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Table size?
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instructor_bill
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tables
I used two folding tables at 35 bucks each, and one eaa table for nearly the same size work space. I also bought a couple super heavy solid core doors from a local building salvage place to lay on top of the folding tables. Great for sacraficial drilling! 10 bucks a piece.
Mostly, I use the folding tables and I fold them up as needed and stand the door slabs against the wall. When I'm done, I can toss them if I want.
VERY VERSATILE.
The EAA table is great, but for workspace, I can't give up my folding tables/doors. Where else can I get a 13+ foot by 34 inch table that breaks down in less than 5 minutes?
I originally thought that the folding table/door setup wouldn't be stable enough for much of my work but I havn't found that to be true at all. In fact, the folding table is plenty stable and with the door on top it hardly ever moves unless I lean against it-- as would the EAA table
Right now, I'm using one folding table for benchtop tools, one for building and the EAA table for plans and my DRDT
I suppose the only down side that I can think of is the lack of off-the-floor storage space that the EAA table offers, but I used boxes under the other tables as much as the shelf on the EAA table-- later, I just deleted the shelf on the EAA table so that I could sit at the table in a desk chair.
Another upside to having the door slabs around is that when I was working the wings and had the large flat wing skins I was able to store the skins on a door leaning against the wall by drilling a single hole in the door for a cleco (acting as a hanger)
I used two folding tables at 35 bucks each, and one eaa table for nearly the same size work space. I also bought a couple super heavy solid core doors from a local building salvage place to lay on top of the folding tables. Great for sacraficial drilling! 10 bucks a piece.
Mostly, I use the folding tables and I fold them up as needed and stand the door slabs against the wall. When I'm done, I can toss them if I want.
VERY VERSATILE.
The EAA table is great, but for workspace, I can't give up my folding tables/doors. Where else can I get a 13+ foot by 34 inch table that breaks down in less than 5 minutes?
I originally thought that the folding table/door setup wouldn't be stable enough for much of my work but I havn't found that to be true at all. In fact, the folding table is plenty stable and with the door on top it hardly ever moves unless I lean against it-- as would the EAA table
Right now, I'm using one folding table for benchtop tools, one for building and the EAA table for plans and my DRDT
I suppose the only down side that I can think of is the lack of off-the-floor storage space that the EAA table offers, but I used boxes under the other tables as much as the shelf on the EAA table-- later, I just deleted the shelf on the EAA table so that I could sit at the table in a desk chair.
Another upside to having the door slabs around is that when I was working the wings and had the large flat wing skins I was able to store the skins on a door leaning against the wall by drilling a single hole in the door for a cleco (acting as a hanger)
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Bullseye
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I have two tables. I made them 6' instead of 5'. I have given up on trying to park my car in the garage.
The first one is 2' by 6' frame with a piece of MDF cut to overhang each side by 3" (tabletop is 2'6" by 6'6"). The second one, since it acts as my toolbench rather than a workbench to clamp to, I omitted the overhang, but added two more shelves.
First one (Picture): http://n999za.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/workbench-construction-022.jpg
First one (Build log entry): http://n999za.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/eaa-workbench-completed/
Second one (Picture): http://n999za.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/new-workbench-013.jpg
Second one (Build log entry): http://n999za.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/built-another-workbench/
The first one is 2' by 6' frame with a piece of MDF cut to overhang each side by 3" (tabletop is 2'6" by 6'6"). The second one, since it acts as my toolbench rather than a workbench to clamp to, I omitted the overhang, but added two more shelves.
First one (Picture): http://n999za.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/workbench-construction-022.jpg
First one (Build log entry): http://n999za.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/eaa-workbench-completed/
Second one (Picture): http://n999za.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/new-workbench-013.jpg
Second one (Build log entry): http://n999za.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/built-another-workbench/
