For those of you beginning to think about finally making your own
real, honest to god, tailored exactly to your woodworking needs,
there's a new book to add to the Sam Allen and Scott Landis list
on the subject.
The Workbench : A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench
by Lon Schleining
(Hardcover)
$23.77 US at Amazon.
Spent half an hour sitting on the floor at Barnes and Noble
going through it. Plenty of great full color photos of all
manner of workbenches.
Unfortunately, Frank Klausz's really nice workbench isn't
in the book - deduct a full point from the score. Checking
the index I saw James Krenov's name and turned to
the page to see his bench. Alas, his name only appears
in the text, along with Tage Frid and Frank Klausz - all
in just one sentence about Northern European benches.
Tage Frid from Denmark
James Krenov of Hungary (?!?)
and
Frank Klausz originally from - Siberia?
EDITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deduct to additional points from the score.
But, if you're going to build a bench, this one's worth
perusing and possibly buying. I'd get Scott Landis's
book first though.
charlie b
ps - Mr. Schleining, if you're out there, please
proof the galleys BEFORE another OOPS
like this happens again.
My company (I'll leave nameless) does the same thing as Delta. They
play loose with defining the dates. For example, they might say
product x was introduced in 1937 because the first prototype was
finished then. It didn't become commercially available for another two
years. I don't know if Delta is playing that game but they might
be.....
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> charlie b wrote:
[snip]
> putting together. Of course I did the full bore (some say
> boar) dance on the Unisaw being first introduced in 1939 and
> not 1937 as Delta says (Delta is wrong). The magazine
> article went to publication and yes dear friends they had it
> as 1937.
>
> sigh...
>
> Later I spoke with another editor there (a friend) and he
> pretty much confirmed that the writer in charge was told
> 1939 but for some reason went ahead anyway with the Delta
> (wrong) date.
>
[snip]
> UA100
charlie b wrote:
> Frank Klausz originally from - Siberia?
Siberia.., Serbia..., what...? Hey, we're 'Muricans. All
we know or care is those places are somewhere not here.
On a similar note, I'd been contacted by August Home for
some info on the earliest Unisaw for an article they were
putting together. Of course I did the full bore (some say
boar) dance on the Unisaw being first introduced in 1939 and
not 1937 as Delta says (Delta is wrong). The magazine
article went to publication and yes dear friends they had it
as 1937.
sigh...
Later I spoke with another editor there (a friend) and he
pretty much confirmed that the writer in charge was told
1939 but for some reason went ahead anyway with the Delta
(wrong) date.
I realize this Unisaw date thing isn't that significant in
the grand scheme of things (1). I mean, it's not like they
got the year the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor all wrong.
1952, right?
(1) What really chaps my keister is that Delta, a big ass
ConGlomCo, can't even/doesn't care to get it's own history
correct when a wee wispy guy like me can. Maybe Black &
Decker will whip them into submission.
sigh...
UA100
Never Enough Money wrote:
> I don't know if Delta is playing that game but they might
>be.....
Delta is doing it because they have a booklet first
copyrighted in 1937. The trouble is the second printing in
1940 shows the Unisaw. Delta, or at least the people at
Delta can't quite get that second edition means late.
UA100
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:06:59 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Siberia.., Serbia..., what...? Hey, we're 'Muricans. All
>we know or care is those places are somewhere not here.
No, we care that they're from different somewheres - they brought
different bench-making styles with them.
I'm just surprised anyone commissioned another high-end workbench
book. Was there any need for it ? OTOH, I suppose the people who buy
_one_ high-end workbench book are pretty likely to buy a second
anyway.
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:47:42 +0100, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:06:59 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Siberia.., Serbia..., what...? Hey, we're 'Muricans. All
>>we know or care is those places are somewhere not here.
>
>No, we care that they're from different somewheres - they brought
>different bench-making styles with them.
>
>I'm just surprised anyone commissioned another high-end workbench
>book. Was there any need for it ? OTOH, I suppose the people who buy
>_one_ high-end workbench book are pretty likely to buy a second
>anyway.
Yes, surprising. A second book will be sought ONLY if it covers
entirely new material and other important (to woodworking) people's
benches.
--
"Given the low level of competence among politicians,
every American should become a Libertarian."
-- Charley Reese, Alameda Times-Star (California), June 17, 2003
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:06:59 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Maybe Black &
>Decker will whip them into submission.
They don't call them "B+D" fer nuthin', right? No, I mean, right?