New Work Bench, Top Suggestions? Options

[jfort]

I am going to make a new work bench this winter. Maybe 30" by 16'. 4 by 4's. drawers and a shelf across the bottom. A vise. I am just your typical once-in-while car project and home project type guy.

Don't know what to do for the top. I see places make butcher block. I put formica-type stuff on top of 3/4" plywood one time. I've though about a sheet of metal, but something tells me not to do that.

Suggestions? Any other suggestion about a work bench would be appreciated, too. For example, I've thought about getting 2 or 3 half-sized metal shop drawer thinks, bolting them together and putting a work bench top on that. What do you think?

[balljoint]

I am with scotty on the freebies. I found some great parts just left behind in an old churchyard. I built a great work bench last summer with it. It's going to be great because you can just flip the top up and store all kinds of stuff in it, once I figure out how to get it unsealed that is. I also need to add a lower frame to bring the height up.

[Mark Henry]

I am with scotty on the freebies. I found some great parts just left behind in an old churchyard. I built a great work bench last summer with it. It's going to be great because you can just flip the top up and store all kinds of stuff in it, once I figure out how to get it unsealed that is. I also need to add a lower frame to bring the height up.

Dual purpose....and biodegradable.
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