Cheap portable tuning table recommedation?

[Philpug]

You gotta get a permanent bench.

Unfortunately she doesn't have that luxury...

I just want to be able to put it away when not needed. Should never have moved to a condo. No garage, no storage, no ski room.

 

[Dave Marshak]

Unfortunately she doesn't have that luxury...

@mdf was talking about working outside. If you have space to work outside, you have space for a bench that can live outside in the weather.
When you work outdoors you need to be organized. YOu have to have all your tools ready to use within easy reach. You can't waste time setting up a folding bench or searching through your tool box for the right file guide. If you waste time your hands get too cold to work.

dm

 

[mdf]

in my case it's right by my garage door, and the table lives in the garage. There is an overhead outlet nearby with a dedicated extension cord on a hook. Setting up my table is often faster than clearing off the non-skiing stuff that accumulates on my real bench. But I agree with your general point.

 

[Dave Marshak]

Sawhorses are better than tables for a ski work bench. Tables collect crap, sawhorses are always ready to use.

dm

 

[Rudi Riet]

@mdf was talking about working outside. If you have space to work outside, you have space for a bench that can live outside in the weather.

Not necessarily. I can use myself as an example: I live in an urban area in an apartment. The outside where I can work on bikes and skis is a public right-of-way - i.e. a sidewalk. It's wide, sure, but I can't store a table/bench/workstand there without incurring a fine from the city (as well as breaking ADA rules and regulations).

Remember: not all of us own houses or land.

 

[mdf]

Tables collect crap

when we were designing big airborne optical systems, one of our design goals was "no horizontal surfaces"