In <01BBB780.BA41EC40@i...>, on 10/11/96 at 04:31 PM,
   Geoff Webb  said:

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>tools).  However the problem is that I live in a second floor apartment
>and there is no room for a permanent bench.  I got to thinking, how did
>they do it in the old days?  Surely, some 19th century carpenter needed
>a portable bench.  Do any of the galoots on the porch have an answer? 
>I'll just sit here on the bottom step and await the collective
>wisdom.

In one of last year's episodes of the WWS Roy makes a portable bench out
of two inch rough sawn wood.  The leg assemblies are attached to the top
with hinges.  Carriage bolts secure the legs to braces running  from the
center of the bench top to the bottom leg stretchers.  Someone posted
that he has a new book due out and that this project was included.

I've seen this same design in another reference recently, but can't
recall where it was.

Jerry
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