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   xMikeSmith | Feb 07, 2003 01:56am | #1

   vonfrey.. when you find one , lemme know how to keep the clutter off it ....

   never room for the plans.. always got something else on it

   Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Snort | Feb 07, 2003 03:14am | #5

   Plans? We don't need no steenking plans! I did frame for an old geezer contractor, for a while, and he thought we should consult such things. Soooo, as soon as a wall was up, he'd make make somebody cut two 30-60-90 ply triangles with around a 3' hypoteneuse. They'd get nailed to a couple of the wall studs about 4' off the deck, sloping side up. That old man knew how to get rid of clutter. Tack a 5' strip of ply on topn and even architects were happy to visit the site. Me, I liked the hood of my truck... EliphIno!

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   xMikeSmith | Feb 07, 2003 01:57am | #2

   since we do a lot of remodeling , we usually take one of the flush doors we're junking and screw the hinges to the wall so it will fold down when not in use... prop it up with a couple swing down legs

   Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   CAGIV | Feb 07, 2003 02:08am | #3

   a couple of fold up saw horses and a piece of plywood screwed down to it.

   Cheap, Big or small as you want, and durable.

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   r_ignacki | Feb 07, 2003 02:10am | #4

   we have a few of those Job-boxes. The yellow things with the sloping lid at Home depot.  When you open it, there are two little brackets underneath the cover that fold down and clip onto the front. Holds the lid level. Makes a nice plan table. Get some casters for it if you get one.
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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Feb 07, 2003 03:15am | #6

   I thought that's why they put hoods and tailgates on trucks. Whatever you use, take a tip from a drafting table. Put a lip on the bottom edge and set it at an angle. Everything but the flat stuff rolls off so you always have a clean layout area. Any of the Blue-Tac type gummy clay can be used to hold pencils, scales and calculators on the table top.

   Kevin Halliburton

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   MikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 08:26am | #7

   vonfrey.. if you want to find a thread that you know you posted in... select "of High interest"... that will usually bring it back up

   Edited 2/8/2003 12:27:06 AM ET by Mike Smith

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   BossHog | Feb 08, 2003 03:37pm | #8

   Probably the best one I've seen was cobbled together with plywood and 2X4s. The stand was probably 36" high. On top of that they built a box with a sloping top. (Probably sloped about 10° or so)

   The box was about 4' wide and 30" deep. The top hinged so the plans, spare pencils, etc. could be put inside. And the sloped top shed rain, so the plans stayed dry.

   All teenagers should get a high school education -- even if they already know everything.

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   renosteinke | Aug 31, 2010 03:11pm | #9

   A common problem ... if anything, job sites really suffer from a lack of "infrastructure.!"

   I've seen a few different approaches.

   One guy found a canvas & hardboard 'plan table' that folded up against the wall when not in use. Since the construction was so light, you never thought to set anything else on it. Can't recall who made the $75 gizmo, though.

   If a site is closed off from the weather and has a hard floor, "Wire Wagon" makes a solid wheeled table that has plenty of room for prints.

   Another possibility is the 'shop desk.' Some of those have sloped tops, and are just large enough for a print.

   Some of the sloped-top job chests have stops that will let the cover srve as a table.

   The ultimate, I suppose, are the 'Field offices" sold by the same folks who make the chests. You'll need a forklift to move it about, though.