diff --git a/code/game/machinery/_machinery.dm b/code/game/machinery/_machinery.dm
index 3d2dd05e5db..a5b700df559 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/_machinery.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/_machinery.dm
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@
 /obj/machinery/proc/process_atmos()//If you dont use process why are you here
 	return PROCESS_KILL
 
-
 ///Called when we want to change the value of the machine_stat variable. Holds bitflags.
 /obj/machinery/proc/set_machine_stat(new_value)
 	if(new_value == machine_stat)
@@ -914,46 +913,6 @@
 	to_chat(user, span_notice("You rotate [src]."))
 	return TRUE
 
-/obj/proc/can_be_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, silent) //if we can unwrench this object; returns SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN and FAILED_UNFASTEN, which are both TRUE, or CANT_UNFASTEN, which isn't.
-	if(!(isfloorturf(loc) || isindestructiblefloor(loc)) && !anchored)
-		to_chat(user, span_warning("[src] needs to be on the floor to be secured!"))
-		return FAILED_UNFASTEN
-	return SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN
-
-/obj/proc/default_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, obj/item/wrench, time = 20) //try to unwrench an object in a WONDERFUL DYNAMIC WAY
-	if((flags_1 & NODECONSTRUCT_1) || wrench.tool_behaviour != TOOL_WRENCH)
-		return CANT_UNFASTEN
-
-	var/turf/ground = get_turf(src)
-	if(!anchored && ground.is_blocked_turf(exclude_mobs = TRUE, source_atom = src))
-		to_chat(user, span_notice("You fail to secure [src]."))
-		return CANT_UNFASTEN
-	var/can_be_unfasten = can_be_unfasten_wrench(user)
-	if(!can_be_unfasten || can_be_unfasten == FAILED_UNFASTEN)
-		return can_be_unfasten
-	if(time)
-		to_chat(user, span_notice("You begin [anchored ? "un" : ""]securing [src]..."))
-	wrench.play_tool_sound(src, 50)
-	var/prev_anchored = anchored
-	//as long as we're the same anchored state and we're either on a floor or are anchored, toggle our anchored state
-	if(!wrench.use_tool(src, user, time, extra_checks = CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(unfasten_wrench_check), prev_anchored, user)))
-		return FAILED_UNFASTEN
-	if(!anchored && ground.is_blocked_turf(exclude_mobs = TRUE, source_atom = src))
-		to_chat(user, span_notice("You fail to secure [src]."))
-		return CANT_UNFASTEN
-	to_chat(user, span_notice("You [anchored ? "un" : ""]secure [src]."))
-	set_anchored(!anchored)
-	playsound(src, 'sound/items/deconstruct.ogg', 50, TRUE)
-	SEND_SIGNAL(src, COMSIG_OBJ_DEFAULT_UNFASTEN_WRENCH, anchored)
-	return SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN
-
-/obj/proc/unfasten_wrench_check(prev_anchored, mob/user) //for the do_after, this checks if unfastening conditions are still valid
-	if(anchored != prev_anchored)
-		return FALSE
-	if(can_be_unfasten_wrench(user, TRUE) != SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN) //if we aren't explicitly successful, cancel the fuck out
-		return FALSE
-	return TRUE
-
 /obj/machinery/proc/exchange_parts(mob/user, obj/item/storage/part_replacer/replacer_tool)
 	if(!istype(replacer_tool))
 		return FALSE
diff --git a/code/game/objects/objs.dm b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
index 87f6759d046..e1cf9522383 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/objs.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 	/// Icon to use as a 32x32 preview in crafting menus and such
 	var/icon_preview
 	var/icon_state_preview
+	/// The vertical pixel offset applied when the object is anchored on a tile with table
+	/// Ignored when set to 0 - to avoid shifting directional wall-mounted objects above tables
+	var/anchored_tabletop_offset = 0
 
 	var/damtype = BRUTE
 	var/force = 0
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(objects_by_id_tag)
 /obj/Initialize(mapload)
 	. = ..()
 
