Can you tell us how this table was used?

Hello from Hazard!

We had one more response on Item No. 1164. David Miller, of Louisville, Ohio, says it is a bean frencher.
Last week we had one guess of a rope braider.
It was submitted by Richard Bader, of Middletown, New York, and is a yard sale treasure.

We had Item No. 1165 emailed to us by “Rgkray.” This wood table is 10.5 by 13 inches by 24.5 inches high. It has a 3.75 inch hole cut in the top above a drawer. There is a metal plate the same size as the hole in the top attached to the bottom shelf.
Do you know what it is and how it was used? Email us at editorial@farmanddairy.com; or by mail to: Hazard a Guess, c/o Farm and Dairy, P.O. Box 38, Salem, OH 44460.