looking for new cutting benches advice and recommendations

[Simon Worrall]

1000mm height suits me perfectly for my 5’11".
10mm toughened glass for the top cant be beaten. It is smooth and easy to clean.
You can cut directly on the glass using stainless steel blades which dont scratch glass.
I made my table out of secondhand scaffold boards which they sell at a pound per foot.

[Shawn Bentley]

Cheers Simon are there any places that sell the actual tables ? Or maybe adjustable height ?

[Colin Crabb]

In new unit, due to time factor we did buy in a new bench from Signgeer – solid enough with a slab of MDF on top for our needs

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[Shawn Bentley]

Cheers colin seen those but thank u just wondered if anything else out there etc

[Colin Bland]

We have the signgeer benches as well all on wheels, we have 8 x 4 mdf tops topped off with 3mm foamex and can push together to make 10m long bench we like them

[Shawn Bentley]

Thanks colin how sturdy are the wheels and are the benches a fixed height ? Thanks again

[Colin Bland]

Hi yes fixed height but quite comfortable will measure Tuesday if you want wheels are relatively small but do the job we find them sturdy and flat and were give them some abuse sometimes including standing on them to change light bulbs etc foe the money they are quite good

[Shawn Bentley]

Thanks colin will look into it

[Andrew O Brien]

I make my own. Never found anything just right for me. On castors with storage underneath. ]

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[Shawn Bentley]

That may be way to go Andrew, hoping there may be some on guys here that may buy the wooden benches in ready made but may have to go down route of having made bespoke, cheers

[Robert Lambie]

I would certainly consider the building route.
we have a rollsroller table but thats strictly for application and working on laying things up, weeding etc

you need to consider what you will be using it for daily.
if its an all round work bench table then you shouldnt take the glass top or fragile top route. one drop of a hammer, clunk of a sign etc and there goes your glass top.

we build our benches ourselves to exactly what we need. as has been posted, strong casters with foot lock brakes bought from the likes of screw-fix are great and not expensive, nakes easy moving as and when needed. you dont think much about moving them but you do need to clean up and sweep under, so even just for this its worth it. measure the area they have to sit and make to suit that size exactly. have storage under the bench build to suit. a nice thick top with a rubber self healing cutting mat and your done. mounters mate do cutting matts, speak to Omar for a good deal. https://www.mountersmate.co.uk/

a good joiner will come in and knock up a bench for you in no time at all and i bet much cheaper than buying a steel one with limited use other than a table, sizes etc
i would sketch up ideas of what your after, what is needed on it etc and get a joiner in to do it. buy the wood and casters etc all in and your just paying for construction.

just my thoughts on it anyway.

[Shawn Bentley]

Hi rob sounds like a plan that was my initial thoughts think will give me a longer life and more multi use,