Home built shop table, anyone built one?

[myclone]

Good info guys and messing with cars for 20yrs I thought Id add a couple of things that may come in handy to the mix.



I have more than once chased small parts that rolled off the work bench or at times lost a small part or two when it rolled off while I wasnt looking. Im thinking a 1/4" piece of angle welded around the edge of the table so that it forms a lip would go a long way to keeping small parts from being lost. You could weld it just below the edge so that the verticle side of the angle would be below or even with the table top so it wouldnt interfere should you need to work on something that hung over the top of the table. Although I havent added this to my present bench I will on the next one especially when dealing with transmissions as there are a lot of springs and check balls that never seem to want to stay where I put them.

The other thing I would add is a ~1 1/2" hole in the table top for working on something that needs to lay flat but hase a shaft sticking out of the opposite end your working on. I drilled a 2" hole in my bench top just to fit the input drum/turbine shaft combo into when Im stacking clutches in the drum and Im sure there are other applications where it would come in handy and clamping the parts in a vise isnt an option.

HTH