GENERAL: The New Workbench

Me not being able to paint for a long time I have reasoned was because of two things.

1) My mid-shift schedule (3pm - 11pm-ish) which threw my scheduled painting schedule (11-12) off kilter. I tried to paint during the morning but that wasn't exactly the most solitude time of the day for me.


2) The loss of my original workbench. It used to be a computer table and then I moved it upstairs to serve as my painting table. Well since I have a new computer (the same one I'm using right now to type this blog) it has returned to its original use of being ... well computer table.

Well i finally found me a new table to use. I originally bought a 2x2 plastic mono block table but since I still kept my work desk in my room the 2x2 table. So the 2x2 table had to be placed in the balcony. At first I was able to paint a bit but then during the summer months of March-April-May arrived, the area wasn't all that great anymore as a painting venue. Plus it started being a choir of having to move stuff from place to place (from inside the house to the outside and from different cabinets and such. I was able to do some needed arranging of my place again with the models that I have not yet been able to paint stored in just one cabinet and not all over the place as it used to be but I still needed a paint area that was small enough and easily stored in the room.

As seen on TV.

Table when folded

I had originally seen this table in one of the cables Shopping channels. I was interested in it but since I didn't have a credit card and the price of 1k was a bit too much to ask for a small table I had no point in buying one. However during a brief visit to a family friend of ours who just moved to a new house I saw the table again and was told that one can get it at Ace Hardware at half the cost.

With my interest piqued (and with just enough money left for the pay period) I got me the table.

Its not bad really, its adjustable with three table settings (angled up, level, angled down) though I would probably be only using it as a flat table.

Unfortunately it appears that the flat setting isn't truly flat and is slanted a bit but not too much so I shouldn't have a problem with my models suddenly rolling down. It is sturdy for such a table but its not that sturdy, so I need to avoid doing any heavy model work there aside from painting ( no cutting, filling or what not) and leave the rest of that outside (since I'm keeping as much dust out of the room as possible anyway)

Placing the table near my bed should give me enough incentive to get me a solid hour of painting before going to bed. Or so I hope ;)