[TheForge] air table

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Terry...
almost any perforated rigid surface ought to suffice,with an 
adequate compressor supplying air to a plenum below....even in 
bursts from a storage tank while you do the actual moving.
Would masonite pegboard do?
Drilling all those holes with a dremmel will drive you nuts and 
wear out the dremmel.
On the other hand, a swinging overhead trolley and rail, set up 
like a jib crane, with your lift and magnet dangling below, would 
not cost all that much more to make and be much more versatile.

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> i have been brainstorming about how to move sheets
> of sheet metal around easily since i do not have the
> ability to either brute force them around or leverage
> them around. the idea of using an air table came to
> me while in farm and fleet looking for pop rivets when
> i saw an air hockey game for sale. i have looked around
> and do not find any viable canidates for an air table.
> 
> a friend suggested getting some countertop 2nds from
> lowes and/or menards and using the dremel tool drill
> the air holes then just make a sheetmetal plenum. attach
> a blower to the plenum.
> 
> i was thinking of using a sheet of rigid nylon and
> perforating it with holes.
> 
> would anyone have hints, suggestions, comments concerning
> air tables?
>