Bench over the sink.

[Sam Harmon]

We eked out a tiny bit of space in the shop zone last night by rearranging a few things, but there’s still a ton of stuff (probably literally) over there that needs to be dealt with.

At one point last night, I was considering finding a new home for the stainless steel sink that’s over there, but folks pointed out that having a stainless steel sink at the space is a good thing to have, even if it’s not used all the time.

So if someone has an idea for a workbench that can fit over the sink, and either a) have the top capable of being removed & replaced easily, or b) allows the sink to slide out from under the bench, I’m all ears.


Sam

[Ian ‍]

My thought was to put the sink underneath the shelf on the opposite side where the welding stuff is, and then to build a new bench where the sink was. 

However, Where we would relocate the welding stuff too is another thing. 

[Sam Harmon]

That’s a thought, though keeping the welding gear near the gate is very convenient, given that it has to be taken outside to be used.


Sam

> On Dec 30, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Ian ‍ <lawnbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> My thought was to put the sink underneath the shelf on the opposite side where the welding stuff is, and then to build a new bench where the sink was.
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> However, Where we would relocate the welding stuff too is another thing.
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[Ian ‍]

We may be able to do both, Depending on the dimensions of the sink. 

[Ross Bochnek]

I have a material that would be suitable for completely covering the sink.  One piece could act as a tabletop.

I have 3 or 4 pieces in total that are about 2x7 feet, with a nice, smooth, white exterior laminated to a particleboard core.

Other pieces could be used as a sort of vertical surface; similar to how our benchtops in the Electro-mechanical/Computer Lab have vertical surfaces backing their benchtops.   We could experiment them- rout holes and lids for sink access, try them out as whiteboard surfaces, etc. 

They are originally vertical sides from a very large, flat-pack,freestanding wardrobe that will never be reassembled.  They are very strong surfaces, and could be physically reconfigured together with the help of 2x4 or perhaps 1x1 lumber.  But, they cannot be reassembled with their original hardware alone; due to their Ikea-like fiberboard construction and have been as much as wooden Ikea-like furniture could be.

I don't know if we'd want to cut them up inside, or even offer them as raw building materials, but they're fine to build out of, and I can try to start us off by bringing in 1 piece, with the option of bringing in up to all 4 of them.  You wouldn't want to inhale the sawdust, but that probably goes for most of the fiberboard, OSB, and pressure-treated lumber you can find at home improvement stores all over the world anyway.

[Ross Bochnek]

I took some rough measurements of the boards I'm offering, which are are about 2x7 feet.  I took some rough measurements of the sink, and the ~2'x7' board would fit completely over the sink without much overhang.

[Ian ‍]

Couldn't you just connect the saw to the Dust collector?