Noden Adjust-A-Bench

This is my almost ultimate assembly table. It adjusts height wise from below my waist to chest height (I’m 5’11”) via a Noden Adjust-A-Bench mechanism. I could NOT live without this. Why? Because not only is it height adjustable, it’s a BIG, 4′ x 8′ with plenty of room for everything you need and within arms reach. It’s built from 2 sheets of 3/4″ ply screwed to a 2×6 frame, and it is nearly dead flat. The Noden Adjust-A-Bench legs are the better part of $500 with shipping and is built from VERY heavy gauge steel, and it’s worth every penny. If you’re worrying about wobble, there is very little, especially at the lower or mid height settings (there are about 12 height settings). You can plane on it, pound on it, put heavy lumber on it, cover it with builder’s paper and use it for finishing, etc. I use it a LOT for assembly. I built my own stretchers and added levelers and casters to save some money, but you can buy them from Noden if you like. Here’s some more photos:

Adjusting mechanism of Noden Adjust-A-Bench. Simply grab the end of the workbench top, step on the foot pedal, raise or lower the top, and release the foot pedal making sure the top is engaged in a notch.

The other end has the same mechanism.

One of 2 stretchers. Connected the legs with threaded rod encased in each stretcher. Also added my own adjustable feet and swivel casters that I bought over at Rockler.

In highest position. I was concerned about it tipping over because the levelers were so close together, but have never had an issue. Wouldn’t recommend putting a lot of weight to one side anyway in the hightest position.

In lowest position.