One of the problems I had to deal with was the worktop - the problem being that to buy a ready made worktop, was a) expensive and b) they weren't wide enough! I needed the working area to be much wider as I didn't want to be too near the wall with the torch, especially the hot head torch as it produces a much larger flame.
I decided to make one for myself - I got some chipboard and cut it to size, I had to join it in the middle as I couldn't get a really large piece in my car (I have a Toyota Tarago, which has been a godsend in getting wood etc. home!)
The next issue was making the worktop burn-proof, as it has to deal with hot bits of glass etc.
It was fortunate, but when we built our home, the builders always leave any spare tiles etc. behind. They'd obviously over-ordered the tiles we have in our kitchen and we had tons of them in the garage....
So, after covering the worktop with plasterboard to give a good tiling surface, they, along with some aluminium sheets became the burn-proof surface I needed...
I used some pine strips to finish the edges!
