my back hurts

[superchute]

Working on my last pair of chinks I was cuting on a folding table that is way to low and kills my back. So here is the question for every one that cuts or tools. How tall of table to you like and how tall are you . As the hight of the man changes the hight of the the table needed. IF you would like pls feel free to post pics to if you would like . thanks ever one for there help here . if you have table now that has some thing wrong with it please tell us about it and how you would like to fix it to make it better

thanks for you time

Russell

[Tkleather1]

Personally I like my cutting table just below waist high. My tooling bench is about 48 inches high and I sit on Bar type chairs when I tool.

Tim Worley

TK-Leather

[tonyc1]

I'm just a tad over 6 feet and my main work bench table height is 3' 4" off the floor. I like the height as I don't have to bend over very often.

Tony.

[superchute]

thanks guys for your in put

Russ

[bruce johnson]

Russel,

I am attaching a picture of the leg of my cutting table. In a former life it was a homeless desk sitting by the road with a "Free" sign on it. The leg extensions look amazingly like sections of PVC pipe slipped over them to raise the height. (Rundi saw that tip on Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray). It is 40" to the top and then I have a 5/8 particle board and then 3/8 HDPE cutting board over that.

[bustedlifter]

thanks guys for your in put

Russ

Another thing to consider is how thick is your wallet? If you're like most men their wallet can become pretty thick and it, believe it or not, can cause your hips to be uneven when sitting. This can put undo strain on your back.

[Windom Leather]

If you're like most men their wallet can become pretty thick and it, believe it or not, can cause your hips to be uneven when sitting.

But its not from cash! The wife has all of that!

[steve mason]

I am 6'1" and my bench top is 44.5" tall, In my opinion most work benchs are to low.

Steve

[barra]

I'm with Steve on bench height. I'm 5"9" tall and my bench just happens to be 4 inches shorter than Steves.

My rule of thumb with my benches is I want to be doing all the work standing upright with no stoop. When planning my bench I stood upright holding a commonly used tool like a creaser or edge tool with my forearm parallel to the ground and then measured from the tool to the ground. Our main sewing table at work was way too low causing backache when marking out all day. As it was too cost prohibitive to get a completely new bench made, we solved the issue by adding a false top to the old bench. This was done by laying a series of battens on top of the old bench surface (like a horizontal wall frame) and then adding a new surface. The space between the old top and the new means we can slide rolls of material in between the battens. I have done something similar to my bench. It is made from hammer lock shelves which I use as the frame/legs and also for the shelf space. I then added a false top to get my desired height.

Barra.

Edited October 2, 2009 by barra

[superchute]

Thankyou all Im going to add the pipe to my table for know and see if the 44 or so inches is my magic number. I that number works ill build my other table thank all for you the in put.

Russ