Royce, Very astute! Fine Woodworking's Annual "Tools & Shops" issue has an article on appropriate heights for woodworking tasks. Much is applicable to golf club work.
They define three zones: Precision, Finesse, and Power.
The heights are determined relative to your body when you stand up with arms hanging down.
Precision - Top of shoulder to mid chest Finesse - Mid-chest to elbows (your gripping station height!) Power - Elbows to knuckles
The article says to raise or lower your work, perhaps via jigs or other apparatus, to its proper height.
Another option is for you to change your height, perhaps by sitting on a stool for precision work on a bench.
/Ed
Royce Engler wrote:
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I try to make the height comfortable for the task at hand. For example, I find that I prefer to have my gripping station about level with my elbows. Remember that a vise will raise the working level 6"-9" depending on the vise.
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