Hi folks,

We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.

Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
door storage cupboard underneath etc.

Anyone?

cheers

witchy/binarydinosaurs

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 10:11:03 +0100, Witchy
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
>old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
>sale value on it?

£10 - all that one raised when my dad stuck it in the local auction.
I'm still annoyed at him doing it, but what can you do when they get
to that age.... 8-(

It's a school bench - no-one wants them, because they're too low. The
most cost effective option is to either sell it locally with a
sensible price tag on it (might take a few goes, but someone will bit
eventually), or to take the two (highly saleable) vices off it and
eBay them separately.

Andy Dingley typed the following

<snip>
> It's a school bench - no-one wants them, because they're too low.
<snip>

There is a market for "school sized "stuff out there I am only 5 3 and 40
years old.


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Witchy wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
> old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
> sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
> paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
> there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.
>
> Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
> central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
> door storage cupboard underneath etc.
>
Now if it was desk, there is a market for those in the specialised clubs
that provide corporal punishment, or so I am informed.

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 20:32:16 +0100, "BillR"
<deepthought@NO_spammers-here.cyberdude.com> wrote:

>Witchy wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
>> old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
>> sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
>> paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
>> there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.
>>
>> Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
>> central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
>> door storage cupboard underneath etc.
>>
>Now if it was desk, there is a market for those in the specialised clubs
>that provide corporal punishment, or so I am informed.

I bet it's big enough for whatever that entails )

witchy/binarydinosaurs

Witchy wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
> old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
> sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
> paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
> there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.
>
> Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
> central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
> door storage cupboard underneath etc.
>
> Anyone?


Cuple of hundred quid, if its in good wood and in goo nick.


>
> cheers
>
> witchy/binarydinosaurs
>

"Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:a.hickley-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
> > > old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
> > > sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
> > > paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
> > > there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.
> > >
> > > Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
> > > central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
> > > door storage cupboard underneath etc.
> > >
> > > Anyone?
> >
> > Cuple of hundred quid, if its in good wood and in goo nick.
>
> G and M Tools seem to have a standard price for decent-ish benches of
> 165 gbp and a standard price for crappy but OK benches of "from 75 gpb".
> Mind you, some of the 165 quid benches look pretty ropey, so I don't
> know what the 75 quid ones would be like.
>
> http://www.gandmtools.co.uk/woodwork...20benches.html
>
> For 200 quid I'd want a seriously heavy workbench made of solid wood
> with a couple of decent vices, ideally a proper cabinetmakers tail-vice.

They seem to have a Equipment Always Required page -
http://www.gandmtools.co.uk/general/reqd.html which lists workbenches as
being something they need.

If they're selling them for £165+ - you might possibly get more from them
than from eBay or something..

D

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:39:54 +0100, Andrew <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> > We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
>> > old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
>> > sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
>> > paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
>> > there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.
>> >
>> > Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
>> > central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
>> > door storage cupboard underneath etc.
>> >
>> > Anyone?
>>
>> Cuple of hundred quid, if its in good wood and in goo nick.
>
>G and M Tools seem to have a standard price for decent-ish benches of
>165 gbp and a standard price for crappy but OK benches of "from 75 gpb".
>Mind you, some of the 165 quid benches look pretty ropey, so I don't
>know what the 75 quid ones would be like.
>
>http://www.gandmtools.co.uk/woodwork...20benches.html
>
>For 200 quid I'd want a seriously heavy workbench made of solid wood
>with a couple of decent vices, ideally a proper cabinetmakers tail-vice.

Well, it IS seriously heavy and it's made by EMIR in Ashford. Closest
match I can find to it on the website is:

http://www.emir.co.uk/docs/Pages/MultiFunction.html

The vices are made by Woden.

Here's some Big Pics:

http://vorbis.demon.co.uk/wb1.jpg
http://vorbis.demon.co.uk/wb2.jpg
http://vorbis.demon.co.uk/wb3.jpg

The vice has a 10p piece on it for scale

cheers

witchy/binarydinosaurs

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 10:45:41 +0100, Witchy
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:39:54 +0100, Andrew <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>> > We've got a 'proper' workbench in the garage that we rescued from an
>>> > old school, and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to put a
>>> > sale value on it? The garage is too far away for practical use - 43
>>> > paces at last count - plus I don't like keeping valuable tools in
>>> > there and the bench is waaaay too big to have in the house.
>>> >
>>> > Description: maybe 5.5'x3' in size, *thick* wooden workbench with
>>> > central channel (remember the ones you used at school), 2 big vices, 2
>>> > door storage cupboard underneath etc.
>>> >
>>> > Anyone?
>>>
>>> Cuple of hundred quid, if its in good wood and in goo nick.
>>
>>G and M Tools seem to have a standard price for decent-ish benches of
>>165 gbp and a standard price for crappy but OK benches of "from 75 gpb".
>>Mind you, some of the 165 quid benches look pretty ropey, so I don't
>>know what the 75 quid ones would be like.
>>
>>http://www.gandmtools.co.uk/woodwork...20benches.html
>>
>>For 200 quid I'd want a seriously heavy workbench made of solid wood
>>with a couple of decent vices, ideally a proper cabinetmakers tail-vice.
>
>Well, it IS seriously heavy and it's made by EMIR in Ashford. Closest
>match I can find to it on the website is:
>
>http://www.emir.co.uk/docs/Pages/MultiFunction.html
>
>The vices are made by Woden.
>
>Here's some Big Pics:
>
>http://vorbis.demon.co.uk/wb1.jpg
>http://vorbis.demon.co.uk/wb2.jpg
>http://vorbis.demon.co.uk/wb3.jpg
>
>The vice has a 10p piece on it for scale
>

I don't know about the vice, but possibly the RT11 manuals are
collector's items :-)


..andy

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"geoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:+OshPtEDewC$EwSX@81.100.119.82...
> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andy Hall
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >
> >I don't know about the vice, but possibly the RT11 manuals are
> >collector's items :-)
> >
>
> I think I have a set up in the loft somewhere

Put them with my (working) DECmateII, DECmate and Rainbow manuals for a job
lot?