Nessmuck posted:Looks like crawling under that....for wiring ...could be a challenge.
I have the standard 40" legs and use a cheap mechanic's stool from Harbor Freight to scoot around below the benchwork. It's really not too bad at all and I'm no spring chicken anymore and also have some knee and back problems. As stated above there will be openings with no cross pieces that will allow you access, unless you add more cross braces.
The 42" legs (as Brian has below) would be better for below access, probably no ducking needed at all with those. I would probably go with those if I had it to do over? But, I also had a 7 year old grandson at the time and wanted him to be able to reach things on the layout. Ended up getting him a couple of inexpensive stools to stand on, also from Harbor Freight. So the extra two inches wouldn't have mattered to him anyway, with the stools.
Bryant Dunivan 111417 posted:Interesting that no one pointed out that you will avoid a very big mess when you try to cut and saw raw material. My 12 x 14 was ready for tabletop in about 4-6 hours. What is the cost of your labor. As I mentioned before, I think you will be thrilled.
I should have mention that above. Mess and time were both a big factor in my choosing Mianne. No mess at all with Mianne! I had Home Depot cut the plywood for the top too. Took me about a day to completely assemble my 6' x 16' Mianne kit, including trip to Home Depot for the plywood. We also had just moved to a new home and I didn't want to get sawdust everywhere. And I had sold off all my woodworking tools before we moved. All I have now are hand tools and mostly use just an Exacto saw for wood cutting (mostly small hobby wood these days), much less messy.
Woodworking for many years in the basement of our other home resulted in sawdust everywhere, duct work, floor joist cross bracing, tops of shop lights, and everywhere else you can (or can not) imagine. It migrated everywhere upstairs through the duct work too.
