Comments about Alvin Opal Drafting Table:

Do not waste your time here. We ordered 26 of these for my art classroom. They started falling apart the first week. Perfect example of shoddy workmanship. As a school we tried to get the tables replaced by Blick or Alvin and were asked to submit photos of the problems with the tables. We submitted the photos and were told it was just the way we put them together. The screws will not stay tightened. The tables are not tall enough. The nuts used to raise/lower the table do not line up correctly. The table top is a cheap particle board which the screws fall out of. If the tables are slightly moved the top falls off to the side of the table and is not level. Major problems with this product all around.

Comments about Alvin Opal Drafting Table:

In all fairness, this probably would be a fairly solid table for the price, If not for some sloppy workmanship. Like the last reviewer, I likewise found the 'tablet' for screwing the table-board to the base completely off the mark. Not a huge-deal if you're willing to just make your own measurements/corrections. But aside from that, I also found that the left cross-leg on the table I received had been soldered on a bit higher than the one on the right.. causing it to raise-up off the ground a good bit from the rest no matter what you did. It's a good thing then that the front 'feet' were adjustable, as because of that, I had to lower the left foot considerably to make up for what ended up being a seemingly 'shorter' leg. That worked.. but now gave the table the appearance of having a 'peg leg'. After all that, on a completely flat-hard surface - It was pretty 'solid' and didn't shake much at all. I was still tempted to return it due the uneven workmanship, but ended up just giving it to my mother.. as she didn't mind so much having a 'pirate table'.
To close.. while the problem I had with the leg being off may be a random fluke and others may have better luck.. I would still be leery of 'recommending' this particular table.

Comments about Alvin Opal Drafting Table:

[...] The only complaint, or observation, I have is the template for drilling holes to mount the legs of the drawing table. The template was off. I followed the instructions; checked them twice before marking the screw holes. I drilled a very shallow starting hole so I could screw the legs in place. The one side was fine, but the other side was off considerably. I could not bend the bracket to line it up with the holes, so I had to mark the screw holes with the bracket in place. Everything resolved itself, but someone at the factory ought to perform a quality check on the template included with the drawing table.