Scrolling from a chair?

[OCtoolguy]

6 hours ago, Bill WIlson said:

My current chair was a task chair, in a former life.  The upholstery was shot and they were throwing several of them out at work.  I looked them over and picked the one that was in the best shape mechanically.  It's heavy duty, swivels, rolls and has pneumatic height adjustment.  I brought it home and put new padding and fabric on the seat.  It is perfect for my shop.  My old chair didn't have wheels and was adjustable height in theory only.  I didn't realize how much I disliked it, until I replaced it.  I can easily go from saw to bench, quickly move about and adjust the height. to suit whatever I'm doing.  The wheels make it easy to move out of the way, when I want to stand.

Can you post a pic? I'm not familiar with a "task chair". Sounds interesting.

Ray

 

[new2woodwrk]

1 hour ago, octoolguy said:

I'm wondering how you use a foot pedal with this chair. It seems like you'd have to create some sort of pedestal for the switch. 

Ray

 

I don't use a foot a pedal - I use a remote switch instead

[Bill WIlson]

13 hours ago, octoolguy said:

Can you post a pic? I'm not familiar with a "task chair". Sounds interesting.

Ray

 

Don't have a picture, but it's similar to a common, swivel, wheeled, armless office chair, just a little more industrial looking.  Our assembly department folks use them here at work

[crupiea]

I use a low stand and a folding chair. very comfortable. Plus the foot pedal just sits o the floor so its very simple to use.

[richard e stark]

i have done so many different types of jobs.Aircraft mechanic to Chief,  Carpenter to Welder.. The injuries run up and down my body and back.  Everyone needs to find there own best work height i need the stool and my feet a ittle higher with the saw just a little lower than my chest so my shoulders dont hurt.  In this position i can cut 10 to 12 hours a day and not have any added stress on my body. but like i was saying everyone is different.

[Rockytime]

On 4/11/2018 at 6:06 PM, octoolguy said:

Les, have you looked at the chair/seat stand that Hawk has where you could actually roll a wheel chair under it? I was thinking of making something like that for my Hegner. It came with the tall factory stand and even though I have a tall stool with a back rest, it's not comfortable to use for any length of time. I'm going to make something low like I did for my Dewalt.

Ray

 

Ray, I have a stool with casters like a draftsman's chair. It has casters but no back. I three that are similar. They are pneumatic adjustable. I do not like a back on my stools. I roll back and forth between my benches and when I want to sit down I just sit down. If I had my hands full I would have to spin the chair around to sit down. It may sound stupid but when I was repairing clocks time was money and the shop was arranged for convenience and efficiency. Also I'm always leaning close to my work as I do with scrolling. I can't lean back comfortably and scroll. My head would be too far from the saw. Those that say  they can lean back, relax and saw have eyes much sharper than I. I need magnification. I do, however have a comfortable secretarial chair to relax in when I need a break. That's just me. Everyone needs to find their own comfort level.

[teachnlearn]

On 10/12/2017 at 11:55 AM, jamminjack said:

 I have stood for years.  The past few years I prefer to sit and scroll.  I found it to be way more relaxing,  easier on the knees, and shoulders.  which has increased my time using the saw, with way less straining and fatigue. I don't believe there is a perfect way to saw.  To each their own.. What ever works for you. I made a scroll saw stand which  allows me to use a office chair on wheels.  I moved the foot pedal from the floor to the side leg.  I just tap it with the side of my knee to activate it.

I can walk a little with a cane, but between weather and amount of use of my back I end up in a wheel chair. 'My wife is in a chair too, when we are at the VA, I grab her chair handles and my son pushes mine.', Anyway couldn't stand in a shop long, so its a switch between standing and the rest of the day in a wheelchair. Grabbed shots of your table. We almost had a house last month but were out bid. When I get my half of a garage, I'm definatly building a version of this, very nice design. RJF

[amazingkevin]

On 10/23/2017 at 1:55 PM, rjR said:

As I both sit or stand ==depending on the project, I use a tall swiveling -stool with a back on it. This was a Salvation Army store special=I think it was less than $4. I have now used it for about 5-6 years.

When I lived in ND, I had welded up a scrollsaw stand that used a scissors jack and locking screws for height adjustment. It had air-up tires on the front and screw adjustments on the back for leveling on uneven surfaces.  I often wheeled it out to the garage apron on nice days and let the air-movements clean up the sawdust. I had made it from pipe and channel iron scraps. It worked very well. Now the woodshop is in the second story of the garage, so the stand did not work there. It was cut up and some of the metal reused other places.

If I had a ground floor shop, I would make a similar one again.  It had been made from 2 different diameters of pipes. the smaller diameter ones were welded solid to a base made from channel iron. the top ones were welded into the base that I had made for the saw. I had made a frame into it for storage of  a few tools that were always being used there.  I had drilled holes into the top pipes and then welded nuts in place, short bolts made a lock for the height adjustments that worked well. I had even made a crank that stayed with the stand for moving the jack up and down to get the right height.

On the front I had the tires; so it was easy to move around too.   Just tilt it forward and use it like a hand truck. I had also made a base with wheels on my joiner that I had a slip on handle (Angle iron made to slip over the channel that had holes for the pins in it.  that I just used click pins to keep in place while I moved it around. That was attached from the side and worked like a hand truck, just click on, tilt and wheel where I wanted it.

 

I hope this helps and gives someone ideas on improving their layouts. I would like to see pictures if you use the ideas. I will also try to answer any questions; maybe even do some sketches to help explain better for you if wanted. Please email and I will, TRY to help.

 

 

i'd love to see pictures of this!

[Fish]

I use a home made chair too. I used an old boat seat mounted to a rotating height adjustable stand. I like it.

[barb.j.enders]

I use an adjustable bar stool with back and a foot rest. The foot pedal sits on the cross bar of my DeWalt stand.

[Wichman]

I use a hybrid. the bottom is a HF chair that originally had a motorcycle seat (seriously uncomfortable for me) The top is from a Tractor Supply chair ( tractor seat and a low back support).

The TS chair had a ring midway up the post and didn't allow the whole plan to go together.

Now, it's the HF bottom, a 2' x 2' piece of 1/2" plywood with a 2 inch hole offset from the center a little (the plywood forms a shelf for me to rest my feet on and a stable platform for the foot switch) and topped off with the TS tractor seat. Adjustable up and down, so if I get achy from one position too long I can adjust  it a little.

Picture #2 is the blade holder; a 2 x 4 with holes drilled in it, there is a magnet strip above to catch any extra blades that get pulled up (the strip came with the workbench)

picture #3 & 4 are the swing arm holder (I've never had any luck with the clamps) the 2 x 2 is glued and screwed to the top of the workbench.

 

[OCtoolguy]

On 10/12/2017 at 9:55 AM, jamminjack said:

 I have stood for years.  The past few years I prefer to sit and scroll.  I found it to be way more relaxing,  easier on the knees, and shoulders.  which has increased my time using the saw, with way less straining and fatigue. I don't believe there is a perfect way to saw.  To each their own.. What ever works for you. I made a scroll saw stand which  allows me to use a office chair on wheels.  I moved the foot pedal from the floor to the side leg.  I just tap it with the side of my knee to activate it.

You know, your design is so well done, I for one would appreciate it if you could share your plans. But, I know that if you are like me all plans are stored in my imagination. But if you did draw something up, it would be great to get hold of them. Great stand.