Really small bench (pics)

The first Workmate? :)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Child labor bench?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Looks like it could have been used in that situation. Insteresting, that for sharing.

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Rob Lee

>Hi Steve -

What about a bench for sitting at... like a cobbler, saddler, or other leatherwork?

Cheers -

Rob

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Warren in Lancaster, PA

>I think this bench is a marriage- pieces of two benches cobbled together. I think the top was once much longer and had the part with the tail vise sawn off. The wood on the top and the bottom frame don't match for color or amount of wear and even though the bottom seems in good condition the top doesn't sit nearly level. The board along the back also looks like it doesn't really fit. There are parts that look well done and parts that look amateurish.

It could be that somebody put it together for a child or a small bench or just to sell.

For Santa's elves!

Don Pierson

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Edward inVancouver

>I like that photo, makes my bench look a lot better than it really is....

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Ernie Miller

>I guess that makes my bench look like an aircraft carrier. not to mention that it is probably the finest peice of furnature in the house! Looks neet I'm with rob some one sat at the end and did alot of work with it tilted the way it is?

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GolfSteve in Calgary

>I never thought of a sit-down bench. Perhaps.

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Michael Recchione

>I have one very similar to this - I picked it out of the trash. Oddly enough, it belonged to a neighbor, and when I asked about it (after taking it off the curb in front of their house), they didn't know where it came from - it was in the house when they bought it. Mine is also missing its right end, where there was either a face vise doing duty as a tail vise or a real tail vise. There's a row of dog holes along the front edge of the top. Mine had a non-record type iron face vise, which I removed and am using on another small bench that I made. It's the type that releases by turning the screw to the left a quarter-turn. Very solid.

I still use the old small bench, mostly for sharpening and metalwork (i.e. dirty work).

P.S.

Michael Recchione

>Mine was definitely made to be small and is commercial. I don't know who sold it or what it was intended for, but it's a well-made bench in miniature. It is standard adult planing height, though.

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George Makowski

>Steve, IMHO what you have is a Sloyd bench, that is a bench designed for manual training of young boys along one of the many versions of the Sloyd system originated in Scandinavis and widely promoted by educational offials in New York. If you look up some information on SLoyd, you will soon find illustrations of similar benches in use.

Nice old bench,

George in AL