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Hey Bruce,
I know I'm not supposed to be jealous, but I
am. LOL......Great looking workbench. Keep
showing us your work, as it is always beautiful.

Diann

At 10:29 PM 8/25/2010, you wrote:
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> I have made do with a broken headstone and
> a 10x20 inspection plate for a stamping surface
> since the start. They all sat on top of
> different benches and desks. They worked
> alright but had some bounce, not much surface
> area for big pieces, and no place to rest my
> elbow and rock the wrist. A few months ago I
> was given a left over piece of 1-1/4 granite
> countertop that was 20x26. Nice to rest my
> elbow, good surface area, but bouncy and loud with bigger stamps.
> That surface area got me serious about
> making a better place to stamp with an inlaid
> rock. We have visited several shops when we
> travel. It is nice to see what everyone uses. I
> have got some great advice from people on the
> lists and forums too. The biggest complaint is
> their benches are too small. It seemed like
> 28-30x30-36 is a real common size for a free
> standing stamping bench. I went with a 30"
> depth and 48" width to be able to stamp most of
> my stuff and not have much over the edge. The
> 30" depth is my reach to the back. My ergonomic
> guru advised a sit-or-stand height. That worked
> out to be 38" for me. I can have my elbow
> tucked in and at a 90 degree at impact with a
> stamp. I have a reclaimed chair that adjusts up high to be comfortable too.
> The rock is an 18x24 black granite surface
> plate from Grizzly. It weighs around 150#.
> Their price and shipping were way better than
> anyone else I checked with. It is braced
> underneath with 2x4s glued and screwed together
> and resting on four 2x6s bolted through the
> legs. There is a a piece of 1/2 plywood and
> then the rock. The rock is resting on piece of
> scrap leather to make it sit up a bit above the
> surrounding top. I looked at several surfaces
> for the area around the rock. I ended up and
> went with wood. I had a bad deal with some nail
> hole filler, but salvaged that part of the
> finish job somewhat. Other than that, I am very
> happy with how it turned out. It is quiet to
> stamp and no bounce even with a 3# maul on a big geometric stamp.
> My rack to hold the stamping tools is one
> I have had for quite a while. Stamps are sorted
> into green plastic containers with a small hole
> drilled in the bottom. They hang on pegboard
> hooks that have been bent up to hold the cups
> at an angle. The green is an easy color to see
> the stamps against. I use a small bock that
> goes on the bench and holds maybe 30 stamps in
> use. This rack is freestanding and portable so
> it can go in back or to either side of the bench.
>
>Bruce Johnson
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