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Neil Holms	29/08/2016 13:59:57
12 forum posts	Bought this http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/work-benches-work-tops/8765213/ as I have an rs account with free delivery and the local Machine Mart has such terrible parking - whole lot weighs 60kg, tell that to the courier who staggered in by himself !. Have an ML10 with a rather home-made drip tray which I was going to mount on worktop offcut then put on IKEA pine bench which I then realised was a bit low and too deep to stretch over to wall when lathe installed. This steel bench would surely fulfill the requirement of drip tray and support together , lipped on 3 sides with a complex rolled front for rigidity - will take 500kg it says , if I slope it slightly to the rear and the left, a hole in the corner will allow any drainage ?
Bazyle	29/08/2016 14:17:19
6956 forum posts 229 photos	I suggest putting something like wood under the sheet top to stop it drumming and generally vibrating, firmly bonded to it. Can' work out how big it is as the dimensions aren't in thou ( see ongoing imperial/metric thread )
Neil Holms	29/08/2016 15:15:50
12 forum posts	Ah, good point to damp the steel, perhaps also cork tiles or rubber doormats using appropriate adhesive or as I have just remembered from years ago , bitumastic sheet which is used quite a lot by the HVAC industry Edited By Neil Holms on 29/08/2016 15:35:05

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