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Any advice for working sitting down please?

L

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I wonder is it possible to plane while seated....

I am shrivelling up with inactivity after another spell of Cellulitis. Just got back on my feet, yet again.

This evening I came across a chap on the 'Tube, called 'Mark - The Gentleman Turner'. Listening to what he has just gone through, I felt a bit of a wimp. I ought to buck up my ideas, and follow his example; get back in the shop, instead of moping around, just watching YouTube on Prime!

Anyhow, I looked out some Parana Pine cill board I have in the shop, and thought about rose-head nails and a mini, 'six-board' chest.


Cheers John. 8-)




Cheers

John :obscene-drinkingcheers:
 
Japanese style woodworking lends itself to a seated position. Planing and sawing both done on the pull stroke. If you are serious about converting your woodwork to sitting down long term, then a Japanese seat bench may be a way forward for you. Lots on you tube.
 
Or a Roman style workbench, where workholding is just a matter of sitting on it ? I've been tempted to try the idea using my shavehorse.

I did do a bit of woodwork and metalwork when I was on crutches with my broken ankle, a tall stool made smaller jobs possible.
 
:text-+1: for using a Roman bench and one of the best examples of making one is actually by Rex Kruger. Mine is made from a log that was about 2 foot wide just split down the grain in the middle an cut to about 4' and levelled off with the legs being branches cut to length. I use it up at the FILs for doing stuff up at his place when we visited before he died earlier this year. I even left a thick branch crook on to act as a grip stock to hold boards for edge planing. I only squared off the side up to the crook, the other side and the bottom were left as is and holes for the legs just drilled in at 15deg splaying outward on both directions, done with an auger and a guide (drilled on the drill press) to keep things even and then trimmed to height in situ.
 
Thanks folks.

I was watching Rex myself yesterday, and I wondered about his 'form-cum-workbench'. Might be a bit low for my old bones, but then I suppose I could increase the height a little. It's not using the bench that would be the main problem, but getting up from it would 'whale' my back!

Planing is going to be my biggest obstacle. I might need something to lean against to stop me falling over! A 'pirate's plank attached to the bench! Maybe Eric Sykes left one lying about somewhere! :D

I have just spent a couple of hours giving my Record 'fleet' the once over, after a long hiatus. I don't feel too 'achey' in fact, so maybe I just have to get used to working much more slowly!

Now for roast lamb and all the trimmings. :obscene-drinkingcheers:

John
 
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