Originally Posted by
dan sherman
My take:
I follow Sellers on YouTube, and i can take him or leave him. I really like some of his stuff, and other stuff annoys the crap out of me.
His comments on bench height for example, are at best overly simplistic. You can't base bench height purely on your height, as several things are actually more important.
1. What type of tools you use - Someone who uses woodies will probably like a lower bench than someone who uses metal planes, as woodies are much higher.
2. Type of work - Someone who uses the bench to prepare stock will most likely want a different height than someone who only uses the bench while working on joinery.
2. Your body proportions - Two people of the exact same height can have drastically different arm & leg lengths and that effects how high the bench should be.
3. personal preference - Some people Simply prefer a bench that is higher or lower for any number of reasons that can't be easily quantified.