Four of my benches were made from old doors, are hinged to the wall and have simple 2x4 legs at the outside corners that are also hinged. The original thought was that one could fold the benchs out of the way when one needed more open space. Since then, I have enclosed most of them, added lower shelves, skinned with masonite, trimmed with 1x3s and made sliding masonite doors on the front. They all had replaceable masonite tops from the get-go. As flimsy as they sound, they are remarkably sturdy and have withstood many years of abuse. I just never really needed the folding option I originally thought I would so I boxed them in.
I have another 14' x 3' layout/jigging table made from 3/4 particle board screwed to a 2x6 ladder frame that sits on two short sturdy sawhorses that has been very useful thru the years for doing large projects on and it can be moved to other rooms of the shop or leaned against a wall without too much difficulty.
This pic shows the long layout table and two of the masonite skinned benches in the background. This stuff looked nicer when it was built 6-10 yrs ago, but I use the heck out of these things. The long "portable" table has truly been a great tool for large projects. Pretty much a whole 911 engine can be spread out in pcs on it
