I wanted a Barth 500v but couldn't cough-up the money/find one, so I built a substitute from 2 second-hand Southworth electric/hydraulic lift carts that needed servicing and a Polk-style 8'x4' torsion box with UJK Parf holes. (My experiment using a HF bike lift with the Polk-style top was a failure).
It does have it's drawbacks but it met my own requirements and I use it regularly as a sheet goods breakdown/assembly/workbench table. It has enough mass not to move when the stand/brakes are engaged when planing etc., and I can shove it out of the way when necessary. The carts do rise and lower independently of each other and this has pros and cons.?
FWIW, I also bought the Felder 300 with extendible top, primarily as a more mobile work cart/infeed-outfeed/assembly table.
I gave up trying to find one solution that did it all.
I don't want to go off topic from the OP so if anyone is interested, I can supply more information off this thread.
Cheers,
Rob P.
Rob Pritchard
