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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 43317" data-attributes="member: 34">Re: Work Bench HelpI whipped up a $50 masterpiece for my friend using a sheet of 3/4 plywood and about 10 2x4s, let me see if I can get a picture.I&#039;m an advocate of &#039;the more bench space you can get, the better&#039;. This bench was 36&quot; deep and the remaining 12&quot; strip off the sheet of plywood was used as a backsplash. It&#039;s the full 8 feet wide. In my shop I have 8 feet of bench plus another 6 feet of auxiliary bench and it&#039;s nowhere near enough. Of course, I do more woodworking than electronic repair, but even for snake and cable making, it&#039;s nice to have space to put the bulk of the cable so it&#039;s not pulling itself onto the floor the whole time you&#039;re soldering.The top of the bench for my friend was sanded, wood-filled, and then painted with about 8 coats of stain/polyurethane stuff. The resulting surface is rock-hard and shines. Very easy to clean, extremely durable.I put a couple quad boxes in the front, since he doesn&#039;t have any test gear for the back. I think if I were to build a bench like this for me, I&#039;d have a shelf across the back for my scope and signal generators and such.On my regular bench I do have a vise, which is extremely handy, but I also have some 2&quot; diameter holes drilled in strategic locations so I can quick-grip things down to to the top of the bench. This is extremely handy when doing things like jigsawing or routing holes in baffles.Here are some pictures, one is before stain, one is after. [ATTACH]150177[/ATTACH][ATTACH]150178[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 43317, member: 34"] Re: Work Bench Help I whipped up a $50 masterpiece for my friend using a sheet of 3/4 plywood and about 10 2x4s, let me see if I can get a picture. I'm an advocate of 'the more bench space you can get, the better'. This bench was 36" deep and the remaining 12" strip off the sheet of plywood was used as a backsplash. It's the full 8 feet wide. In my shop I have 8 feet of bench plus another 6 feet of auxiliary bench and it's nowhere near enough. Of course, I do more woodworking than electronic repair, but even for snake and cable making, it's nice to have space to put the bulk of the cable so it's not pulling itself onto the floor the whole time you're soldering. The top of the bench for my friend was sanded, wood-filled, and then painted with about 8 coats of stain/polyurethane stuff. The resulting surface is rock-hard and shines. Very easy to clean, extremely durable. I put a couple quad boxes in the front, since he doesn't have any test gear for the back. I think if I were to build a bench like this for me, I'd have a shelf across the back for my scope and signal generators and such. On my regular bench I do have a vise, which is extremely handy, but I also have some 2" diameter holes drilled in strategic locations so I can quick-grip things down to to the top of the bench. This is [I]extremely [/I]handy when doing things like jigsawing or routing holes in baffles. Here are some pictures, one is before stain, one is after. [ATTACH=CONFIG]150177.vB5-legacyid=2830[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]150178.vB5-legacyid=2831[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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