Howdy!
Anyone have any experience with using Azek for their workbench top? Pretty pricey but it will never fall trap to buckling, etc like MDF might.
My strategy for a workbench (or in my case a work table) was to make the top a tiny bit lower than the height of my table saw so I could use it as an outfeed table. Then realizing that work tables get scratched and dinged, I made the actual table 1/8" shorter than that and I use a 1/8" sheet of hardboard or melamine as a replaceable top which is screwed down. I’ve replaced it a couple of times and it’s cheap to do when the mood hits. Over time I realized that I like to take pictures of things when they’re sitting on my table and if I use a white top the pictures tend to be underexposed, so this last time I used a piece of hardboard which I painted around 20% gray - this has worked better for photography, but hasn’t been quite as durable as previous iterations.
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How do you like the Jet air filtration?
I don’t use it nearly as much as I should because I like to have the TV on while I’m working. At least when I’m using Festool tools they’re on direct dust collection, the main time I should be using the air filter and don’t is when I’m sanding on the lathe. I have a Delta dust collector (just out of frame to the left) which I could set up on a stand just behind the lathe, but I don’t bother with that either as often as I should.