[Woodcarver] box

[Edwin Brookman]

Hi Bill,

Looks like it's us in the corner all by ourselves on the height issues.  Oh 
well it works for me and that is the important part of the exercise.

Besides when I work on a 5 ft. piece the table height does come into play. 
I even went so far as to build a special heavy duty Lazy Susan with pin lock 
to keep it from changing position when working on  big pieces, I can work on 
pieces weighing up to 200 lbs. and rotate them with two fingers of one hand.

The sum total of the exercise is that regardless of who you are and your 
level of skill there is a time to be hard core traditional and a time to go 
outside the envelope... After all that is what makes us Artist/Artisans! So 
finding short cuts or modifications to our equipment is not new.

Take care, and be well

ED
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Smith" <baydolphs at yahoo.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] box


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> Hi ed:
>
> I can understand where u are coming from being
> disabled myself I have a condition called rsd from day
> today I do not not which way its up but I keep busy
> even on my bad days which can be different each day
> and also can change from min to min.. I also feel as I
> bounce around as well.. I do know that the Ward
> brothers were also disabled.. Since I had gone to
> their museum, that was the first time I had ever
> really thought about gettin into carving meet some
> nice people there they even called on the the people
> that do demos there and told him that I was lookin to
> learn some info since the people there did not know
> much about carving and they also explain to the nice
> gentleman that I had just been told that I had just
> been told I had RSD..
>
> Bill
> --- Edwin Brookman <Edswood at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> > Maricha,
>>  Read your marvelous snippet on helping your student
>> with the height issue.  Well I for one with my
>> disabilities, use a number of devices to make up for
>> both height and endurance issues.  For low work I
>> use a Sears mechanics chair - its got wheels. and
>> for the middle stuff I use a bar stool with out back
>> - no wheels to high and dangerous, do consider using
>> a parachute though.  use a modified bench for some
>> of my projects... I built sleeves to fit the core
>> legs of the base the sleeves are mounted to the
>> table and fit over the legs of the base.  the
>> sleeves and the legs are drilled to allow pins for
>> adjustment to various heights.  The system is great
>> when I have a bad day and can not stand for extended
>> periods.  Also is great for the odd piece that just
>> does not fit anywhere else.
>>
>> So there my secret is out... on good days I stand on
>> bad days I sit on other days I bounce when I cant
>> make up my mind... Hope the members can glean a few
>> ideas from this.
>>
>> Be well
>> Ed
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: maricha
>>   To: [Woodcarver]
>>   Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 4:41 AM
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>>   one of my students is very short in stature, and i
>> placed myself in her shoes, and realized how
>> difficult it was for her to reach out and carve ....
>> so my delightful husband made a box to stand on ...
>> she feels on top of the world, she is very artistic
>> and is doing wonders.....
>>
>>   any comments on how the list members feel about
>> the right height for carving whilst standing or
>> sitting, would be much appreciated.
>>
>>   best wishes
>>   maricha
>>   http://www.oldjoe.org/MarichaOlxley.html
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