Plans for a workbench please

Ask in news://alt.building.construction too! I'd also find the magazine websites such as Popular Mechanics, Woodworker and so on.

This may sound silly but has anyone a link to some sensible electronic

The heights of both a sit down and stand up type bench are really determined by what's comfortable to the individual - the beauty of building your own.

For electronics you don't need as strong a construction as you would for car mechanics etc, and if you can also fix it to the room walls this will greatly aid rigidity.

Best to use Spur shelving so you can adjust the heights after experience of use.

This is what I've done. I've run all the additional services needed in surface trunking so it can be easily removed. Of course with the UK ring main system extra sockets are easy.

I used carpet tiles for the floor covering, but you want a smooth area round the electronics bench for easy finding of dropped components.

Buy a kit from the local big-box store and customize it. I used indoor/outdoor static-free carpet for my work surface. It had enough friction to keep things from sliding around, was scratch and flame-resistant, and kept parts from getting lost.

Pete wrote:

I used what's known as 'battleship' lino with a hardwood edge.

I used old oak tongue and groove floor boards over 2"x6" planks going in the opposite direction. This sits over a couple of welded steel frames so my work bench isn't going anywhere and no doubt would survive the house collapsing onto it.

There are frequent discussions about work benches on news:alt.binary.pictures.radio including pictures of how not to do it when they go through a round of worst or dirtiest work bench competition. Some of the benches are very well designed, but you have to decide what suits your needs. What are you going to work on? how much test equipment do you have? Do you want to keep parts cabinets on the bench, or nearby? Where do you want to put the AC outlets? In other words, make a list of your needs and look around. I have six different benches set up at my house, in different buildings. Each is tailored to one, or a few types of work. Yes, it is overkill, but I am disabled and it makes sense for my needs. At this time they are still covered in plastic from last year's hurricanes because the roofs on the workshops still need replaced. I work on test equipment, Ham radio gear, computers and monitors, along with anything that I find interesting. One bench is for the dirty work of tearing down old equipment, and has a drill press and chop saw a couple feet away to build prototypes. What are you going to do at your bench?

news:alt.binaries.schematics.electronic is another place where the subject comes up from time to time, and a polite request on either group will get you plenty of pictures sot you can see what will work for you.