# Table Build Question
**URL:** https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/table-build-question/30191
**Category:** Elite Series (Masso & Redline) (Gen 1)
**Created:** [December 30, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/table-build-question/30191 "2024-12-30T14:50:39Z")
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### Author:  [@SteveM](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/SteveM)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/table-build-question/30191/1 "2024-12-30T14:50:39Z")
New to the forum, and I did search the forum to see if this topic has been covered and didn’t find anything. My apologies if this question has been asked before.
So… like many on here I am waiting for my Onefinity Foreman. I am in the process of building my table. It is going to be 69x80. The frame is going to be 16 gauge steel - similar to the Kreg Universal Bench base. (Legs will be heavier steel) I’m not really sure how to upload an image, but here is the link [Kreg Bench](https://www.kregtool.com/shop/workspace/bench-system-components/universal-bench-base-with-standard-height-legs/BENCH-BASE-STANDARD.html)
The difference is I am going to run 80" 16 gauge stringers roughly 12" on center across the short side of the frame and I plan on welding everything together.
From what I have seen on You Tube and read about on here, most people seem to be putting 3/4" material over the top of the frame or torsion box and then another 3/4" waste board on top of that.
I am here to get your thoughts on mounting the 1F directly to the metal frame or maybe on top of a wooden spacer mounted to the frame AND then just put the waste board on top the of the frame… nothing extra.
I am confident that the frame is not going to move or flex. That leaves me only having to worry about swell or warp coming from the MDF or plywood I use for the waste board.
My inspiration was watcing a guy on YouTube test the QCW.
Thank you for reading this and even more thanks to any comments you might be able to offer.
Steve
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### Author:  [@cvcolomb](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/cvcolomb)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/table-build-question/30191/2 "2025-01-04T01:14:09Z")
Hi @SteveM ,
I wouldn’t get hung up on this too much; you can always add spacers later.
I think most people do a table top (either a layer of plywood or a torsion box) simply from construction logistics. That way you can put a consumable spoil board on it and still have the structure in the future when you need to replace the spoil board.
Since you are welding up a table that already provides a stable platform I think you’re safe to mount a spoil board directly on top of it. You can always change it later if there’s an issue. Here’s a couple of other considerations:
- The Z slider has many mounting points. You didn’t mention if you’re doing a spindle or router, but both also have a bit of vertical adjustment (the spindle offers more). So you can accommodate a variety of situations
- I started with a plywood top, and mounted a spoilboard above that. However, I found this limited my Z space under the spindle; I ended up putting spacers under the Onefinity feet to raise it an inch
- So what you are going to machine is important to consider
- Also consider how you are clamping/mounting work to your spoilboard. I use [3/4" bench dogs](https://www.amazon.com/AKCIAON-Aluminum-Alloy-Bench-Woodworking/dp/B0C1H413HL?tag=benmyers-20) and they have a 1" post, so they’d bottom out with only a 3/4" spoil board (my dog holes extend into the table top)
- There is flat, and then there’s FLAT. Double check things when you’re done welding them up; you might have a bit of warp that would lead you to have a thicker top to give you room to surface properly
- In fact for checking I’d clamp on the OF temporarily and pull some strings over the bed, riding on the rails. This will give you a good sense of how the entire thing is laid out. I didn’t do this and I could have saved a bit of my spoil board by shimming the mounting feet on the right side, my plywood was not as flat as I thought.
At the end of the day, whatever you do can be easily redone, so don’t sweat it too much ;-}
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### Author:  [@SteveM](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/SteveM)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/table-build-question/30191/3 "2025-01-15T00:05:45Z")
Thank you so much for the reply. I appreciate the “don’t sweart it” comment. I am getting a spindle and there is a plywood manufacturer in my area that is importing the multi layer equivalanet of baltic birch. I already have a very small CNC and a spoil board on top of a spoil board which the holes are in the same place for mounting. So spoiler number 2 always gets mounted in the same pattern. I have number 2’s in multiple sizes. I use a combo of screws and composit nails to connect work to my number 2 boards.
Your use of spacers is a fantastic idea. I think I will put 2" box tubing underneath the rails and incorporate adjustments in the to allow me to level the CNC to the table.
And believe me I have have made so much stuff in my life only to tear it apart and enhance it later. I just like to limit that as much as possible.