[Jewelry making - Article 00472] - Re: [Orchid] Benches - to cutout or not to cutout

[Watchman]

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Hi,

    I used to have a bench with a cutout but I found that I kept
    knocking bits of me on the corners of it. Now I have a 'U' shape of
    straight benches - a rough / jewellery bench with a bench pin, a
    lathe bench at the end and a watch assembly/repair bench which is at
    a higher level and I scoot between them on a wheeled typists chair.
    Bearing in mind that I am always in danger of dropping important and
    sometimes irreplaceable bits of watches, it is important that I have
    an efficient catch mechanism. This takes the form of a woodworker's
    white apron about 3 feet wide to which I have sewn a couple of loops
    at the bottom corners. At each of the places I regularly work on the
    benches I have a couple of large cup hooks screwed into the
    underside with the open sides pointing outwards towards me. Now, when
    I move position I just hook the loops onto the relevant cup hooks to
    give a relatively safe catch surface integral with myself. The reason
    the cup hooks point towards me is that, on the frequent occasions
    when I forget to empty and unhook the apron before I move positions,
    the loops will pull off the hooks slightly before the neckband
    garottes me!! 

Best wishes,
Ian
--

Ian W. Wright
Sheffield, UK



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