don't have to crawl under the edge of the table either.
just my $0.02