iamnothim
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Benchtop
I am going to demo my white ElCheapo garage cabinets and build out a proper shop. I would like some suggestions on the bench top. I know there are a lot of approaches and I’d like to see what ya’ll have done.
First the scope.
The lower boxes (I’m a metric guy) will be 900h x 750d x 600w. I’m 1981mm (6’4”) and I like a high counter. My plan for Systainers is to put them on SysCarts and roll them into bays under the counters, two deep, hence the 750mm counter depth. It might be a trick extracting them with the casters sideways. This will be a game time decision. I’m going to make the doors out of wormy blue pine for a rustic barn look. Vertical chamfered slats domino’d and laminated with two external cross bars across the slats. I know it's soft, but I think it's cool and it's only $1.50 a BF
One of the biggest challenges I have is securing stock to plane. I have two MFT tables. At the present I use the Clamping Elements. But those are limiting. It is difficult to use the HL850 with the deep angle fence on thinner material. I have the 850 Bench accessory but for long stock I’d prefer to run the planer on top of the stock.
I’m thinking a tail vice on the end of the bench top would help but I just don’t know. If you guys have any photos or links it would be great.
Many thanks.
I am going to demo my white ElCheapo garage cabinets and build out a proper shop. I would like some suggestions on the bench top. I know there are a lot of approaches and I’d like to see what ya’ll have done.
First the scope.
The lower boxes (I’m a metric guy) will be 900h x 750d x 600w. I’m 1981mm (6’4”) and I like a high counter. My plan for Systainers is to put them on SysCarts and roll them into bays under the counters, two deep, hence the 750mm counter depth. It might be a trick extracting them with the casters sideways. This will be a game time decision. I’m going to make the doors out of wormy blue pine for a rustic barn look. Vertical chamfered slats domino’d and laminated with two external cross bars across the slats. I know it's soft, but I think it's cool and it's only $1.50 a BF
One of the biggest challenges I have is securing stock to plane. I have two MFT tables. At the present I use the Clamping Elements. But those are limiting. It is difficult to use the HL850 with the deep angle fence on thinner material. I have the 850 Bench accessory but for long stock I’d prefer to run the planer on top of the stock.
I’m thinking a tail vice on the end of the bench top would help but I just don’t know. If you guys have any photos or links it would be great.
Many thanks.