<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 08/02/2001 7:11:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
<BR>harrybissell@prodigy.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">DIY workbenches ??? REALLY ????
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<BR>OK... MY workbench is a piece of 3/4" particle board, reinforced
<BR>underneath
<BR>with some aluminum strip angle... sitting on two "Microwave" carts
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<BR>(guess this makes me the Geo Metro of the 'door and two file cabinets'
<BR>class)
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<BR>Total work surface area, not covered with past project debris... 1.5 sq
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<BR>My main bench is something I got as a kit from home depot at about age 15.
<BR>sturdy metal construction, with particle board top and various modifications
<BR>to mount phone jacks (a must for the phone phreak) etc in various places. Two
<BR>swiveling monitor holder arms were added, one for a monitor and the other for
<BR>a scope. That bench is full of junk right now, so I end up doing most of my
<BR>soldering on the washing machine these days. I have another, DIY bench in the
<BR>garage, which is probably at the "cool" end of the "two filing cabinets and a
<BR>door" category. A sheet of plywood scavenged from a medical laser packing
<BR>crate, stuck on top of a 4'x4' acid storage cabinet with huge swinging doors
<BR>and "CORROSIVE" across the front in big letters.
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<BR>-Chris
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