I've newly received my lampworking start up kit but annoyingly can't get started because of a problem in our cellar, which means I can't affix a piece of worktop to the wall with a batten (we've had the cellar tanked and we can't make any holes in the tanking). Can anyone recommend a decent freestanding work bench make that's stable and deep enough to keep the heat of the torch far enough away from the wall?
Thanks
I just have mine on an old ikea table. nothing fancy (it's even less fancy now with all the burn marks in it ::) )
Kitchen table with tiles on, here. I think there's a metal Ikea table that's quite nice?
I use Ikea metal kitchen units from the Udden range. I started out with the trolley for my kiln. The wire shelves for underneath are good and can hold quite a weight of glass.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/kitchen/series/08013/
The other thing your going to need to consider carefully is the ventilation.
If in a cellar you need to have extract at both you bench and floor height - Propanes heavier than air so if you have a leak it will sit on the floor of the cellar with no means of escape. You also need to consider a make up air supply to replace the air your extracting.
One day we're going to move our studio into our cellar ;D
Thanks for the Ikea linky - I'll nip over there and have a looksee today.
I'm siting the propane outside the window - it's apparently illegal to store propane inside a dwelling, but as the cellar has external walls I will be getting around that problem by bringing it in via a tube. The cellar's pretty big, goes all the way under the house, with two decent sized open-able windows so I hope I'll be ok.
Thanks for all your comments :) I hope to be set up within a week or so. (I'm hopping from foot to foot waiting to get sorted!)
It may be worth looking at ventillation from around the flame to remove any fumes and venting this through one of the windows you will have more of a chance of moving fumes with ventillation than by chancing the open window method.