I have very light machines -- I play with a sherline mill and lathe, so a couple of IKEA tables was all I had.
I do detailed work mostly, and I like standing up. So I saw in the car shop that they had this nice high bench, -- by high I mean 42", and I liked it a lot.
So I decided to make a tall workbench for meself. Trawling the interweb I found suggestions that the optimal height for detailed work seem to be 6" above your wrist level (for me this is at 41-42").
This is my first ever wood project. Lumber (2x4's mostly).
Lumber.
and lumber (2x10's)
Workbench complete, on medium duty lockable casters and moves around very easily, which I love. Again, i do not do very heavy work, so this construction is super robust. It was a bit of a task to plane the sides of the 2x10 boards to match flush to each other. Next weekend I will plane to top surface... or I may find an excuse and let it be... I have a garden variety hand plane and limited time... I'd rather machine or do electronics...
Then I put a top shelf, and installed power outlets and a fluorescent light. A 12 gauge 25 feet cable can connect this to one of several wall outlets. I decided to put the CNC mill on this bench. The power source and the stepper driver have been installed on the top shelf (barely visible). Will update when it's up and running.
take care,
tom in MA
I do detailed work mostly, and I like standing up. So I saw in the car shop that they had this nice high bench, -- by high I mean 42", and I liked it a lot.
So I decided to make a tall workbench for meself. Trawling the interweb I found suggestions that the optimal height for detailed work seem to be 6" above your wrist level (for me this is at 41-42").
This is my first ever wood project. Lumber (2x4's mostly).
Lumber.
and lumber (2x10's)
Workbench complete, on medium duty lockable casters and moves around very easily, which I love. Again, i do not do very heavy work, so this construction is super robust. It was a bit of a task to plane the sides of the 2x10 boards to match flush to each other. Next weekend I will plane to top surface... or I may find an excuse and let it be... I have a garden variety hand plane and limited time... I'd rather machine or do electronics...
Then I put a top shelf, and installed power outlets and a fluorescent light. A 12 gauge 25 feet cable can connect this to one of several wall outlets. I decided to put the CNC mill on this bench. The power source and the stepper driver have been installed on the top shelf (barely visible). Will update when it's up and running.
take care,
tom in MA