Nice bench & nice layout. Tell us about the countertop. Is it entirely metal or metal sheet is somehow laminated onto plywood substrate? Did you get the frame that way or had it welded up to suit your requirements? I've been thinking about something similar one day - replacing kind of a legacy homebrew junky table. Right now my bench grinder & vise are on it so it has mounting holes & blind nuts etc. I was visualizing a replaceable top just in case my needs changed.
It's a SS sheet, over a 3/4" (or so) plywood top.
It's all prefab actually, "shop new age . com "
I couldn't afford a solid steel top at the moment, so this seemed like a good alternative, the way it's constructed it should be easy to replace the plywood should the need arise, and can always upgrade it to solid steel later.
I saw a smaller 4' model of this bench but with a bamboo top at Costco actually. Seemed good in store, but wanted to research.
When I found that the actual manufacturer had an 8' with SS top I was a pretty quick convert, as I was planning on filling an 8' space anyways.
