Metal and wood scissor lift table – Industrial style coffee table

In this weeks video I took a design used in industrial products and converted it to a piece of furniture.
The mechanism of scissor lift tables fascinate me because it’s both simple and sophisticated at the same time. Converting this to a piece that fits my other metal and wood furniture turned out to be a nice project.

The build of this scissor lift table allowed me to use various processes and combine them. I turned some steel axles on the lathe that I later welded to the metal frames. This was the first time that I turned something and then welded it.
This was not the only ‘first’ in this build for me. Turning the wooden wheels on the lathe was something I had never done before and also the glue-up of the tabletop was something I had only seen others do.

The glue up was a bit challenging for me, not only because I had never done it before but also because my toolkit and space are not setup for things like this. In the end it worked out really well and I’m very pleased with the result.

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