I spent nearly 35 years building on kitchen tables, plywood on my lap, doors, etc. It all works just fine in the end. LOL

This shop is the result of years of planning and dreams. All that aside, I have seen some truely remarkable planes (giant scale, no less!) that were built on scrap plywood while sitting in front of the television.....That being said, there is always room for improvement, which makes the journey as much fun as the end result. Anyway, the electrical outlets are facing down just under the outer edges of the benchtop which keeps dust out of them, the vacuum system is connected directly to the saw and hardwired to come on when the saw switch is activated. The top is 3/4" MDF which has 10 coats of polyurethane. This is a very hard, flat, and smooth surface that will take considerable abuse. Most glue droppings can be removed with a sharp chisel easily. I built the bench big enough to sleep on comfortably in case my wife decides that I should sleep in the shop any particular night.