Bench for sitting and working: Difference between revisions

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Improving conditions for education

High stool, also useful as work bench, light to carry, its manufacture with staples teaches how to make lightweight constructions.

Why

A project on the island of Seram, Indonesia, demonstrated the practical use of table benches as work surfaces as well as for sitting. Multiple benches help in the process of assembling frames. The advantage of using the bench is working off the ground at a comfortable height. An example might be using one's knee to hold a plank being worked on. Futher inspiration was found in a low workbench which was the only useful item found in our barn/workshop at the beginning of our tenure in 1983. Crudely put together by a workman, it served us well for years. Some children carry their own seats to school. Should such stools not be light weight? This exemplifies the need for students to be taught to make things for practical use. One such items could be light weight, collapsable, school furniture of appropriate size. As in many real world situations, floors are not level and so the stool has to be flexible to support its load on all four legs.

How

Constructed out of small wooden battens, interconnected with bits of metal wire. The top is supported by two X-frames, shored by two sticks. The parts are interconnected by strips of rubber, for that reason also easily disassembled. The top is flexible because of the thin battens, the bench is stable to work on because of the X-frames.

Planned progress

The design is light enough to carry and easy to fold. Check if this stool is useful as school furniture that children take home every day.

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 ==Why==
-A project on the island of Seram in Indonesia showed how practical it is to be able to use table benches also for working on. If there are more than one of such benches it helps in assembling frames. The advantage is that it facilitates working off the ground on a comfortable height, for example to be able to fixate a piece of wood under one's knee.
+A project on the island of Seram, Indonesia, demonstrated the practical use of table benches as work surfaces as well as for sitting. Multiple benches help in the process of assembling frames. The advantage of using the bench is working off the ground at a comfortable height.  An example might be using one's knee to hold a plank being worked on.
-Futher inspiration was found in the low workbench, that was the only useful item we found in our barn/workshop when starting to use it back in 1983. Just crudely put together by a workman, it served us well for years.
+Futher inspiration was found in a low workbench which was the only useful item found in our barn/workshop at the beginning of our tenure in 1983. Crudely put together by a workman, it served us well for years.
-There are children carrying their seats to school. Should such stools not be light weight?
+Some children carry their own seats to school. Should such stools not be light weight?
-There is the need for students to be taught to make things of direct practical use. One of the items could be such school furniture, possibly foldable, anyway light to carry and giving the right sitting height.
+This exemplifies the need for students to be taught to make things for practical use. One such items could be light weight, collapsable, school furniture of appropriate size.
-As in all practical situations you never find a flat floor, so the stool has to be flexible as to support its load on all four legs.
+As in  many real world situations, floors are not level and so the stool has to be flexible to support its load on all four legs.
 ==How==