Spent $380 on a tilt-up drafting table and went back to my flat board in 3 weeks | Drafters - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals
A buddy of mine did almost the same thing, dropped close to $400 on one of those fancy ones with the gas spring and everything. He used it for maybe a month, then the little knob that sets the tilt stopped holding, so the whole thing would flop down mid drawing. It's been folded up against his garage wall since spring and he's back on the kitchen table with a cutting board under his paper.