New tooling station

[Colt W Knight]

My brother is working at a cemetery complex this month, and he became friends with the monument maker there. He brought me this big 3.5"×17"×40" marble/granite stone a few days ago. I decided to build a table around it. 

I built the table 2x5 feet and the top is 34" from the ground. I had to add the diagonal braces to steady up the table. That chunk of rock weighs a lot. 

 

 

I still need to figure out where everything will go on the pegboard, add a power strip, and make a tool rack for all my stamps. 

[JLSleather]

2' deep seems quite popular, but I actually like mine nearly twice that.  I like a couple feet (at least 18") for tooling in front of me, and about that again for tools.

Having said that.. my bench is falling apart. Trying to put off replacing it until I find out if I'm getting re-located.

I do like the rock set in like that ..

 

[Colt W Knight]

 

2' deep seems quite popular, but I actually like mine nearly twice that.  I like a couple feet (at least 18") for tooling in front of me, and about that again for tools.

Having said that.. my bench is falling apart. Trying to put off replacing it until I find out if I'm getting re-located.

I do like the rock set in like that ..

 

You probably tool a lot bigger stuff and have a lot more tools than I do. I am relatively new to leather work, so I am sure I will revise my bench once I get a better idea what I need/want. I already don't like the diagonal braces. I will probably try moving them to give me more leg room. 

[JLSleather]

I try not to have stuff just to have it.. so if I don't need it, I lilely don't have it

As a rule, benches requiring braces can be done by angling the brace BACK and down from that front edge.  Course, I'm only 5'10", so I can get away with that mostly.

 

[brmax]

Hey that looks like it will work out great, seems to make good sense set in there to. u lucky dog!

Maybe just sawzal on the bottom side of the 2x6 and tap them braces off the legs for re-positioning 1 board up that way that old part will still be used for granite support. Its late, just a thought.

The granite wow, good score there

Floyd

[stu925]

Local stone cutter here gouged me $50 for a 13"x19"x 1.25" piece of granite so if you got a piece that big for free you got a hell of a deal.  The bench looks great, the inset granite is a great idea, I may have to consider that when I build my next bench. 

 

Stu

[Colt W Knight]

I have been keeping my stamps in a spray can lid since I started leather working. Decided the new bench needed a nice tool rack.

This piece of knotted black walnut has been laying around my shop since 2009. I dressed up the sides with some burl walnut veneer, and made a base with a chunk of butternut burl I had laying around. The butter nut was so warped and crooked,  I could only get a few small straight pieces from it.

 

[Horseshoe]

That is a nice set-up!

[Chief Filipino]

I am soooooooooooooooooooooo jealous! 

[CaptQuirk]

I'm jealous too... I'm working in less space than your bench takes up. I'm still trying to figure out why we went the tiny home route. Anyways, with the wife working nights, I can't do much during the day. No tooling, no rivets, no swearing when I stab myself again. I am so ready to get a rent a shed and move into it. And the first thing I do, is get the biggest, brightest shop light I can afford, and build a work bench with room for tools and materials and a coffee cup

So... Granite, huh? Hmmm...