[b]My friend Bob gave me permission to post this info from the Roanoke, VA T.U. Chapter #308 website. Bob’s a pretty innovative tier and now he’s taken to creating some interesting “stuff” and I though the FAOL membership and visitors might like to see some of his work.
Unique Tying Bench[/b]
Robert Marek says about this bench, "I’ve been working for several weeks on a new fly tying bench. Well its nearly complete and I thought some of the guys who tie might like to see it. The wood is a chunk of oak cut long ways. I found the elk antler in the Flathead River in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. The deer antler bobbin holder is a deer that Dover’s brother Bill killed several years ago.[LEFT][/LEFT]
As I have done a little woodworking over the years I can see a ton of work in turning a slab of rough cut oak into such a picturesque tying desk. The craftsman did an awesome job. Is he going to mount it on its own pedestal and make it a table? If so please post a photo of the final product.
Grn Mt Man, your friend is living proof that Craftsmanship is not dead. Wow taht is one fantastic fly tying bench. The craftsmanship and design of that bench is totally awesome. Your friend should go into business and make those benches for a living. Tell him he has many bench admirers here on FAOL. Thanks for showing his work here, John.
Uncle Jessee & anyone else wondering if Bob was going to put legs on his bench, here is the answer I got from Bob.
"My tying bench when not in use sits on a 1918 US Army Airplane Tool Chest. The tool chest is a fully restored beautiful piece of furniture which houses much of my tying materials. Because I work from my home office, I have a nice walnut office desk that I work from. When I am ready to tie flys, I can easily transfer the bench to my desk top and the tool chest is now fully accessible. For this reason, I have no immediate intention of putting legs on the bench.
The bench is sturdy enough to put legs on in the future if I decide to do so. If I made another tying bench w/legs, I would not have planed the bench thickness to 1 ? “. For a bench with legs, I would have kept at least 2 - 4” thickness. Of course once you do that it becomes a piece of furniture not easily moved around."
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