my bench
Ned Bulken
>Here's a pic of my bench as I was putting it together,
This is one half of the bench, it is 54" wide by 36" deep, 42" tall. I took a commercial tabletop, which was particleboard with laminate, and married some 4/4 ash to two sides. the left half of the bench mirrored this portion. The legs are hemlock and the base is a plywood and syp torsion box.
I'm 6'3" and that was a comfortable working level for me, hands at the level when standing.
This 'half' of the bench is meant for storage, as you can see I incorporated a metal filing cabinet I located. The left half, you can just see sticking in the corner of the image, is supposed to be the 'working' half of the bench. I haven't installed my vice yet, but plan on doing so in the near future, along with drilling holes for bench dogs along the Ash portions.
