Melamine might need something like plywood underneath, but it's fairly strong, depending on the span and how hard you are pounding on it. Most cheap desks are make out of it.<br><br>JJ<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 4 November 2010 13:23, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Don't have any old doors. I saw a nice one on the site of the road a while back. Nuts I should have picked it up. <div><br></div><div>Melamine doesn't look like it is okay to extend the table, but more to add to an existing surface. Does that sound right?</div>
<div><br></div><div>According to this article it's a bit toxic.<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine</a></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine" target="_blank"></a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:18 PM, James Jamison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toodloo@gmail.com" target="_blank">toodloo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Darcy,<br><br>Old doors work well, or a sheet of melamine. I accidentally* discovered that thin sheet metal like metal ducting or flashing from the hardware store is a nice surface to work on, depending on the type of work you will be doing. It cleans up really well and is quite resilient.<br>
<br>James<br><br><br>* I just moved and a sheet got piled on the workbench, hasn't moved since.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On 4 November 2010 12:20, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div>My lab work benches are pretty small and I'm now looking at how to increase the space.<div>
<br></div><div>I was thinking of slapping a board across the top of my smaller tables to make bigger tables. </div><div><br></div>
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