Frame table

nounStandard termAutomotive

A heavy, perfectly flat metal platform used to build or straighten vehicle chassis.

A massively reinforced steel workbench used in fabrication and collision repair to ensure a vehicle frame is perfectly square and true. The table provides a rigid, level datum plane for taking precise measurements, pulling bent frames back into factory alignment, or welding up custom tube chassis without introducing warp.

Heard on the job

We need to get the Mustang up on the frame table to see how badly that front impact tweaked the horns.

Also heard as

  • frame machine
  • jig