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<p>I went the cheap route and bought a 50 dollar walmart kit for a computer desk and used that for a bench.</p><p>It has outlived it's useful life however, still is doing well. It is being regulated to lessor duty as a stand for DCC control equiptment.</p><p>A real workbench will be very strong and have a surface free from flaws and changes in any plane so you can build structures on it without being crooked.</p><p>Also electrical supply is a consideration. It's not good to have the strip on the floor because if you should spill something and splash it... there is real risk for problems.</p><p>Keep a shelf above the actual work area for your stuff that is being used. It is safer to go up and away than to be down and below where things can drop down onto them.</p><p>And finally but not last, there should be sufficient work space so you can build the titanic and not have to compete with the wall, light fixture or something else that will get in the way.</p>
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