How great it is to design what will become a permanent part of your
life.
I have had two permanent benches. One was in three sections, 8 feet
long. I loved it, I had three work stations. One for the hot stuff,
one for the everyday work (mine), and a section that was kept
organized that I used for students.
My present bench is 6 feet wide, built by a dear friend, and it will
out live me and the house I am in. It has only two work stations.
One is set up withfireproof brick, and is my hot zone. The other
side is where I tend to gather stuff that needs doing. I do not like
this as well as the old bench, but Ijust did not have the 8 foot
area. I tend to fill my section up with repairs, orders, student
trays…on and on, long story short. Every day I work atmy student
tables where I have 4 work stations and one of them has become mine.
What I have noticed is that a bench becomes personalized over time.
What I wished I had was a chain where all of my wires and things can
hang, so all I could do is pull, measure and cut. Oh well, next time.