Originally Posted by
Tdaffy
Right now, my biggest paranoia is the flat surface. I believe it is probably critical. The bench I'm on is not perfect. I've laid a second sheet of ply to get the level portion done, but the flat part is bugging me. Likely, short of a complete bench rebuild, I will not fix it entirely. Another option in consideration....and please let me know your thoughts....is to lay a sheet of the 3/4 inch pink insulation board. It may not sit exactly perfect over any warp in the bench surface, but it should at the very least be FLAT.
I've tried building over high density foam insulation board, but it isn't my thing. It IS nice to have something soft like foam to lay your model on for final assembly. A spare cushion or pillow is the best.
For kit building I tape the plans to the table, tape a run of wax paper over the plan and put a fine mist of 3M77 over the wax paper.
This acts like a 2nd pair of hands to hold parts in place without pins. A nice square, palm sized hunk of scrap wood or a credit card works to square things up before gluing.