[TheForge] air table

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Terry,

How about a table with ball-transfer units on it?
http://www.materialflow.com/Ball-Transfers-Index.htm
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95872

Aubrey

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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:32 PM
To: terry l. ridder; Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] air table

Small pipe rollers are simple and cheap.

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?
>
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