Duane Bledsoe
12-29-2011, 6:24 PM
I've noticed that my table saw and my work bench are 34" in height (work bench actually 1/4" less) and I've seen this before on other tools as well. I thought standard counter top height was 36" for comfortable working. So why would these be 34" instead?? It's good that the table saw and work bench are so close in height, I can use the bench as an outfeed table. If I had another one I could use it as an infeed table, and I had already decided that I wanted another one just for convenience of putting them end to end or side by side for more work surface, and more drawer storage.
The reason I'm asking about counter top height is I'm debating building counters around my workshop area to offer more work surfaces and to provide places to mount bench top tools like a grinder, miter saw, scroll saw, or other things, and I want to get it right. I've also noticed that I like a work surface even considerably taller than the standard 36" a lot of times too. I found this out when working in my driveway on top of my retaining wall as a work surface. I can put my miter saw there, or scroll saw, and it's very comfortable. The work is right up where I can look at it in front of me instead of looking down at it. So, I may just break the rules and mount a few of my tools a good bit higher than standard counter top height.
The reason I'm asking about counter top height is I'm debating building counters around my workshop area to offer more work surfaces and to provide places to mount bench top tools like a grinder, miter saw, scroll saw, or other things, and I want to get it right. I've also noticed that I like a work surface even considerably taller than the standard 36" a lot of times too. I found this out when working in my driveway on top of my retaining wall as a work surface. I can put my miter saw there, or scroll saw, and it's very comfortable. The work is right up where I can look at it in front of me instead of looking down at it. So, I may just break the rules and mount a few of my tools a good bit higher than standard counter top height.