Re: Light work bench.
Staying off-topic for a moment, I can remember when my father went to buy some wood and was informed that all dimensions were now metric. So after a moment's thought he asked for 'A piece of softwood approximately 5cm by 10cm, 1.8m long'. At which point the person who was dealing with shouted to a colleage 'Get us 6 feet of 4 by 2'. As my father said, I knew then it would be right...
As for workbenches, I find the top of a short (20U or so) rack cabinet with an antistatic mat on it is a useful small bench. The cabinet can contain PSUs, sig-gen, or in my case a VAX... Another thing that is surprisingly useful is a picnic table. OK, it's not that strong, but it will take a soldering station, PCBs, multimeter, etc and you can set it up almost anywhere. Saved me a lot of time...
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