+	check_on_table()
+
 	if (id_tag)
 		GLOB.objects_by_id_tag[id_tag] = src
 
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(objects_by_id_tag)
 		var/datum/reagent/R = reagent
 		. |= R.expose_obj(src, reagents[R])
 
-///attempt to freeze this obj if possible. returns TRUE if it succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
+/// Attempt to freeze this obj if possible. returns TRUE if it succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
 /obj/proc/freeze()
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_FROZEN))
 		return FALSE
@@ -361,6 +366,55 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(objects_by_id_tag)
 	AddElement(/datum/element/frozen)
 	return TRUE
 
-///unfreezes this obj if its frozen
+/// Unfreezes this obj if its frozen
 /obj/proc/unfreeze()
 	SEND_SIGNAL(src, COMSIG_OBJ_UNFREEZE)
+
+/// If we can unwrench this object; returns SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN and FAILED_UNFASTEN, which are both TRUE, or CANT_UNFASTEN, which isn't.
+/obj/proc/can_be_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, silent)
+	if(!(isfloorturf(loc) || isindestructiblefloor(loc)) && !anchored)
+		to_chat(user, span_warning("[src] needs to be on the floor to be secured!"))
+		return FAILED_UNFASTEN
+	return SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN
+
+/// Try to unwrench an object in a WONDERFUL DYNAMIC WAY
+/obj/proc/default_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, obj/item/wrench, time = 20)
+	if((flags_1 & NODECONSTRUCT_1) || wrench.tool_behaviour != TOOL_WRENCH)
+		return CANT_UNFASTEN
+
+	var/turf/ground = get_turf(src)
+	if(!anchored && ground.is_blocked_turf(exclude_mobs = TRUE, source_atom = src))
+		to_chat(user, span_notice("You fail to secure [src]."))
+		return CANT_UNFASTEN
+	var/can_be_unfasten = can_be_unfasten_wrench(user)
+	if(!can_be_unfasten || can_be_unfasten == FAILED_UNFASTEN)
+		return can_be_unfasten
+	if(time)
+		to_chat(user, span_notice("You begin [anchored ? "un" : ""]securing [src]..."))
+	wrench.play_tool_sound(src, 50)
+	var/prev_anchored = anchored
+	//as long as we're the same anchored state and we're either on a floor or are anchored, toggle our anchored state
+	if(!wrench.use_tool(src, user, time, extra_checks = CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(unfasten_wrench_check), prev_anchored, user)))
+		return FAILED_UNFASTEN
+	if(!anchored && ground.is_blocked_turf(exclude_mobs = TRUE, source_atom = src))
+		to_chat(user, span_notice("You fail to secure [src]."))
+		return CANT_UNFASTEN
+	to_chat(user, span_notice("You [anchored ? "un" : ""]secure [src]."))
+	set_anchored(!anchored)
+	check_on_table()
+	playsound(src, 'sound/items/deconstruct.ogg', 50, TRUE)
+	SEND_SIGNAL(src, COMSIG_OBJ_DEFAULT_UNFASTEN_WRENCH, anchored)
+	return SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN
+
+/// For the do_after, this checks if unfastening conditions are still valid
+/obj/proc/unfasten_wrench_check(prev_anchored, mob/user)
+	if(anchored != prev_anchored)
+		return FALSE
+	if(can_be_unfasten_wrench(user, TRUE) != SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN) //if we aren't explicitly successful, cancel the fuck out
+		return FALSE
+	return TRUE
+
+/// Adjusts the vertical pixel offset when the object is anchored on a tile with table
+/obj/proc/check_on_table()
+	if(anchored_tabletop_offset != 0 && !istype(src, /obj/structure/table) && locate(/obj/structure/table) in loc)
+		pixel_y = anchored ? anchored_tabletop_offset : initial(pixel_y)
diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/coffeemaker.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/coffeemaker.dm
index 7a5ea1a177e..122b2325b0f 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/coffeemaker.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/coffeemaker.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	base_icon_state = "coffeemaker"
 	resistance_flags = FIRE_PROOF | ACID_PROOF
 	circuit = /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/coffeemaker
-	pixel_y = 4 //needed to make it sit nicely on tables
+	anchored_tabletop_offset = 4
 	var/obj/item/reagent_containers/cup/coffeepot/coffeepot = null
 	var/brewing = FALSE
 	var/brew_time = 20 SECONDS
diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/microwave.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/microwave.dm
index 3740f01da2c..59d0a731512 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/microwave.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/microwave.dm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 	pass_flags = PASSTABLE
 	light_color = LIGHT_COLOR_DIM_YELLOW
 	light_power = 3
+	anchored_tabletop_offset = 6
 	var/wire_disabled = FALSE // is its internal wire cut?
 	var/operating = FALSE
 	/// How dirty is it?
@@ -53,8 +54,6 @@
 	wires = new /datum/wires/microwave(src)
 	create_reagents(100)
 	soundloop = new(src, FALSE)
-	set_on_table()
-
 	update_appearance(UPDATE_ICON)
 
