“Wrench Bench” Made From Old Tools

“Wrench Bench” Made From Old Tools FARM HOME Novelty Items Lance Talbott from West Unity Ohio got the idea for his “wrench bench” from his dad Gene who saw a similar chair years ago at the Florida Flywheelers He wanted Lance to make him one “He kept showing me the pics he took of it but I was busy farming and trucking so I didn’t have time to make it ” Lance says When illness hit Gene Lance decided to make his wishes a priority “Dad had a bout of colon cancer and I thought ‘What if I lose him before I get it made?’” “So when I came home from trucking one weekend and it was raining I said to Dad ‘Get your wrenches out ’ He’d been buying them by the bucket-full for years saving them for the chair ” Lance says It took two days or so to weld the bench together The part that was the most time-consuming was trying to fit the wrenches in the correct configuration “I built the base first It was like a jigsaw puzzle The picture I saw didn’t have arms but I wanted Dad to have armrests ” Lance thought the project was complete “I had just put the last weld in the chair and I was thinking I was done then Dad flips up the phone and says ‘I want a footstool ’” Lance notes that when choosing wrenches it’s important to choose wrenches of the same thickness It took 55 wrenches to make the chair and footstool Gene died a few years ago Lance brings the chair to antique tractor shows and exhibits it in his honor

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