My folks two years ago moved into a new place (well, not new construction of course). The detached garage is certainly no older vintage than the 1950's or so if it is even that old... on my first visit I never went into the garage (They are in PA, I'm in TX, so visits are short and full of activity, plus with my Father's poor health and very limited mobility we spend most of the time in the house)... I digress, but at any rate this time around while fixing a few things around the house for them I went into the garage to look for some drill bits... very very much to my surprise I discovered, mostly buried underneath junk and paint cans, an English style workbench!
Now I would never have known what this was were it not for Christopher Schwartz's book on workbenches design & theory (I believe was the title). I was rushed for time and just needed to drill a few holes in a board, but right off I ran into problems as the only clamps about were "quick grip" clamps I bought for them on a prior visit. The front apron was too wide to use. Anyway, the point of the story was really just how amazed I was to discover what I believed to be extinct style of workbench in the wild.
Anyway, here are the photos I snapped. I'll take better pictures after cleaning it off next visit if anyone is interested. Enjoy.
2015-09-22 13.44.03 by Erich Weidner, on Flickr
2015-09-22 13.43.55 by Erich Weidner, on Flickr
2015-09-22 13.44.21 by Erich Weidner, on Flickr