Date:         Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:50:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Lund <westy4us@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Todd Lund <westy4us@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: I'm seeing workshop bench sizes and ideas
Comments: To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <1829.192.168.0.102.1166067697.squirrel@hasenwerk.homeip.net>
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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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