Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Crash Gordon Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: used furniture Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:42:10 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:42:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ef0cd0ea3fc5bc3fcd763e46a39ddc5e"; logging-data="1130943"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18VRTrrBEN1U+D+BUPkE7Lk" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:900rgyfdyFcs5Xz5NROT5F+VwEc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1975 On 8/30/2024 2:06 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote: > Have an old used workdesk, since early eighties My desk is an old 1960s-era Teacher's desk, purchased for $10 from a school that was updating. Very similar to this one: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/439804719839252490/ although my center drawer lacks handles. Solid yellow pine throughout; sturdier than anything on the market today, I think. For a workbench, I have two of these dining room tables from the local (now defunct) This End Up scratch-and-dent store: https://thisendup.com/Classic-Medium-Solid-Wood-DRT/ The tops are several inches thick. Solid wood, I think yellow pine again. Buying them with cosmetic flaws saved me a bundle; I think I got them for under a hundred each. But it's been a few decades. Pretty sure you could park a truck on any of these. -- I'm part of the vast libertarian conspiracy to take over the world and leave everyone alone.