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I was recently approached by another galoot to build him a copy of my saw-bench. In his e-mail he stated that the little bench would be of appropriate size for his small shop and the height would allow him to do woodworking from a seated position. He explained that he was disabled and was no longer able to stand, and was relegated to working from a seated position. Describing his attempts to find a working surface at a comfortable height, I began to get a picture of his difficulties. I agreed to build the bench for him, but suggested that we come up with something that he would find somewhat more useful than my little saw bench. After some discussion we came up with a design that would incorporate a side-vice, dog holes, holdfast holes, coping saw cutout and a tool tray. And so we made a start, keeping in mind that weight was a factor mainly because of shipping charges. It would also need to be shipped unassembled, but in a state that he could assemble it with minimal help. Our conversations had made me aware of one of the problems that he faced as a disabled woodworker. There is a lot of information on the Internet about woodworking, both with power tools and with handtools. There is however very little information to help a disabled woodworkers who are trying to find solutions to the problems they face. Information of this type is scarce and difficult to find. This led to my suggesting to Wiktor that OldToolsShop.com should have a section where disabled woodworkers and others who are interested could go to both, find and share information on overcoming the problems disabilities create. roy July 2006 |
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