JET Flip Top Benchtop Machine Table (728200)

Similar items can be made as a DYI, but by the time you buy the wood, hardware, and time this is less cost then all of that. It is easy to put together and takes about 1/2 hour. The height is easy to setup during assembly but would be difficult to adjust after everything is mounted, so choose wisely. If you are going to move it you will need wheels, so factor that in. The flip table works like a charm. I have a 12" planer on one side and a 6" jointer on the other and the top spins easily. The jointer is too long to be mounted perpendicular to the axis and it is not a problem at all. The top rotates in one direction so there is no danger in it spinning out of control. The adjustable feet are easy to move and are stable. I swapped them out for wheels after everything was mounted and and it was a pain. Decide wheels or not before hand. The only problem I had were the bolt sizes for the wheels I bought. I measured the nuts on the table to be 3/8" and 3/8" nuts fit on the wheel bolts. When I mounted the wheels they were pretty loose in the nuts welded on the bottom of the legs. Either the bolts are undersized or or the nuts are oversized. The problem is that the nuts are welded to the legs, so you can't take them off. I ended up sandwiching everything between a pair of nuts. I don't know how well that will work. Overall, I am thinking about getting another. Definately worth the money.

Very Happy with the quality and how easy it was to put together

Assembling this thing is a knuckle-buster for the first 12 bolts. After that, tedious but no more bandages needed. As you can see from the pictures, the unit handles two tools plus the drawer I added. I also put in a shelf. I should have mounted the white bracing upside-down and will change that sometime soon. That way, the shelf will be flush. Neither tool had a CG that allowed even spacing on the deck, but still, flipping the top is not difficult. The locking and unlocking is quite easy and very robust. As a result, I have two heavy tools mounted on a rolling cart with a large amount of storage space in a relatively tiny footprint of about 26x20. Great for a small shop.

Yes, it's expensive and almost anyone could make one from plywood as seen many times on Social Media. That said, I only get a limited # of hours in my shop and I put this together and had my tools mounted in an hour! It is well engineered and the hardware all works well. I put.a piece of 3/4 plywood on the bottom instead of the levelers and bought 2" plate casters in Amazon for about $12 for four and attached tonthe plywood for mobility works lije a charm. I am also about to build shallow shelves I can attach to each side to hold accessories for the tools mounted...i.e. wrenches and star key for my thickness planer adjustments and sanding belts, various size sanding spindles and zero clearance discs that go with them as well as dust collect hose attachments. Even made a pocket that holds my planer sled (melamine). This cart is sturdy, but even more so when you add the self made side shelves attached thru the factory-drilled leg adjustment holes. Glad I did this vs building one. The cost is not all that different if you take into account all-in costs of plywood, casters, fasteners etc. Might save your self $80-$100 by building your own, but lose 3 days awaiting glue, poly and other processes vs 1 hournto build this! The only downside is the instructions. You must build using the parts exploded view vs step-by-step instructions...something you might expect from $300 cart. Not a huge deal as all of thw bolts are same size.

Very nice item. I have a planer on one side and a jointer on the other. I was skeptical about putting that weight on the table but have had zero problems in over a year of use!

I finally got it put together with a Jet 12-inch disc sander on one side and a Ridgid chop saw on the other side. I am very pleased with the outcome. There was nothing complicated about assembly, but it probably took me the better part of an hour to put in all the little bolts, nuts, and washers, what with some of them being located in hard for old hands to reach places. Then add in another half hour to modify everything when I determined that I needed to lower it. To sum it up, assembly was somewhat tedious, but not at all complicated. For the record, upon receipt, the metal frame of the table piece was severely bent on one corner. I did not want the aggravation of returning it, so I took my hammer and a Crescent wrench and managed to straighten it out so that no one would ever notice. The paint must contain some secret hardening ingredient because I did not create a single chip or scratch in the white finish with all the hammering and bending. I added heavy-duty casters with brakes to the legs and a wooden shelf on the bottom braces for convenient storage. When I added the disc sander, I was a little dismayed because it was somewhat burdensome to flip the table. However, when I added the chop saw to the other side, the weight distribution sort of evened out so that the two machines are super easy to flip. I guess you could say that the weight of the two machines counter balanced each other. So my advice to you would be to make sure the two machines you are mounting are close to the same weight.

I was going to build a flip-top stand for a miter saw and a planer. I priced out the wood and other materials I would need to purchase, and the total was darn close to the price of this Jet Flip Top stand. The kicker was that the wooden stand would have taken me at least a day and a half to build (not counting trips to the big box store...), whereas this Jet stand took me about 30-40 minutes to assemble AND mount the tools. It works very well. The tools are quite different in weight (80+ lbs vs. 25 lbs), yet they still seem to counter-balance each other sufficiently that you only need one hand to do the "flip" operation. Your other hand is needed to release the lever that keeps it from flipping – which holds the tools quite securely! There's virtually zero "play" in the flip-top, and precious little in the stand itself. It's VERY sturdy. I added heavy-duty two-way locking casters (lock both wheel swivel and rotation) to the base so I can conveniently optimize its location in my garage shop for the operation being done. I love the Jet Flip Top Table so much that I plan to purchase another to hold a couple of other bench top tools that are currently taking up a lot of workbench space!

Let me start by saying I would buy antoher one if I had the need. I added casters to mine and it makes a lot of sense to have this kind of space saving tool storage and to make it moblie. My only gripe is that the included bolts appear to be of lesser quality since a few of them broke. This is ok since the bottom support had to be placed very low to accomidate the Jet oscilating spindle sander I placed which means I was able to use the same bolt to hold the cross member to the adjustable legs. A couple of the bolts are harder to place on if you follow the instructions. I would suggest putting the long legs on the top while it is upside down instead of following the incouded instructions. Once the 4 long legs are attached flip it over and continue wiht the process.