 /obj/machinery/microwave/Exited(atom/movable/gone, direction)
@@ -78,10 +77,6 @@
 	QDEL_NULL(soundloop)
 	return ..()
 
-/obj/machinery/microwave/set_anchored(anchorvalue)
-	. = ..()
-	set_on_table()
-
 /obj/machinery/microwave/RefreshParts()
 	. = ..()
 	efficiency = 0
@@ -518,14 +513,6 @@
 	open = FALSE
 	update_appearance()
 
-/// Go on top of a table if we're anchored & not varedited
-/obj/machinery/microwave/proc/set_on_table()
-	var/obj/structure/table/counter = locate(/obj/structure/table) in get_turf(src)
-	if(anchored && counter && !pixel_y)
-		pixel_y = 6
-	else if(!anchored)
-		pixel_y = initial(pixel_y)
-
 /// Type of microwave that automatically turns it self on erratically. Probably don't use this outside of the holodeck program "Microwave Paradise".
 /// You could also live your life with a microwave that will continously run in the background of everything while also not having any power draw. I think the former makes more sense.
 /obj/machinery/microwave/hell
diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/processor.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/processor.dm
index d5940808143..fa5b0fb3c5d 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/processor.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/machinery/processor.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 	icon_state = "processor1"
 	layer = BELOW_OBJ_LAYER
 	density = TRUE
+	pass_flags = PASSTABLE
 	circuit = /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/processor
+	anchored_tabletop_offset = 8
 	///Is the processor blending items at the moment
 	var/processing = FALSE
 	///The speed at which the processor processes items
diff --git a/code/modules/library/lib_machines.dm b/code/modules/library/lib_machines.dm
index 337b72a4c9d..316213dc66d 100644
--- a/code/modules/library/lib_machines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/library/lib_machines.dm
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 	icon_keyboard = null
 	circuit = /obj/item/circuitboard/computer/libraryconsole
 	desc = "Checked out books MUST be returned on time."
-	// This fixes consoles to be ON the tables, rather than their keyboards floating a bit
-	pixel_y = 8
+	anchored_tabletop_offset = 8
 	///The current title we're searching for
 	var/title = ""
 	///The category we're searching for
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/chem_dispenser.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/chem_dispenser.dm
index f00468d02fa..eb04fbf615d 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/chem_dispenser.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/chem_dispenser.dm
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
 	has_panel_overlay = FALSE
 	dispensed_temperature = WATER_MATTERSTATE_CHANGE_TEMP // magical mystery temperature of 274.5, where ice does not melt, and water does not freeze
 	amount = 10
-	pixel_y = 6
+	anchored_tabletop_offset = 6
 	circuit = /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/chem_dispenser/drinks
 	working_state = null
 	nopower_state = null
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm
index defc2ffe0e2..8acceeff975 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 	circuit = /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/reagentgrinder
 	pass_flags = PASSTABLE
 	resistance_flags = ACID_PROOF
+	anchored_tabletop_offset = 8
 	var/operating = FALSE
 	var/obj/item/reagent_containers/beaker = null
 	var/limit = 10