Hi,
“I’m waiting for my LongMill to arrive and I need to build a table for it. What’s the ideal height, considering I’m 5’11”?”
Thanks
Pelibob,
My table height is 36” and it works perfect for me. I am also 5’11”, I hope this helps.
I’m 6’1" and my table top is at 37". It was probably closer to 36" when I built it but I had to move it once and it didn’t sit the same way in the new spot so I 3D printed some feet to level it out and that raised it up.
Hey Pelibob,
The rule of “thumb” that has been for generations in my family is, forget inches, milimeters, sticks and stones and measure in jewels. (My family is of royal descent.)
The ideal hight for a tabletop is exactly at ones jewels height. And not just any cheap ass run of the mill jewels, but the most precious ones you can find.
Yours.
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Lol ……i gonna try that !
Thanks !
My jewels are at 36’’ lol
@GettingStarted jewels too.
Can’t argue with the Jewels system.
In that case, you should plan for reducing the table height in a few years ’ cause the jewels are sure to drop down a bit
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Reducing the table height is considered to bring down bad luck. Instead small jewel variations get compensated with the jeweljack™ every household should have.
In the jewel system, the only way is up.
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It all depends on the individual’s preferences, as what works for one, won’t work for others. However, that being stated, there is a rule of thumb for the height of workbenches: when standing upright with your arms comfortable by your side, the point where your wrist bone and hand come together is largely accepted as the correct height for working at. That’s one way to look at it.
Another may be to consider what you’re planning to do on the table aside from supporting workpieces. Some (I’m not one of them…) use their table as a work surface: they paint on it (after laying down a plastic sheet I’m assuming), pound on it (that I’d don’t suggest doing, as it’s supposed to be a precise part of the machine) and general hold-all when they’re not using it for its primary purpose. And if that’s the case, then you could go with the above-recommended “wrist bone” height of anything that suits your fancy.
All the best with your Longmill. It’s a great machine.
Marty from Kingston, ON 
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I think for most people, men anyways, the wrist bone height is also the jewel height. Just sayin’
Probably better to publish your version in trade magazines though.
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Yep, that’s the reason the wrist bone level is used. Every woodworker has them. Let’s not forget that some of the very best woodworkers are females. Here are but a few sterling examples: Laura Mays (Mendocino College’s Krenov School of Fine Furniture Making); Linda Manzer (world renouned luthier); and Karen McBride (exemplary furniture maker who, among many other works, was commissioned by Steinway to design and create the woodworking elements on a very unique Steinway piano).
Marty from Kingston, ON
I’m about the same height and mine is at 31". It probably would be better at 34-35"
-Mike Mac