Modular Benchwork
Our modular benchwork is able to ship nationwide, built to order, and ready to ship within 10-14 business days, just add a surface top to get started.
Modular Features
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Constructed entirely from cabinet-grade Baltic birch plywood.
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3½-inch tall, ¾-inch (18mm) thick plywood strips for durability.
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Crosspieces pre-drilled with pocket joinery for quick and easy assembly.
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Cross members are spaced no more than 18 inches apart for added stability.
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Versatile modules can be oriented in any direction—even upside down.
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Customizable to suit your needs with places to add special requests in checkout.
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Available in a variety of shapes and sizes, all meant to fit together.
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Opt for a Table Kit with legs included, or further customize your design by piecing together Table Components.
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Includes all necessary screws and instructions for assembly.
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Flat-packed for efficient shipping and delivery. Each package typically weighs around 50 lbs, making it manageable to transport to your layout location.
Additional Options Available in the Store
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Holes: 1-inch wiring passages every 6 inches for convenient cable management.
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No (Wiring) Holes: You drill the holes where you need them and save up to 10% on modules.
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Adjusters/Wheels: Optional adjusters or wheels available for each leg, allowing you to easily level or move your layout as needed.
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Curved Benchwork
Since 2011, MRB has been proud to design and craft high-quality curved benchwork that provides full support for your track and curved fascia. Available in 32 standard sizes, our curved benchwork can also be custom-ordered to fit most sizes or shape you may need, ensuring that your layout is perfectly tailored to your vision.
Orders with curved benchwork adds 1 day to processing per piece to account for glue up time.
Turn a Track Plan into Modular Order
Sometimes custom benchwork is too expensive, this is where modular benchwork can shine.
Almost any track plan can be adjusted to fit into our modular line.
Find your ideal track plan. Make sure it will fit your room or hire MRBenchwork to design one for you. [Pictured: HO scale trackplan designed by MRB]
Set your track plan to 12" grids. If you e-mail for a consult for modular work, this is what we need to help you find the right products.
Adjust the track plan to be rectangular if needed. For this one, we adjusted three measurements (the red lines) to make the track plan based on 6" increments.
Mark off all of the relevant measures so you can then figure out which modules go where.
Map out your modules!
... then figure out how many legs you need.
H-legs have a limit of 36", so while this is almost an idea layout for them, the bottom section is a bit too wide.
L-legs usually be calculated at 4 legs for 1 rectangle, and +2 legs per rectangle after that, with some exceptions for when a table turns.
Final Layout:
(1) 6x6" Triangle
(1) 12x12" Triangle
(1) 18x30" Triangle
(2) 48" Semicircles
(1) 30x30" Rectangle
(1) 30x42" Rectangle
(1) 30x54" Rectangle
(3) 30x60" Rectangle
(2) 48x60" Rectangles
(22) L-legs
Final Cost:
$2,450 with 48" legs
$2,340 with 40" legs
$2,230 with 24", 30", 36" legs
plus shipping (~$500)
This cost includes holes for all the benchwork.
Estimated cost of making this as a custom benchwork project with all of the curves and exactly to measure: $8,294. This custom price would include a surface top and a 1:1 print of the track glued down ready for cork + track install.
Since the shop doesn't make 6"x6" triangle, you can add the next size up in your cart and at the bottom of the shopping cart before check out, "add a note".