The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
wrote:
Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On 17 Oct 2005 07:42:40 -0700, wrote:


The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
raden wrote:
Is that the 6 quid he pays you to take this heap of crap away ?

It actually looks quite reasonable to me. And would have been
pretty expensive new.

Unless you're just having a go about ads on here.

Expensive new? it's home made with a sheet of 1" ply and
scaffolding boards for the work surface. Judging by the damadged
cross member it was screwed together and not jointed.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Looks like a thoroughly proper and well made traditional workbench
to me.

I agree, but when I last looked the price was GBP25, IMO much too
high. --
Dave Fawthrop

These modern "woodworkers" who fiddle about with routers and mdf
wouldn't know a proper work bench if it dropped on their heads! or
toes
more probable
I'd give him £20 if he lived next door.

Alas I'm no 'Modern Woodworker', that bench is a typical farm/out building
bench, my recollection goes back to the old school carpenter days whereby
the bench was similar in appearence but had cupboards either side and was
made from solid wood sides, with Mortice&Tenon joints to hold it together.
:-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

No its a bog standard good quality joiners woodwork bench design such
has been in use in workshops large and small for hundreds of years.
It's the basic design which you would find in woodwork books from 1850
or earlier, until recently.
Your school model would be much the same but double sided with a vice
at opposite ends and sides. The double sided model would not need
diagonal braces as it would be braced by having an apron on both sides
with half inch housing holding the legs. Lots of wood-trades used them
- perhaps with variations such as cupboards under, specialist vices and
hold-downs, and lighter constructions for non-joiners.
If you haven't got a good bench then this is the design to copy.

cheers

Jacob