e help me locate some kind of folding bench that is fairly solid yet can be tucked away when not needed?>> Any industrial supply catalog will have workbench tops of glued ("butcher block") maple. Hinge on of these dudes to the wall (assuming the wall is accesible). Or look in your local woodworking mall chain store (Woodworkers Supply Co.) for the folding tube steel legs normally found under church supper tables. I started with an Aeolean grand keybed (beautiful solid spruce) bought from John Ford for $45, and attatched my own hinged legs svelte-cut from 2x4s. Mr. Bill
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