Any views on or alternatives to the Machine Mart "Engineers Workbench"?
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19 years ago
Steel workbench
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19 years ago
Tinny as anything. Avoid.
Get a stack of angle iron, a decent piece of plate for the top and a welder - make your own. Even a cheap S/H stick welder is adequate to do the job. If you think you need MIG, then your top is too thin.
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19 years ago
And when built and fitted in it's final resting place, it would be better if you earthed it.
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19 years ago
Why? It could well be argued that it would be safer if you *didn't* earth it. Then if you have a faulty electric drill (or whatever) and happend to touch the bench as the same time as the faulty drill you won't get a shock.
It also depends very much on what else is around the bench and also the type of floor surface you have.
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19 years ago
A faulty drill placed on an earthed metal workbench will blow a fuse somewhere.
A faulty metal drill placed on an isolated metal bench will make the bench live. Touch that and you couldl be acting as an earth conductor!
sPoNIX
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19 years ago
Only problem I can see is that if you weld on the bench, and the other lead of the welder is not connected properly, could the earth lead for the bench act as a return path for the welder? Or is the welder transformer isolated so that with no return path it just doesn't work?
mrcheerful
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19 years ago
So which is more likely to happen? I was just saying that earthing the bench isn't *necessarily* a good idea. You need to assess the environment and then decide. If the floors are vinyl covered for example then not earthing it is safer, on the other hand if the floor is damp concrete then maybe earthing it is safer.