On 1/26/2021 3:31 PM, knuttle wrote:
On 1/26/2021 4:19 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I've been doing some reading about the proper workbench height. A lot
of sources say that for "general work" the proper height is right at
the wrist
level of the user. Adjustments are made from there for specific types of
work.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vx94zSkRWBU/maxresdefault.jpg

If you were going to build a general purpose workbench for a new
homeowner,
would you follow the wrist height rule? The person I have in mind is
not a
woodworker. She knows which end of a screwdriver to use, but she might
not
always use the right bit. ;-)

I made my work bench on wheels, and the same height as my table saw.

This permits me to use the workbench as an extention table for the saw.
Â*For ripping it is an out feed table, and moves around the saw as I
work on different things and make differenct cuts.



Ask her what height she wants. She likely just needs something to open
paint cans and or simple tasks like that.
Different difficult tasks require different heights. I prefer taller
for assembly, shorter for hand work.