Interesting Work Bench

[Matt Chantry]

What was his resource material for the bench? Where and when did it date to?

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[Stephen Shepherd]

Does anyone think that this is what was used in Biblical times?

Not a timely response, but I just saw this thread.


Stephen

[glenn bradley]

Does anyone think that this is what was used in Biblical times?

Not a timely response, but I just saw this thread.


Stephen

Seems to be what is implied in post #6.

[Stephen Shepherd]

But someone else also asked about its design origin.

Why would you have a workbench on rollers?

Stephen

[Brian Dormer]

It's a very nice workbench.

But - If that was Noah's workbench - and the design was an established fact - then I wonder why there aren't modern equivalents outside of this museum?

To me, this looks like it would be something that COULD have been built 4000* years ago. The burning question is DID THEY build benches like this? Maybe a bit of "wishful thinking" on the part of the designer?

We certainly know quite a bit about Egyptian and Chinese woodworking from 4000 years ago (from documents and drawings) - I don't recall ever seeing references to a cam mechanism from that period. Wedges certainly were widely used - but I'm not so sure about cams.

I'd like the see the archeology back up the design.

I'd also like to know if the bench on display was built with tools that were available 4000+ years ago - or was it built in a modern shop with routers and table saws? I'm not so sure that a carpenter from 4000 years ago could execute a mechanism that needs the tolerances that would be required.

(*the exact timeframe of the flooding event described in the book of Genesis is debated by scholars - but, based on early "flood stories" in other cultures, 4000-6000 years ago is the generally accepted timeframe)