LACK of space for a workshop or even for a workbench is proving more and more to be a serious difficulty in the average small home. The modern flat or apartment is planned without any thought of giving the handy man a chance to express himself in mechanical work.

The apartment dweller who wishes to use tools does not need to give up in despair, however, nor does anyone else who is deprived of access to a regular workshop or to a workbench. In almost every household there is a kitchen table or other sturdy small table available and if not, one can be bought at a very low price. And in a few minutes' time such a table can be converted into a satisfactory workbench for ordinary work, through the use of a simple, detachable bench top like one of those shown in Figs. 1-8. When the work is completed, the top may be removed quickly and the table returned to the housewife for its customary uses.