Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:51:41 -0500
Reply-To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: I'm seeing workshop bench sizes and ideas
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Gee thanks Todd - that is a cool site and I just wasted about an hour of my
day :)
On 12/14/06, Todd Lund <westy4us@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A quick search through this forum might give you some
> ideas. I stumbled on it a couple months back.
>
> http://www.garagejournal.com
>
> Happy Holidays,
> Todd
>
> --- David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of doing the drywall and paint
> > in my work shop.
> > Next I will be building a new work bench. My
> > original bench was wood
> > and 24" deep and 36" off the floor and 8' wide - it
> > served my
> > purposes but now it is time to upgrade to something
> > better.
> >
> > The
> > new area for the bench will be 16' wide with four
> > dedicated120V 20A plugs
> > - my air compressor will go under one section of
> > this bench and some
> > mobile tool cabinets under another section. I have
> > a surplus of
> > 2x6" lumber so this will be the frame work of the
> > new bench. To
> > top the bench off, I will be using 3/16" thick steel
> > that will be
> > bent up at the back to catch any spills and bent
> > down at the front for
> > neatness. I want to go deeper that 24", but how
> > deep and this
> > is the question for you people out there who have
> > shop benches. If
> > you were to do it again how deep would you go - 32"
> > or 36"
> > ? I will have a vice on there, drill press and will
> > be doing things
> > like cylinder head assembly and also fabricating and
> > TIG welding items on
> > there as well - with the steel bench there will be
> > no need to ground the
> > work, just make sure it is on the table. So -
> > please share with me
> > what you like and dislike about your current setup
> > and stuff that you
> > would do next time if you got the chance.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > David Marshall
> >
> > http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> > http://www.fastforward.ca
> >
> > Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
> > 3J2
> >
>
>
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Thanks,
Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
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