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08-22-2007, 12:58 PM
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What's makes the best Workbench Top?
MDF or Plywood?
As I finish my new garage setup - I'm finally building the 12" and 6" workbenches. I have base cabinets, but I need to put on a bench top. I'm thinking about a 3/4" plywood, covered by 3/4" MDF. Whaddya think?
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08-22-2007, 02:42 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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What type of work will be done on your bench?
Assuming you will protect it...what will you seal it with?
I'll do all sorts of things on it, not a necessarily a specific purpose.
If it's plywood I will stain and poly it. If it's MDF, not sure.
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08-22-2007, 02:56 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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I'll do all sorts of things on it, not a necessarily a specific purpose.
If it's plywood I will stain and poly it. If it's MDF, not sure.
That's what I did and it worked great. Sanded between many coats and it was very smoth and real easy for clean up.
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08-22-2007, 03:19 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
stain and poly is the way to go. Also get some aluminum trim for the front and sides. THe edges of the bench seem to get dinged up and/or splintered...esp. if you're throwing heavier metal or other things on it.
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08-22-2007, 04:14 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
Do you know of anywhere that you could get some old bowling alley planks? If you want a tough bench top, alley planks are where its at.
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08-22-2007, 01:58 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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MDF or Plywood?
As I finish my new garage setup - I'm finally building the 12" and 6" workbenches. I have base cabinets, but I need to put on a bench top. I'm thinking about a 3/4" plywood, covered by 3/4" MDF. Whaddya think?
Use plywood and screw it down...
Plywood is more forgiving then MDF and with it being screwed down you can replace it easy as needed
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08-22-2007, 02:41 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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I'd recommend post form countertops from Home Depot.
What is that? I walked around Home Depot last night and don't see what you're talking about. Are you talking about the pre-finished (laminated) countertops? The problem there is that they are all multicolored and pretty dark which make finding screws and small stuff difficult.
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08-22-2007, 02:41 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
3/4" plywood then put 3/16" "eucaboard" that's what the brand is at home depot. Its a mdf board sealed on one side. Its a good surface for alot of types of projects and if it gets to messed up you can pull it off and get a new sheet for very little.
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08-22-2007, 02:55 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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MDF or Plywood?
As I finish my new garage setup - I'm finally building the 12" and 6" workbenches. I have base cabinets, but I need to put on a bench top. I'm thinking about a 3/4" plywood, covered by 3/4" MDF. Whaddya think?
For teh metalworking you've been interested in recently, I would think a steel top would be better. Don't you tink?
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08-22-2007, 04:35 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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For teh metalworking you've been interested in recently, I would think a steel top would be better. Don't you tink?
I already built two movable, 1/4 thick top, metal work tables. This is primarily for everything else.
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08-23-2007, 05:54 AM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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For teh metalworking you've been interested in recently, I would think a steel top would be better. Don't you tink?
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08-23-2007, 01:00 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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Stainless>all
Nuh uh. Stainless tops look nice for a while, but they dent too easily.
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08-23-2007, 01:23 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
Exterior glue ply 5/8. After it gets nasty add 3/8 toppers... always one side good.
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08-23-2007, 02:19 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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Chicks dig plywood....
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08-23-2007, 07:08 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
Stainless=expensive.
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08-23-2007, 08:07 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
But it's still the best.Quote:
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Stainless=expensive.
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08-23-2007, 08:09 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
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But it's still the best.
No way. It looks like crap when you get it full of little dings from the legs of your sewing machine.
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08-22-2007, 08:17 PM
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Re: What's makes the best Workbench Top?
As small as they are, I don't think it matters what you use.Quote:
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MDF or Plywood?
As I finish my new garage setup - I'm finally building the 12" and 6" workbenches. 
I used a prefab counter top from HD. It's got a light grey to white background with colored speckles. It sits on stock white cabinets and is 6' long.
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