I've been volunteering at a retirement home, demoing woodwork and trying to get a few of the residents involved.
Typically I cut up pieces and prepare pieces that can be assemble/sanded/glued/finished by the residents
Most of the residents are quite elderly and disabled in one way or another and confined to wheel chairs or cannot stand for long periods so they have to sit down for most of the sessions
We have a conventional full height wood work bench that I use but it is completely unsuitable for seated operators.
We also have a couple of folding plastic tables which are pretty awful to work as the are too slippery, wobbly and the wrong height (too high) for people sitting down to work at.
Before I start reinventing the wheel on this, does anyone have any ideas/pointers/suggestions for how to go about making a more accessible workbench?
To hold work pieces we use clamps and/with bench hooks but I'm wondering if a dog system would be better. It certainly would be useful for the one handed residents of which there are several
Typically I cut up pieces and prepare pieces that can be assemble/sanded/glued/finished by the residents
Most of the residents are quite elderly and disabled in one way or another and confined to wheel chairs or cannot stand for long periods so they have to sit down for most of the sessions
We have a conventional full height wood work bench that I use but it is completely unsuitable for seated operators.
We also have a couple of folding plastic tables which are pretty awful to work as the are too slippery, wobbly and the wrong height (too high) for people sitting down to work at.
Before I start reinventing the wheel on this, does anyone have any ideas/pointers/suggestions for how to go about making a more accessible workbench?
To hold work pieces we use clamps and/with bench hooks but I'm wondering if a dog system would be better. It certainly would be useful for the one handed residents of which there are several
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