MAD fabricators..if you were to design a fab table......

ric,checkerplate is the checkered looking steel that towtruck rear decks are made out of.Also used alot on loading dock floors etc.Its cheap and flipped over makes a good table top........Shiny

 

Ya'll talking about treadplate or diamondplate? I have heard em called both.

 

I used 2 very long Stainless Steel restaraunt food prep tables..., they were 30 inches deep, 10 feet long, 3 inch dia. legs, and had a 12 inch splash.

I could toss 2 SBC's on it and not worry about it handling the weight! Great work benches!

Found them in the dump..., they gave it to me because Stainless has no "Scrap" value!

Set up tables and Jigs should be from I-Beams and Steel Plate. Go-Go Girl dancing cages should be able to support the weight of two girls per cage and should have all the sharp edges removed...!

The granite that was mentioned earlier are called "Surface plates" They weigh and cost "TONS"..., and should only be used as a measuring surface, not a work bench!

I used to work in a metrology lab and calibrate surface plates, optical comparators (OC), Coordinate measuring machines (CMM's), Laser interferometers etc..., and it was interesting when we would try to save a piece of close tolerance measuring equipment after it was used as a Work Bench...!

Mark