HI, I am new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. My name is
Charlie and I live in Minnesota. A few years ago I got a backache
because my workbench was too low for the work I was doing. If I
raised it up any higher it would be too high for other things and it
would interfere with passing wood across my table saw. I decided I
wanted an adjustable height workbench.

I was not able to find anything that met my criteria, so I designed my
own adjustable height workbench. I also incorporated a mobile base
into the design.

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

Thanks, Charlie

"jack-bench.com" wrote
HI, I am new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. My name is
Charlie and I live in Minnesota. A few years ago I got a backache
because my workbench was too low for the work I was doing.
snip
I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available.

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

I took a look and I'll tell you what I think. I think you came here to make
money off of us. Your story may be true about the low bench, but your
reason for being here is not to help us but to help yourself. This is a
non-commercial newsgroup and advertising is not permitted. Sorry, but your
story is advertising no matter how much you try to disguise it.

Before you call me an a--hole, you won't be the first today and I'm one of
the easy going guys here so get ready for more.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:22:06 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
Before you call me an a--hole, you won't be the first today and I'm one of
the easy going guys here so get ready for more.

Tough day Ed? Relax, go grab a beer.

"Upscale" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:22:06 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
Before you call me an a--hole, you won't be the first today and I'm one of
the easy going guys here so get ready for more.

Tough day Ed? Relax, go grab a beer.

If we don't stop the advertising it won't be long before the weekly specials
at K-Mart and the latest weight loss system are posted on a regular basis.
USENET was founded on the idea of non-commercial sharing of information.

On 3/28/2010 12:57 PM, jack-bench.com wrote:

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

It's an interesting bench - and the US$29.95 plan price seems within
reason, but I wasn't able to find the price of the manufactured bench on
your web site and found that off-putting.

It's the convention here to add the FS tag to the subject when you're
posting something for sale.

Otherwise, it's generally acceptable to include a reference to a product
web page (which needn't necessarily be woodworking related) in your sig
(see below) for regular woodworking posts.

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

It looks decent and might be especially useful for handicapped
woodworkers...

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

"Morris Dovey" wrote

It looks decent and might be especially useful for handicapped
woodworkers...

That may be a market worth pursueing. Why don't you make a couple benches
and put them out there in places where they would be really used and
appreciated? A little hands on experience by a target audience would be very
good in terms of getting the word out there.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:03:17 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
wrote:

It looks decent and might be especially useful for handicapped
woodworkers...

I immediately considered that, but it would need some modification in
my opinion. Someone sitting down or wheelchair bound needs knee space
to go under the bench so they can get close as they can to their work.
Possibly this bench could be modified for that purpose, but wouldn't
likely be suitable as is.

On 3/28/2010 4:15 PM, Upscale wrote:

I immediately considered that, but it would need some modification in
my opinion. Someone sitting down or wheelchair bound needs knee space
to go under the bench so they can get close as they can to their work.
Possibly this bench could be modified for that purpose, but wouldn't
likely be suitable as is.

That makes sense - is it enough to just get knees under the bench or
would it be better to be able to also get the chair arms under the benc?
Would there be any advantage to making a cutout in the front of a bench
to make more of the work surface reachable?

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:25:14 -0500, Morris Dovey
wrote:

That makes sense - is it enough to just get knees under the bench or
would it be better to be able to also get the chair arms under the benc?
Would there be any advantage to making a cutout in the front of a bench
to make more of the work surface reachable?

Knees, armrests, whatever part of the wheelchair that protrudes would
need some kind of access space to get close. Many wheelchairs have
arms that are height adjustable, swing away or are removable, so some
type of special cut is not strictly necessary, but situations vary.
Ideally, if one can get their chest or stomach up against the edge of
a bench, than that's the usual acceptable limitation.

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
...
On 3/28/2010 12:57 PM, jack-bench.com wrote:

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

It's an interesting bench - and the US$29.95 plan price seems within
reason, but I wasn't able to find the price of the manufactured bench on
your web site and found that off-putting.


I am kinda wondering also why you have to pay more for the second and third
set of plans.... If I were to build 2 or more benches I think I would reuse
the original set of plans.

"Leon" writes:

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
...
On 3/28/2010 12:57 PM, jack-bench.com wrote:

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

It's an interesting bench - and the US$29.95 plan price seems within
reason, but I wasn't able to find the price of the manufactured bench on
your web site and found that off-putting.


I am kinda wondering also why you have to pay more for the second and third
set of plans.... If I were to build 2 or more benches I think I would reuse
the original set of plans.

It's a "stupid" tax.

scott

On 30 Mar 2010 00:56:18 GMT, the infamous (Scott
Lurndal) scrawled the following:

"Leon" writes:

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
...
On 3/28/2010 12:57 PM, jack-bench.com wrote:

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

It's an interesting bench - and the US$29.95 plan price seems within
reason, but I wasn't able to find the price of the manufactured bench on
your web site and found that off-putting.


