No its not a drafting table its an old door from a house with the thinnest sheet of plywood on each side to make the surface smooth. It was then sanded down and has a few coats of varnish on, as it was originally used as a desk. It was built for my dad before he redid his office and gave it to me and he was a very tall man and the height it was, was constantly giving me back pain if I would be cutting for more than 10 mins or so................so I read through a book at a LQS and it advised to measure from your bent elbow at your side and down to give you the height needed for your ironing and cutting surfaces. This table is also pretty wide as well and many times I was finding the lights would cause glares on my rulers or everytime I would lean over for a full width cut I would hit my ruler............so my husband had the idea to raise the back side like a drafting table to lessen then glares and reaches and it has been wonderous!!!!!!