Workbench top lamination type

Phil Pascoe · 12 Dec 2017

This is seriously worth considering - a flat top with the insert this way up, but a useful stop if reversed. Sorry I can't show it reversed as there's too much clutter there at the moment, but it's 5mm high for a third and 15mm for the other two thirds reversible end to end. When removed it gives access for G cramps the length of the centre of the top.

Bodgers · 12 Dec 2017

phil.p":ci86e1k2 said:
This is seriously worth considering - a flat top with the insert this way up, but a useful stop if reversed. Sorry I can't show it reversed as there's too much clutter there at the moment, but it's 5mm high for a third and 15mm for the other two thirds reversible end to end. When removed it gives access for G cramps the length of the centre of the top.

Yeah I was considering that - seen it on the robos. It is going to get crowded on the top with the tool tray as well

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Ttrees · 12 Dec 2017

You can always have a lip on the sides in your tool well for a lid / extra bench surface ...
and put a cleat for a planing stop on one side of the lid

Phil Pascoe · 12 Dec 2017

I did it because I moved house and had to rebuild the frame with a narrower top - it had a well before. I found the well a pita and the insert miles better.

Bodgers · 12 Dec 2017

Question is, is this thing going to topple over if I do it solid with no tool well... I need to work out the physics

Workbenches - crazy how something so simple can be made so complicated

Mr T · 13 Dec 2017

Bodgers":3iashgat said:
Question is, is this thing going to topple over if I do it solid with no tool well... I need to work out the physics

Workbenches - crazy how something so simple can be made so complicated

It's as complicated as you want to make it!

Chjris