[hackerspaces] Show me your workbench!

[James Arlen]

That's the stuff that I have lining the walls in my office - works almost as well as a real whiteboard for a fraction of the cost. 

There are big hunks of it all over think|haus - including a full 4x8 sheet that folds up against the ceiling.


Jens wrote:
> Is this
> <http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202090193/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=shower+board&storeId=10051#.UQwfzaV9J1g>
> what you are referring to as a shower board?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jens
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com
> <mailto:ramgarden at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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
>             <mailto: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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