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6.6.5. 



Figure 7. Carpenter's Bench. A woodworking bench is 16' long, 

 3' 6" wide and 32" high. The height, to be particular, should be 

 the length of the leg of the man who uses it. Lincoln, when joking 

 with Stanton, gave it as his opinion that "a 'man's legs should be 

 just long enough to reach the ground." But that rule is not suffi- 

 ciently definite to satisfy carpenters, so they adopted the inside leg 

 measurement. They claim that the average carpenter is 5' 10" 

 tall and he wears a 32" leg. 



6.G.B 



Figure 8. Carpenter's Trestle, or Saw-Bench. The top piec* is 

 4x6 and the legs are 2x4. There is sufficient spread of leg to prevent 

 it from toppling over, but the legs are not greatly in the way. It is 

 heavy enough to stand still while you slide a board along. It is 2 

 feet high. 



