Bench

[Electronics Engineer]

General Chat on electronics lab benches.

[Electronics Engineer]

what is a good height, width, depth, material for a good electronics bench

[CM800]

what is a good height, width, depth, material for a good electronics bench

Do you plan on sitting or standing?
Do you plan on putting heavy things on it?
Do you want a shelf or not to put your equipment on?

[Nuno_pt]

Dave has some great videos on how to do a bench, we talks about height and the sitting vs stand up.

https://youtu.be/vuUSIt3rbyU

https://youtu.be/GMRvEA8rgJs

I'm renewing my bench and will follow some of Dave advices, the bench will be 3.60m long, 1.20m deep and 0.90m height.

The 0.90m (90cm) height will work for both working will standing up or when sitting down on a stool like Dave uses.

[smithnerd]

This is what I usually make. I build rigid sets of leg pairs (front and back legs) of a suitable size to support whatever material I want to use for the top. If I build those like tanks, then I only have to worry about ensuring that the bench can't rack over. I like to use 1/2" mortice and tenon joints, pulled up tight with a suitable coach screw.

This is a rough working drawing for one I'm building at the moment, out of recycled timber.

[smithnerd]

A metalworking bench which I made a while ago, slightly beefier.

The extra supports under the worktop were unnecessary. It has 3/4" plywood shelves sitting over the bottom part, which are not shown. I calculated the height based on the top of my bench vice coming to just below my elbow in a standing position.

If you build a standing bench, make sure you get a stool with height adjustment.