DoubleDAZ posted:Peter, I just noticed that my spacing (15", 16.5" and 18") is pretty close to Jim Barrett's suggested 16". For some reason I thought it was much wider, I guess because I was concentrating on the 30" width for the modules. How wide was your spacing to begin with and what did you end up with? Have you ever wished you had gone with 3/4" like so many suggest should be used?
I ask because I think the price difference is about $10/sheet. I think I added it up and I'd need about 8 sheets if I rip plywood for the framing and don't use Mianne or buy 1x3s/1x4s. My justification for ripping plywood is that I'd rip off the 30" sections for the module tops and that would leave 18" for ripping into the 3" strips for framing. From what I see, that would leave very little waste and very little piecing together the module tops. Using just 30"x54" sections would result in a lot of plywood left over from each sheet and I'd like to avoid using smaller pieces to cover the benchwork in a piecemeal fashion, fewer joints and all that.
Based on the responses so far it appears that no one has a serious problem with my layout design or the benchwork sizing/configuration. So I'm going to go with the benchwork and contact Mianne. I think the cost of their framing alone is going to be about double what it will cost for those 8 sheets of plywood and maybe something like 1/3rd more, or maybe even less, if I buy 1x4s instead of ripping plywood.
Dave......I'm a carpentry moron....it's whatever Mianne is.....looks like 2x2 squares.
Peter
