Just as an aside, when I first got the workbench I got two further items of interest from Michaels (craft store):

1. Foam board, not sure exactly what it's called but its a plastic like surface with a soft foam center. Needs to be clamped down to a work surface to make sure it's flat. Good surface to stick pins into.

2. A roll of clear plastic wrap from the flower dept. Looks the same as the GP plan protector to me and about half the price
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I like the melamine shelf idea. As the wing is usually (?) the biggest part requiring a flat board I can get the exact size I need and just get a bigger shelf if I need to if the next project requires one.

If I had room for a door, I think I'd leave it intact and plonk it onto two kitchen cabinets or similar as I've seen elsewhere. To cut it down to 48" I'd probably need to fork out $100 for a circular saw making it an expensive option

I'm using a spare bedroom in my 4 bed rented house. This room has the workbench with the 4'x2' top, two other small desks holding all my misc gunf and also serves as the hangar for my planes. Some point soon I'll have to take pictures and post them in the 'workbench' thread.