Where I
Keep and Work on My Kits
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Last Updated on: Sunday, February 21, 2021
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Spray Bench

Here is the bench I built to hold my as yet non-existent spraybooth.
Now let's
take a look at how I built it. Using six 2x4s and some plywood I had laying around.
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The first step of course, is the legs.
If you've checked out any of my other builds here, you will notice, I
am a fan of really strong and sturdy legs. Which is why I prefer to
screw two 2x4s together in an 'L'. Then I just cut them to length
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Next up, is the cross-bracing that holds the 4 legs in place.
2 for each side. 2 for the front, and 1 for the back.
You'll see why only one in a minute.
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Another advantage to my leg design, it gives me plenty of surface to mount the
casters on. All my tables get casters so rearranging is easy.
I like 3" as it is a nice compromise between price and ease of use.
4" would be even better, but the price jump between the two is pretty steep,
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Added a bit of cross-bracing to the top. Mainly for a mounting surface to
attach the 3 pieces of plywood for the top.
I actually had a larger sheet that I could have used for this, but opted to use up
some of my smaller pieces and save the big one for another project.
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This is where the table is going.
Which is why the back only has the top brace, and no bottom brace.
So it can sit over top my sump pit.
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Close to the window that will eventually be used to vent the
spray booth.
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As you can see, it has a nice big surface, that should accomodate anything that I will build.
The height is on the low side, so if I am sitting in my chair, I can
still spray the tops of things. And for larger items, I can stand up to
work on them.
There should be room underneath to add a shelf on the right to hold an air compressor.
And hopefully something on the right side to hold airbrushes.
The plan is to buld the booth, then add overhead lighting permanently mounted to the table.
Then add switched outlets to the table to control the spraybooth fan, the air compressor, and the lighting.
With the switches on the left side of the table.
I did plan ahead when designing the table so these things should not be too difficult to make happen.
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