Adjustable Height Tables

[Jeri Countryman]

I am looking to purchase tables for our K-8 maker space. I’ve used FormaSpace tables in the past and they’ve held up wonderfully but they were only for middle school students so they were a fixed height. Now that we are designing a space for K-8, I am looking at adjustable height tables. FormaSpace has a version and I’m wondering if anybody has experience with them.  

Also, what is the ideal height for a K/1 student maker table? In the classroom, their tables are 24 inches high, but they are sitting at them. I imagine that they will be standing when working at the maker space tables. 

Thanks!

Jeri Countryman
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[Mark Loundy]

Jeri,

We built ours. K-5 mostly sit on standard metal lab stools.

https://k5create.blogspot.com/p/assembling-create.html

Mark Loundy (He, Him, His)

Instructional Technology Specialist
Google Certified Educator
Ignited Fellow x 5
Silicon Valley

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[Paul Meinersmann]

We just opened a brand new PreK-Adult makerspace and wrestled with this for a long time.  We looked at tables that would fold up for easy storage, at tables with a crank to adjust the height, plug in with power to adjust the height, etc.  In the end, we went with fixed height Smith Systems butcher block tables in the 29" height.  These are the same basic height as what was in the art room of our PreK-8 school.  In one room we went with a mix of 29" and 36", but the littles will probably work less in that space.  These tables have room for 6 to sit/stand around them and are durable enough to hold up to anything we are likely to throw at them.  We had a parent helping assemble them and he was very impressed with the quality (and he's a home and wooden boat builder).

Side note - I like the idea of building them (see Mark's email), but at the time we had more money than time and we had some stakeholders that wanted things to look polished!

Thank you,

Paul

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[Pete Carlson]

Like Jeri, we also have built some of ours. But we also use Husky Adjustable work tables in our K-8 makerspace. They are adjustable, durable, affordable and come in a couple lengths. They adjust low enough for Kinder seating to high enough for an adult standing work station. 

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[Brian Louie]

Hi Jeri. Home Depot has 46", 52" 62" and 72" wide tables and can be height adjusted between 30"-42" 

I built out storage for underneath the tables to maximize the space.

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[Lee Jones]

If you are okay with building some, I made these for my PreK-5 Makerspace. They were easy [enough] to assemble, had a lot of the stuff students needed, and I color coded them (this is the "green" table below) for easy stationing. I also built them square and equal height so I could push them around to make bigger groups. 

They were all ~28 inches tall and 35x35". I had planned to add risers to make the height adjustable for the variety of sizes, but this height was actually perfect, even for me. 

I have CAD drawings of the tables I can share, if you want to go this route.

Sincerely, 

Lee Jones

The Teachers College

Emporia State University

[Payton Norris]

In our lab, we use the Seville Classics Ultra HD adjustable tables. They work pretty well and we have found them to be stable enough for daily use. They are a bit cheaper than some other brands I've seen. I do find it annoying how skinny they are at times though.

https://www.sevilleclassics.com/collections/workbench-variants/products/ultrahd-r-6-ft-adjustable-workbenches