[TheForge] Poor mans platen table

Tue Mar 25 09:15:00 2003

        Shannel, anything works that has holes to drop in fixtures.  It
sounds like the price is right.  The platen's have a benefit of wieghing
2400 lbs so they don't move.  Your table will be about 400-500 so it will
slide when pulling long stock against it.  a couple pins in the floor could
stop that.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table


> I found a 3/4" 5' x 5' plate the other day at a used machinery place, with
> looks like 1" square holes on a 5" grid. Would I loose anything using this
> as a platen table, being only 3/4 thick I mean? Was $200, Id like a new
work
> table and this could be a good start.
>
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