Lab Benches

[revchris]

I'm in a love/hate relationship-sort-of-thing with the lab benches in one of the labs I'm remodeling at work.

It's one of the black epoxy-resin tops. Everybody who can afford them loves them because they're indestructible (me included). Personally, I hate them because i'm the one who has to drill holes in them (hammer drills and/or carbide hole-saws at one hole-saw bit per hole) and grind out the scratches (180, 240, 320, 400, 600-grit sandpaper followed by 6micron and 1 micron diamond paste).

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[revchris.livejournal.com]

From what we've done to them, you should be able to put almost any hot pot on it without significant damage (I know a bucket of 250°C oil didn't bother it at all). I've never tried to burn one intentionally, but, as it is a resin, it will eventually burn. I did a google and found some test data on epoxy resin tops. Apparently flame and red-hot crucibles aren't really a problem either.

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[misteropinion.livejournal.com]

Wow, cool. OK, that might be a very cool thing to have. 32" is big, though. Hmmm...