Eric,
Cool. Will follow the rabbit holes you've presented when I have more time.
Here's one for you: http://danspitz.com/spitz-bench/
Watchmakers are very highly involved with ergonomic stuff, but I don't know
about a lot of it. Some out there do.
That is Dan Spitz of Anthrax, legendary thrash metal band. He is now a
watchmaker, and he makes that awesome
serious looking watchmaker's bench. I wanted to make something like it, and
laser cut the drawers underneath myself...
maybe using the 50" CNC ballscrew I have here to make it height adjustable.
A lot of specific watchwork is done sitting with, ideally, eyes level with
work- requiring height adjustable chairs, or on
higher end workbenches- manual gear or electric motor assisted telescoping
legs, raising the bench to specific heights.
There's just no way around it with what we do. Watchmakers need ideally
very thick heavy bench tops that height adjust,
to take hammer blows from punches and stakes solid without deflection or
marring, but adjustability for component
manipulation. They usually have adjustable 3 axis armrests too, really
helps with tweezer arm fatigue.
I don't have 3000$+ for a proper bench. I can build one- but I have no idea
how to realistically make a 3" thick butcher
block top that stays together. I'm not a woodworker, not sure of the gluing
involved etc.
Chairs would be easiest to get into I guess...
-Andrew
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 6:05 PM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ha. Amusing to see email about building furniture while I'm face down in
Anarchist's Tool Chest and woodworking books. You know, those paper
things...
In the mid-90s I had RSI so bad I couldn't type for a year. I spent a lot
of that time reading on ergonomics and have self-educated in a number of
workspace-related areas since. I also used every ergo keyboard I could
find in the bay area, switched to the Kinesis, and never looked back.
On 4/22/16 16:30, Andrew C. wrote:
Seconded Steve, watchwork is many, many hours hunched in a chair,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No furniture design will fix this, at best it might add an hour to
"many". Frequent breaks, stretching, light exercise, and changes of
tools/keyboards/chairs/tables/etc are all needed for us to stay healthy.
My viola instructor knows she has to stop practicing at some point or she's
going to injure her body, so it's not just engineering that needs rest and
breaks.
So chairs. That's the first problem, sitting for work when we evolved to
work while standing, kneeling, or being in other no-chairs-yet positions.
If I have to sit I move every ~30 minutes, change chairs, change the height
of my desk, etc. At Apple I switched to standing while I worked, the first
week was a workout of ignored back muscles but standing soon became more
comfortable than sitting/slouching.
A review of a book to read on chairs and why we sit:
http://www.allartburns.org/2006/01/26/review-the-chair-rethinking-culture-body-and-design-galen-cranz/
My thoughts on the Hag Capisco, I've had one in my office for ~10 years
and still love it to death. Lots and lots of comments in the past ten
years.
http://www.allartburns.org/2006/10/07/a-year-with-a-hag-capisco/
But if you want to build furniture, something I enjoy doing, there are
some great designs to work from. I would start with Papanek and
Hennessey's "Nomadic Furniture" and Hennessey's "Nomadic Furniture 2".
My review (with a surprise comment!):
http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/
A review with photos:
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http://www.youareelectric.com/victor-papanek-participatory-design-and-nomadic-furniture/
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