[hackerspaces] Show me your workbench!

Joshua Pritt ramgarden at gmail.com
Fri Feb 1 19:23:57 CET 2013


At Makers Local 256 we also have the whiteboard tops. We also attached long
power strips along both sides for small power tools etc.
There is a single storage shelf under each to hold supplies, tools, and
unfinished projects.
On Feb 1, 2013 12:12 PM, "Steven Sutton" <ssutton4455 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here are a few views of what Sparr is talking about -
>
> http://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/index.php/Electronics_Lab
>
> We liked the whiteboard tops so much that we did all of the classroom
> desks like that too.
>
> Steven
> On Feb 1, 2013 12:45 PM, "Sparr" <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> At Freeside Atlanta we built simple 4'x8' tables and benches from 2x3,
>> 2x4, and plywood, with a showerboard top surface. The tables were just
>> surfaces with legs inset a few inches. The workbenches were the same
>> design, but taller, and with a shelf added a few inches off the ground
>> between all the legs. I have, sadly, lost my photos of the
>> construction, but recreating the plans would be trivial.
>>
>> The showerboard tops are very nice. They can be pulled off and
>> replaced when damaged, but are otherwise rather smooth and good to use
>> as whiteboards beneath projects.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Jens <a.madman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > We are building general purpose workbenches at a new space in Kansas
>> this
>> > weekend.  What did you build for your space?  Any tips?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Jens
>> > MakeICT
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