Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42

Boat Hitch Table

Make an adjustable-height modeling table like the pros, for hundreds less.

Written by Dan Spangler Illustrated by Rob Nance

Gunther Kirsch

Time Required: 1–2 Days Cost: $200 or Less

MY BOSS IS AN AVID SCULPTOR WHO LIKES TO RE-CREATE CHARACTERS AND MONSTERS from various games and comics. He wanted a new professional modeling table but didn’t want to pay the $800 price tag. So he asked me if I could make one for less than $200.

I did, and I used a boat hitch jack to do it. The trick to a modeling table is that you can raise and ...