On 31 Dec 2005 13:25:03 -0800, "
wrote:

George,

Hello everyone. I'm brand new to this forum. I'm a 55 Y.O guy and a
fall from my roof 5 years left me in a wheelchair for the rest of my

I'm sorry I can't remember their names, but I know there are a number
of woodturners who work from their wheelchair. If I'm not mistaken,
there is at least one who either used to or still does read and post
to this newsgroup on occasion.

Here are a couple sites you can take a look at:

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pwguild/a-wchair.htm
http://www.ableworkshop.com/links.htm

One problem I can foresee
right away is that a lathe on a stand is way too high for me to work at
comfortably. I would need to build a lower height stand of some kind.

Seems like one of the mini lathes would be a good place to start, and
they are easily stable enough, at least my Jet is, to be useable on
almost any sort of stand you would care to put it on. Heck, even a
couple of planks stretched across two stacks of cement blocks would
work for the mini, in a pinch.

No real problem. I could handle that. Any advice would be helpful.
Is it worth it to try this out? Thanks.

Anything is worth a try, if it helps you do something you enjoy. For
the height of a standing woodturner, the rule of thumb is having the
spindle height roughly that of the elbows. I'm not positive that this
would be ideal for a seated woodturner, but it would be a good place
to start. Since there is a slight leverage disadvantage to being
seated over being standing, perhaps having the height a bit lower
would be easier. Just a thought.


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