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Ive been looking at either a hydraulic table from some place like Harborfreight or a dog grooming table from Amazon. The dog grooming tables typically hold about 300-330 lbs and are electric and come in sizes up to around 49" long. The hydraulic tables use foot pumps and it appears that 500 lb capacity is around the right size. My question is do any of you use one? the electric grooming table runs around $800 the Lift table from harbor frieght is around $300. Thanks

Wow....I love your interest. Well, on this subject I recall the 1st edition of John and his friends "Shots & stitches "has such a table. The friend mentioned getting them from a hospital. You may get one they would like to dispose at a reasonable amount.

I looked at the options a while back, so as not to ruin my back! I ended up making a pair of saw horse toppers with a raised box so the feet of chairs dont slide off. The issue I had with most lift options, under $500 is the base is not large enough to keep it stable, I would have had to add outriggers to keep the thing from tipping over. I thought a 3x5' top would be useful, but unelss you are getting a large motorcycle lift for $1500~3000 none of the lift carts has a large enough base to remain stable. One option working alone is to get a cheap engin hoist to lift seats up to a table if you have back issues.

https://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb-s ... 68892.html This is inexpensive and lifts from 7" to 34", If you added a plywood top I think it would make a nice bench. I would still add cross bracing on the narrow side to insure it won't tip over when putting a load on the edge of a wider table top.

My friend Tony uses one in his cabinet shop. He purchased it from a hospital auction for almost nothing. Its originally intended to be used as a physical therapy table.

my table that husband built me , He took the measurements off our pool table and made it the same size . ply wood as the top is perfect for me , but I'm 5'6.

I use a ping pong table, folds up when not needed, works great.

I ended up purchasing a dog grooming table. So far, I love it. I realize that it does have some limitations for really heavy furniture, but so far, its been fine. I also have a smaller cutting table in my shop about 60 x 48 and a fold-up ping pong table and saw horses. I wish I had more room sometimes but that would mean a bigger mortgage.. lol

Rug Dr. wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 2:20 am I use a ping pong table, folds up when not needed, works great.

LOL , I will try it too