Do you stand up to work?

[BeeBeads]

If you scroll down a bit further before you add your reply I think you avoid being caught up in the quote box!   

[Kimster]

If you scroll down a bit further before you add your reply I think you avoid being caught up in the quote box!   

Try again!!

[Jellybean]

yay! 

[BeeBeads]

Yay!  

[Kimster]

If you scroll down a bit further before you add your reply I think you avoid being caught up in the quote box!   

Yay! thanks BBB. I can retire to bed happy...

[BeeBeads]

You'll be doing it all the time now!   

[Kimster]

You'll be doing it all the time now!   

I'm just showing off now 

[BeeBeads]

You'll be doing it all the time now!   

I'm just showing off now 

And why not.   

[★★Terri★★]

I tend to stand.  I might start by sitting......but after a while I realise that I'm standing again.............it happens as an involuntary action, no matter what I am making beads, ceramics etc.  Doesn't matter what the height of the workbench is either.....still end up standing.

[Pat from Canvey]

Don't forget that when using the quote option, you can delete that part of it that's not relevant. It keeps the Forum tidier.

[Scubeadoo]

Both stand and sit.
My work bench is high enough to stand at comfortably and i managed to get hold of one of those extra high office chairs cheaply at a local secondhand shop.

In case you are wondering the chair looks like a normal office chair but raises much higher and has a metal ring footrest fitted above its 5 roller feet which can be adjusted for height so your feet don't dangle in the air when you are sitting!.

[Kimster]

Thanks Scoobeadoo. I'm on the look out now for a length of worktop to make a 'perfect height' workbench. I'm about average height (5' 6") but I find average height worktops a bit too low. Would it matter that I'll be sort of looking down on the bead & flame? (unless I fix it about 5'high!) 

[Blue Box Studio]

In case you are wondering the chair looks like a normal office chair but raises much higher and has a metal ring footrest fitted above its 5 roller feet which can be adjusted for height so your feet don't dangle in the air when you are sitting!.

Draughtsman's chairs, I have one in my big shedio so I can sit comfortably when I'm sewing.

This is the one I have, but I got it in one of their advertised sales (sign up and you'll get loads of sale brochures, never pay full price) was easy to assemble and has lasted for years.

[Margram]

The other thing I've seen people do is screw the torch onto thick blocks of wood to raise it up (make sure everything is secure)

[nete]

My OH is a welder and I have taken over his metalwork bench in the workshop, so everything is all metal. It is quite high and I didn't want to stand all the time. I tried to get a high chair with wheels so I could scoot out of the way of flying glass but apparantly they don't make 'em with wheels, cos the elf & safety police say they're dangerous! So I bought an old office stool with wheels on for two quid from the boot sale and hubby welded a longer piece of pole onto it and voila - job done!
My arm rests are a couple of lumps of iron (used for shaping wrought iron stuff), oh and by the way, my torch set up is a welders cutting torch!! So there ya go.
Nete