Planks are often used as a work surface on elevated scaffolding, and need to be wide enough to provide strength without breaking when walked on.
The cabinet may offer the type setter a work surface at a convenient height, often a composer's work stand.
This can be easily done by keeping the tip of the pencil a few millimeters above a work surface or the palm of one's hand.
To be reusable, they must remain intact after a design is produced and the stencil is removed from the work surface.
This movement causes the needles to move back and forth against the work surface.
A drawing table provides an angled work surface with lamps sometimes attached to the table.
Some armoire desks have a fixed work surface, which stays in place when the doors are closed, and moves only for ergonomic adjustments.
It is used most effectively by holding it at a 90 angle to the work surface.
