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Work Bench Covering. (Acrylic, Glass, Self Heal Rubber)
Hi All
Just been building new work benches for workshop and would really be interested to find out what people use to cover there worktops in. What benifits/drawbacks do you think your methods have and are there any problems you might have found with other methods of covering in the past.
Thanks
Colin
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11 Replies
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Been a few threads about this the last few months…contentious subject!!
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … ypropylene
Dave
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Thanks Dave
I see what you mean about it being contensuos subject. I supose everybody has there own preferance. I think it is worth spending out on as we spend so much time cutting on our worktops.
Colin
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I have just got a 8×4 sheet of glass, and it makes really nice work top, easy to clean, less static, you can cut on it and make it into a light box.
Nick.
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just got some 3mm poly sheet been cutting on it and is ok a lot better than foam board which i used for about four months and turned over
sometimes have to climb on the bench so glass is out used to just be mdf
but the dust got everywhereDerek
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quote Derek Heron:sometimes have to climb on the bench so glass is out
Derek
Derek, I have 6mm laminated glass on 18mm MDF and I would not worry about standing on that mate.
Nick.
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quote Derek Heron:just got some 3mm poly sheet been cutting on it and is ok a lot better than foam board which i used for about four months and turned over
sometimes have to climb on the bench so glass is out used to just be mdf
but the dust got everywhereDerek
Me too Derek. I’ve got 6mm toughened glass on an MDF base, I have no problems standing on my table either. As long as it is secure and the glass sits flat, you can tread it like any other table.
Don’t do what one of my staff did a few years ago though. He hammered a timber frame together, all went well until he missed the nail and hit the table…. class everywhere. He was not the sharpest tool in the shed I hasten to add. 😕
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I’m with Shane on the glass work surface. Our production table is 5ft x 8ft with a tempered glass surface on it the one end of the table has a flourescent light that was meant to be installed in a drop ceiling but we rigged it up so we could backlight the glass so we could weed out tough decals over it and have the light shine through it.
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To those of you who have the glass table top, how much is a piece of glass at 8 x 4ft out of interest?
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mine was a 5’x8′ but we got it for free because we did the guy a favor a while back. But since its tempered glass for strength its significantly more then just normal glass.
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toughened 6mm glass here too laid on over on a 16 x 4 ft mdf bench…
like shane says it its flat …you can stand on it…
blunts knives fairly quickly but other than that its perfect…just make sure to get the edges rounded or polished to take off any sharp edges…
cost wise… i think it worked out about 400 euro… but we do a lot of work for a glass company so we did a deal on it 😉
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i just re-built my workshop. Was going to use Polypropylene as mentioned on that other thread. Strangely enough to cover 800mm x 4m it has cost me just £7 and works a treat
That coated thin hardboard at £3.50 for an 8×4 sheet does the job nicely. Even if it only lasts 6 months its cheap and cheerful, solid and if you get the brown coated one it dont show up any cut marks.
Bit of a cheapskate method, but it works for me very well so far. :lol1:
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