Workshop

You will need at least three tables to build an RV-10:   one to be your main bench, and this should be the largest. Two others at a minimum to be your primary work area. These can be the EAA-1000 benches, but if you go that route, I suggest you make them slightly different than their plans. I made two to their plans (the small benches in the photo) with only a slight modification, and they work fine.  

There are a few things I'd do differently, such as having a lip all the way around, but their plans are great for making two of these tables out of one sheet of plywood.  If you could, spend a bit extra and go for the lip, and thus use two sheets of plywood.  Or, stick to their original dimensions.  Just make the frame 2 inches narrower.  I don't think doing so would hurt the stability of the benches, and you'd get a nice lip. The plans are located here. 

One thing you'll need in your shop is light. If you're working in a garage, basement, shop or hanger, make sure you have plenty of overhead lighting. I began working in my basement and installed as many florescent fixtures as possible, and it proved to be a real boon.  

Another is compressed air. Unless you plan to paint your own plane, you don't need anything other than the typical whatever. Just make sure it's oiled.  Going oil-less will drive you nuts from the noise. The most air you'll use is with the grinder and that's not used that much. Spray painting is also a hog, but if it's contained to priming, then I wouldn't spring for a large upright tank.

Tools at the ready.  I think that the best of my purchases is a rolling tool chest. If you can get one, do so. I am constantly rolling this thing right up to the tables, placing tools on its top, retrieving tools, even placing my tripod on it to get some shots of the project.  

Check out the Tools section (if it's working yet!) for a discussion of some of the tools I think are worthwhile.

Workshop