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Workbenches Old & Modern

Ingenious Mechanicks, Workbenches

The following is excerpted from “Ingenious Mechanicks,” by Christopher Schwarz. This book is a journey into the past. It takes the reader from Pompeii, which features the oldest image of a Western bench, to a Roman fort in Germany to inspect the oldest surviving workbench, and finally to Christopher’s shop in Covington, where he recreated…

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A Workbench for Making Chairs

Chairmaker's Notebook, Country Woodcraft: Then and Now, Good Work: The Chairmaking Life of John Brown, Ingenious Mechanicks, Roman Workbenches, The Stick Chair Book, Yellow Pine Journalism

Because I have written books on workbenches and chairs, I am regularly asked what sort of workbench is best for making chairs. Here’s my answer: the same bench you use to make cabinets, boxes and snake toys. Unless you are a professional chairmaker who makes chairs and only chairs in a tiny space, there is…

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