Community Cycles is expanding into a larger space, not to be confused with "enough" space, our main shop area will now be about 1,000sqft. As we reconfigure the shop we're trying to determine what kind of work benches to go with. Right now we have one main 8 ft bench with a pegboard where the common every day tools are kept, screw drivers, allen keys, box wrenches... This bench also has a vice and stores crates of parts below. We keep other specialty tools like crown race pullers and the like out of the mix and require them to be checked out.
We've seen quite a few shops who have smaller benches with a set of dedicated tools at each, Salt Lake, Fort Collins, Bike Kitchen San Fran... We've also seen places like Free Ride in Pittsburgh that have one super long bench with dedicated sections.
I can see the benefits of both set ups. At the same time I realize the
configuration of a building often dictates how you set up the shop.
We've got a 24ft wall where we can put the bench(s) in the new shop.
I envision each work station requiring 6 X 10ft which would allow four stations in the space. The individual benches would be 2.5ft wide and 3-4ft long. A long bench would have pegboard the whole way and each work station could be marked by colors or something. Small individual benches can be moved for special events or large bike donations whereas the long bench is somewhat permanent. I see the long bench as a way to maximize the storage space.
What do you guys think? Is there a perfect work bench for a bike coop with a little bit of space?
Ride On!
In our early days we had four individual stations, but due to their
design they were not wide enough for working on wheels.
In our last shop space we made one long workbench, and it worked very
well:
http://www.drumbent.com/photos/recycles/109_0979.JPG
http://www.drumbent.com/photos/recycles/114_1407.JPG
And in our new two-room shop we had to divide the long bench into
two, and at the same time we made it a bit less deep:
http://www.re-cycles.ca/images/stations1.jpg
On 4-May-09, at 11:23 AM, Rich Points wrote:
Community Cycles is expanding into a larger space, not to be
confused with "enough" space, our main shop area will now be about
1,000sqft. As we reconfigure the shop we're trying to determine
what kind of work benches to go with. Right now we have one main 8
ft bench with a pegboard where the common every day tools are kept,
screw drivers, allen keys, box wrenches... This bench also has a
vice and stores crates of parts below. We keep other specialty
tools like crown race pullers and the like out of the mix and
require them to be checked out.We've seen quite a few shops who have smaller benches with a set of
dedicated tools at each, Salt Lake, Fort Collins, Bike Kitchen San
Fran... We've also seen places like Free Ride in Pittsburgh that
have one super long bench with dedicated sections. I can see the benefits of both set ups. At the same time I realize
the configuration of a building often dictates how you set up the
shop. We've got a 24ft wall where we can put the bench(s) in the
new shop. I envision each work station requiring 6 X 10ft which would allow
four stations in the space. The individual benches would be 2.5ft
wide and 3-4ft long. A long bench would have pegboard the whole
way and each work station could be marked by colors or something.
Small individual benches can be moved for special events or large
bike donations whereas the long bench is somewhat permanent. I see
the long bench as a way to maximize the storage space.What do you guys think? Is there a perfect work bench for a bike
coop with a little bit of space?Ride On!
-- Rich Points Community Cycles Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich@CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019 (W) 720-565-0155 (H) Donate your old car to Community Cycles http://communitycycles.org/get-involved/donatecar.html
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