Oak Drafting Tables Views
Modern drafting tables typically rely on a steel frame. Steel provides as much strength as the old oak drafting table frames and much easier portability. Typically the drafting board surface is a thick sheet of compressed fiberboard with sheets of formica laminated to all its surfaces. The drafting board surface is usually secured to the frame by screws which can easily be removed for drafting table transportation.
Mayline Company has, since 1939, been THE name in fine furniture for architects, engineers, space planners and the design and drafting community. Times and technologies change, but this traditional furniture is still available in a wide range of styles and configurations. Choose from the ruggedness of our Rangera™ steel 4-post drafting table, ergonomics of the Future-Matic electric table or aesthetics in old-world craftsmanship that goes into our oak 4-post drafting tables. Whether for home, school or industry, hobby or vocation - Mayline offers every type of table for those involved in manual drawing.
Drafting tables were the original ergonomic worktable. Many a Victorian gentleman had a beautiful brass-trimmed oak-drafting table in his study or library. It was fully adjustable so that he could work either sitting or standing, and he could adjust the table top from vertical to horizontal and any comfortable working angle in between.
During the post World War II years, drafting tables moved from the gentlemanars"s library to the architect or draftsmanbrs"s workroom. Drafting tables were lighter and more portable; many were designed with frames that came apart for easy transport. The oak frames were replaced with steel, and systems of linkages and clutches, counterweights and foot pedals were added to make it easier to adjust them.
Oak Drafting Tables Images
