Connect workbench casters for easier use
A steel angle bar keeps casters connected and makes them easier to engage.
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Workbench Resources – We Got ‘Em
Do you need a new workbench – perhaps one based on traditional forms? We probably have a resource to help. Below are just a few of our workbench offerings – in video and book form. Plus, a link to video tours of workbenches Chris and others have built in the last 25 years. Video: “Roubo…
Read moreWhere to Put Your Carver’s Vise
I know some readers are loath to drill a new hole in their workbench (or file the mouth of a handplane, or reshape a saw handle) without a court order. Today I’m putting on my robes and firing up the wooden gavel. Judge Crissy is in session. The advantage of the carver’s vise (on sale…
Read moreUse your workbench as a vertical glue-up station
Pipe clamps and lower stretchers serve to stabilize panel glue-ups using your workbench.
Read moreThe Nicest Workbench I Own
Workbench cutting list: 2” x 2-1/2” x 6”. Rudy Everts (aka Underhatchet, Chair Chatter, sculptor, painter, lover of Mexican food) made this amazing sculpture for me that’s a scale replica of “The Anarchist’s Workbench.” Even more shocking: It’s all one piece of linden. The bench is remarkably detailed. The holdfast holes are properly spaced. The…
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