I am kinda wondering also why you have to pay more for the second and third
set of plans.... If I were to build 2 or more benches I think I would reuse
the original set of plans.

It's a "stupid" tax.

No, it's probably due to the the templates that are included with each
set of 11x17" plans.


--
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
-- Earl Warren

"jack-bench.com" wrote in message
...
HI, I am new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. My name is
Charlie and I live in Minnesota. A few years ago I got a backache
because my workbench was too low for the work I was doing. If I
raised it up any higher it would be too high for other things and it
would interfere with passing wood across my table saw. I decided I
wanted an adjustable height workbench.

I was not able to find anything that met my criteria, so I designed my
own adjustable height workbench. I also incorporated a mobile base
into the design.

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

Thanks, Charlie


That's a really nice idea. I think I'll make one myself. Doesn't look too
complicated.
Thanks.

Max

"jack-bench.com" wrote:

HI, I am new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. My name
is
Charlie and I live in Minnesota.
snip

Charlie, spare me the crap.

A hustle is a hustle.

I have no problem with a straight up sales pitch if you identify it as
such going in, but save me from the nonsense of trying to come in thru
the back door.

Lew

On 3/28/2010 5:59 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:

Charlie, spare me the crap.

A hustle is a hustle.

Dayum, Lew ... another shining example of liberal kindness,
consideration, and regard for all mankind, eh?

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)

"jack-bench.com" wrote in message
news:cef4974e-fbec-484a-8224-snip

Snip


Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

Thanks, Charlie

Here is what I think Charlie, cool idea but not for a wood working work
bench. I want storage under my bench, LOTS of storage, not wasted space.

"Leon" wrote in message
...

"jack-bench.com" wrote in message
news:cef4974e-fbec-484a-8224-snip

Snip


Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

Thanks, Charlie

Here is what I think Charlie, cool idea but not for a wood working work
bench. I want storage under my bench, LOTS of storage, not wasted space.

Not to worry.

Rumor has it that Festool is coming out with a new systainer under bench
storage unit. ;-)

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:33:47 -0400, the infamous "Lee Michaels"
scrawled the following:


"Leon" wrote in message
m...

"jack-bench.com" wrote in message
news:cef4974e-fbec-484a-8224-snip

Snip


Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

Thanks, Charlie

Here is what I think Charlie, cool idea but not for a wood working work
bench. I want storage under my bench, LOTS of storage, not wasted space.

Not to worry.

Rumor has it that Festool is coming out with a new systainer under bench
storage unit. ;-)

Is that the one with N-space storage in it? Cool!

--
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
-- Earl Warren

"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
...

Rumor has it that Festool is coming out with a new systainer under bench
storage unit. ;-)





Wooooo I just ****ed my pants. :~)

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:35:25 -0500, the infamous "Leon"
scrawled the following:


"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
.. .

Rumor has it that Festool is coming out with a new systainer under bench
storage unit. ;-)

Wooooo I just ****ed my pants. :~)

Aw, you guys are just too easy.

--
May those who love us, love us;
And may those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if he doesn't turn their hearts,
may he turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.
--old Gaelic blessing

"jack-bench.com" wrote in message
...
HI, I am new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. My name is
Charlie and I live in Minnesota. A few years ago I got a backache
because my workbench was too low for the work I was doing. If I
raised it up any higher it would be too high for other things and it
would interfere with passing wood across my table saw. I decided I
wanted an adjustable height workbench.

I was not able to find anything that met my criteria, so I designed my
own adjustable height workbench. I also incorporated a mobile base
into the design.

I built it thinking that I was building my "dream bench", and I was!
After the designing and building process I wanted to show it off, so I
entered it in a local woodworking exhibition. People liked it so much
that I decided to offer plans for it on line. Those plans are now
available. You can learn more about my adjusable height workbench
design at my website: www.jack-bench.com

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think.

Thanks, Charlie


Charlie,

Thanks for posting this. I may be one of the few who actually spent some
time Reading your web site. I discovered that the you gave All the
information needed for a reasonably competent woodworker to reproduce your
work. If the plans are as good as the thought you put into the design of the
bench and the videos on the web site, I'm sure they would make the job
easier. I don't need a workbench at this time, but I may have an application
for an adjustable height "table" and I'm sure going to go with the ideas and
inspiration you have share. If things don't go quite as expected, I may even
buy the plans. )

Hope some others will go back and check the site.

LD

Hi, Charlie.

The bench looks very interesting, but you're coming into the group in
the wrong way... Your first post really shouldn't be a sales pitch.

I hope you stick around and become part of the community we have here.

as a lurker who reads nearly daily but posts very infrequently, I agree, the
first post should have been a political rant, then you would fit right in.
Jack