You have to be a master woodworker to make home-built benchwork of comparable quality to what Mianne sells. It is strong and light. And, as you point out, the wood is also top quality. Then, the ease of assembly (and disassembly when necessary) is unmatched due to very intelligent design. I have two layouts made from this product. The first is twenty years old and the one shown below is five. I could never make anything like this myself... I am a satisfied customer.
MELGAR