My new 14-foot electronics workbench is finished!

I made it with cantilever support, no legs. I'll usually work
sitting on an adjustable-height lab stool and I didn't want legs in
the way.

If you're interested, you can see it at
http://www.goldengate.net/~dforeman/workbench/

Don Foreman wrote:

My new 14-foot electronics workbench is finished!
...
http://www.goldengate.net/~dforeman/workbench/

WHAT!!??! How come you have all that space not filled with stuff? You
must have just moved! Or built an addition! 14' by what, 20? There
should have a "gloat" in the subject to warn us. Lucky *******. 8-)
Bob

Built an addition to the garage. Had to! The new bench is 24"
deep. Picked up the new lever-actuated gas-spring-adjustable-height
lab stool from Grainger today. Mit casters even, yoo bet. I'll
need a recoilless soldering iron lest I be slung out the back door
into a snowdrift.






On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:50:50 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:

My new 14-foot electronics workbench is finished!
...
http://www.goldengate.net/~dforeman/workbench/

WHAT!!??! How come you have all that space not filled with stuff? You
must have just moved! Or built an addition! 14' by what, 20? There
should have a "gloat" in the subject to warn us. Lucky *******. 8-)
Bob

Hey Don,

A useful addition to a bench like this is strip-line outlets across
the front, just below the table top. Or even a bunch of power bars.
Much better than dragging a cord across the top in the tools etc.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 00:47:36 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

Built an addition to the garage. Had to! The new bench is 24"
deep. Picked up the new lever-actuated gas-spring-adjustable-height
lab stool from Grainger today. Mit casters even, yoo bet. I'll
need a recoilless soldering iron lest I be slung out the back door
into a snowdrift.






On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:50:50 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:

My new 14-foot electronics workbench is finished!
...
http://www.goldengate.net/~dforeman/workbench/

WHAT!!??! How come you have all that space not filled with stuff? You
must have just moved! Or built an addition! 14' by what, 20? There
should have a "gloat" in the subject to warn us. Lucky *******. 8-)
Bob

In article ,
Brian Lawson wrote:

Hey Don,

A useful addition to a bench like this is strip-line outlets across
the front, just below the table top. Or even a bunch of power bars.
Much better than dragging a cord across the top in the tools etc.

A hanging strip-line outlet above the bench often offers the best of
both worlds. You can't have too many outlets.

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Hey Nick,

On my metal working benches, I do overhead as you suggest, and it's
easy to attach there due to the overhead shelf beams. I'm 6'2 and
can easily reach the 7 feet up. But for electrical/electronic
benching (soldering irons, power supplies, test equip, etc.), I just
find the "under the counter" to work better, and easier, plus easier
to wire in the isolation transformer. But to each his own, eh! It's
still a fine looking bench Don did. Good idea to have the support
legs right to the floor so they carry most of the weight in direct
compression, and the "wall" only has to take turning moment.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

ps.. we've had work bench discussions before, and I'm one that loves
my high work benches and vise, for standing work. Even raised my
lathes and mill this last move.
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 06:14:55 -0400, Nick Hull
wrote:

In article ,
Brian Lawson wrote:

Hey Don,

A useful addition to a bench like this is strip-line outlets across
the front, just below the table top. Or even a bunch of power bars.
Much better than dragging a cord across the top in the tools etc.

A hanging strip-line outlet above the bench often offers the best of
both worlds. You can't have too many outlets.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:44:00 -0400, Brian Lawson wrote:

||Hey Don,
||
||A useful addition to a bench like this is strip-line outlets across
||the front, just below the table top.

....with the outlets arranged vertical, so wall-wart power supplies can hang
side-byside instead of covering the adjacent outlets.
Texas Parts Guy

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:44:00 -0400, Brian Lawson
wrote:

Hey Don,
Yup! I have one 10-holer I got at Home Depot and I'll probably get
another one or two. I like them at the back of the bench (or
instrument shelf) for stuff that's used on the bench and task
lighting, and another one under the bench front for hand tools like
Dremel, soldering gun, etc.


A useful addition to a bench like this is strip-line outlets across
the front, just below the table top. Or even a bunch of power bars.
Much better than dragging a cord across the top in the tools etc.

Nice, but precious few outlets. My bench has 6 20A dual
outlet boxes along the front edge. Makes for a less
cable-cluttered work area, and things like soldering irons
and mag lights will have their power wires going over the
side, instead of snaking around on top. My .02.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

Don Foreman wrote:

My new 14-foot electronics workbench is finished!

I made it with cantilever support, no legs. I'll usually work
sitting on an adjustable-height lab stool and I didn't want legs in
the way.

If you're interested, you can see it at
http://www.goldengate.net/~dforeman/workbench/

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