"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
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Should close escrow on a forclosure in a few days and need to build
out my 2 car garage shop. Besides pulling in all my machinery and
tools from all the various shops an other locations they currently
live, I need to build a shop table.

I am going for a 4 x 8 flat surface. I'll build storage under it as
needed and I will make sure it is movable. I am thinking of a
derivation of this design. Anyone else have design ideas or input?

http://woodworking.about.com/od/shop...tableTable.htm

Questions;

Does it need to be portable, lightweight and be moved around?

Or can it be heavy?

Any power requirements at the table? I often put in a power strip under one
edge of workbenches I build.

Another suggestion is to use some kind of metal base. I mention this because
I bought up some heavy duty metal bases at an industrial outlet. They were
very strong and heavy. They all had electrical boxes built in and I wired
them up. Not sure what is available where you are, but they worked well for
me. All my old source are gone now though.

If I had to make a some workbenches in a hurry, I would still go to the
metal legs. This probably wouldn't work for an outfeed table though. I
have seen a couple benches made with the grizzly metal legs.

http://www.grizzly.com/catalog/2008/Main/271

And as you mentioned in another thread, hardboard top. Laminate works good
too. I would attach it in a manner that it can be easily replaced. That
way you don't need to be careful of it and the table becomes much more
useful for many functions.

If you use the table for assembly or other work, it would be nice to have
some drawers and cabinets underneat. And a rolling clamp rack nearby.

At leat have some kind of wood storage underneath.