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I haven't tried it, but it looks interesting.

http://twistedsifter.com/videos/custom- ... Sifter+%29

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Brad Hall
Mystic Dawg Guitars

That is pretty cool, but it is a desk, not a workbench. It probably would not be strong enough for woodworking

Perhaps something like this would be more useful.
Wittmann adjustable height workbench
http://www.wittmann-gmbh.at/images/pdf/en/194/plhobelbflexengl15.pdf
A snip starting from $1600, no?

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Yeah, that's pretty slick. I'll have to wait until HF has them on sale for $99.00. OTH, I haven't done much on my guitar build so far that required heavy hammering. Still a ways to go though, so you never know.

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Brad Hall
Mystic Dawg Guitars

For what luthiers do - darn right it would be strong enough. If you wanted, you could build it with stouter uprights, and eliminate most of the flex. I'm impressed, and if I was starting out again - I would want one. My 30 year old StewMax bench is quite sturdy, but you can't sit underneath it using a chair. This one - you could. Very versatile in my opinion.

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

I like it -- beef up the perpendicular legs and top supports (you can see the table flex a lot when the weight applied) and I think it would be very useful.

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Ken Cierp

http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/

That is really cool!! Very ingenious. It is funny to read the youtube comments. A lot of negative cavil comments by people who don't know squat but they just have to say something. I think this guy is very industrious and clever. My hat is off to him. I want one just to make it go up and down. One could easily make it more adjustable with different stops. I love stuff like this.
L.

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Cut to size.....Beat to fit.....Paint to match.

It is very cool. It is most likely sturdy enough for most guitar making tasks.

A few negatives (just speaking for myself):

1. Unless I really needed the bench to be capable of sitting at different heights for different tasks, it would be a lot easier to just build it at the correct height for my body.

2. Cantilevered things made out of wood that is glued, screwed and bolted together just worry me. They work great until they don't. There is lots of potential energy in a cantilevered bench that supports something precious. Maybe it is an irrational fear (many fears are irrational), but it would nag at me.

My solution is to make a box that I can set on top of the (sitting height) workbench to raise the work when needed. I can also place it on the floor and stand on it when I need to be "taller".
Being relatively short I find a 30-32 inch high bench good when sitting or standing for most work.

I have a carving/woodworking bench that started with my getting an old Hamilton drafting table that works electrically for height and then I can tilt the top from horizontal to vertical. I just removed the drafting table top. I put casters on it and drilled bench dog holes in it. I used 1 1/2 used laminated mahogany for the top and left a space running in the middle lengthwise which is about 2 - 3 inches wide. I cut another strip of mahogany to fill the opening when I wanted it to be a complete top without any spacing. The table top in total is about 3 feet wide and 5 feet long.

As I am still starting my first guitar, I have made the bending machine, molds for L-00 and done some regular woodworking projects with it. I have a small space so being able to move it and fold it upright saves me space when I don't need it.

I just plug it in and there is a foot switch that I press with my foot to raise and lower the table. If I remember correctly it goes down to about 30 inches and up to something like 50 inches. Not sure of any of the measurement but I could check it if someone wanted to know more about it.

I bought the table off of Craigslist and the laminated mahogany piece from a place that had used materials. I got a 17 foot long piece, 16 inches wide and about 1 3/4 inch thick. I cut it up and then took it to a boat building shop to have them run it though there drum sander for me to clean the wood up and get it all to a consistent thickness. Airplane parts were bolted to it originally . So there was some oil stains on the surface but that all came off with the drum sanding. I also had to plug a few bolt holes which I did with dowels and some Bondo in a few places.

Sometime back there was a video here from someone who had done one and I basically looked at it and then went from there. If interested someone could do a search for adjustable carving bench and I think you would find it.

Chuck