It all started with the construction of the bathhouse, when the invited master – golden hands – built a temporary worklide from the former boards, which greatly facilitated the work. After the construction of the bath, they did not disassemble the table, and in the next seasons it was useful when building and decorating the second floor of the bath; Lights, a dressing room-tambour, a canopy over the gazebo with dimensions 2, 5×4, 0 m and barbecue. And for everyday work, the table turned out to be very convenient and appropriate. Sharpen the tool, disassemble or repair something-the table was the main help. The only drawback is that the boards rotted, and after about 10 years the table simply fell apart. But it was already impossible to imagine this part of the site without a workbench, and I got down to business. When working on an old workbench, any. Even the smallest and shortest rain caused a stop stop. Everything got drunk, and the tools, especially electric ones, had to hide in the bath I decided to build a workbench with a canopy. But a canopy in size in a countertop is not a protection against rain, but a canopy of “real” sizes seemed to a certain monster in a small section. I had to refuse the idea of a canopy. But still I wanted to protect the countertop from precipitation, so as not to hide the sharpener or a jigsaw because of the smallest rain. Ultimately, the idea of a workbench with a folding lid was born. There were no questions with the choice of materials for the frame. Since past times, I have several corners of 50×50 mm about 2 m long. The basic dimensions of the frame of the workbench I got 1900×600 mm at a height of 900 mm. The corners are partially dug, partially clogged to a depth of 500 mm. I determined the dimensions of the countertop by the size of the remnants of a trimmed board – thirty – 2, 0x0, 7 m. as well as in size 2, 0x1. 05 m sheet of tin corrugated board, which I decided to put on the manufacture of the lid for the countertop. The sheet cut across and connected two parts in the transverse direction. The profile gave the lid to transverse stiffness, and the frame, flexed from two segments of a steel square with a cross -section of 20×20 mm and two corners with a length of 500 mm, – longitudinal rigidity. Corners, in addition, play the role of folding loops. The slope necessary for water flow is provided by two trimming a wooden bar, attached to the ends of the corner and resting against the countertop when lowering the cover. The frame was painted in two layers with paint in rust. The boards of the countertops are connected to the frame with screws of 25 mm with a press -shaped through pre -drilled holes, polished and covered with three layers of tsaponlak. Must be needed open -state lid fixators. Without them, she can suddenly fall at the slightest wind. In the corners of the frame and loops, I drilled the combined holes. Simple 3-mm nails securely fix the lid in the open state. In the rain I lower the lid under which both the countertop and the tools will remain dry. And immediately after the rain you can continue to work. And in winter the boards of the countertops will remain protected. Now about the shortcomings. The use of tin at the level of 1 m above the ground is dangerous due to the possibility of getting injuries, especially children. Therefore, I had to edit the edges with an aluminum corner of 15×15 mm. Fortunately, he was also on the farm. Of course, this increased labor costs and cost. If I made a workbench of new materials, I would refuse to use tin as a cover, and made it from a wavy impregnated cardboard.