Workbench reference

Dang, left one out already:

Another you can build is in Woodworking Magazine Issue 4, Autumn 2004.

On Feb 3, 7:52 am, "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> A recent post caused me to collect my workbench references...I thought/
> think it would be good to have them listed on this newsgroup just for
> reference.......Hope you agree:
>
> Benches you can build:
> The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench by Lon
> Schleining
> A slick English bench athttp://www.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/
> CategoryView,category,English%20Workbench.aspx
> "Building the Essential Workbench" in FWW Tools & Shops Isse Winter
> 2003/2004
> "Build a $250 Bench" in FWW Tools & Shops Issue Winter 2005/2006
> "Classic Cabinet Base Workbench" in Shop Notes vol 14, Issue 84.
>
> Benches you can buy:
> Review artilcle in Fine Woodworking (FWW) Winter 2006/2007 Tools &
> Shops Issue reviews:
> Lie-Nielsen (semi-custom to your specs)
> Hoffman & Hammer
> Diefenbach
> Garrett Wade
> Grizzly
> Laguna
> Sjoberg
> Veritas (you cab buy top only or whole kit from Lee Valley)
>
> A short history of workbenches is in the FWW Tools & Shops Issue
> Winter 2002/2003 Issue.
>
> I'm sure there are others. I saw a Japanese style beam "bench" in one
> of my magazines somewhere.
>
> Please add to my list.

On 3 Feb, 14:52, "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Please add to my list.

Tage Frid's 3rd volume has a chapter on building his bench (I think
FWW once ran the same piece)
I built my own more or less according to those plans
http://codesmiths.com/shed/workshop/bench.htm

IMHO, Frank Klausz' design is the best though. I think it's in the
Scott Landis Workbench book.

I had those then I just worked with what I had. Could have started at
Goodwill and finished for $50. Well, not including everything, and I had
the welded pipe-on-studs (bolts w/o heads). Old hardwood desk w/ drawer and
4 legs. I had 4 main screws (9" long ANSI/ASME studs with a loop welded on
ends) , 2 permanent and 2 removable (for bottom support), and 4 full width
(50") plywood, steel T-bar re-inforced independant jaw faces. Jam nuts. I
have carriage bolts at std. spacing for std. spaced plywood pop-up stops all
around outside edges. Doubles as support for extension table support.
(paddle) Drilled 3/4" holes through the top (w/1/4" hardboard slid in place
w/ edge all around all but front -$1.01 for two.). Mechanics vice w/ anvil
on 4-pce hinge-articulated plywood screw/clamp down anywhere on flat bench.
Spare plywood and 2x4, 3/4" hardwood dowels, wire clamps, 1/4"-20 36" long
threaded steel rod, bolts, washers, nuts, and furniture nuts. Levelling
feet on the bottom. I made everything I wanted. 2-1/2' long slotted stops
(plywood, dowel, F-nuts,bolts, nuts, washers), dogs(dowel), wonder dogs
(dowel, F-nuts, steel rod, dowel, steel wire clamp), holdfasts (plywood,
dowel) w/ angle sawn and glued w/ dowel 1/2" through for hammering.



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maybe that was 3/16" rod, and little wood pads w/ holes drilled in them



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or start by building a bench w/ 4 legs, 2" thick sides, ~1" thick surface
for hardboard, and a drawer



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On Feb 3, 11:54 pm, charlie b <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andy Dingley wrote:
>
> snip
>
> > IMHO, Frank Klausz' design is the best though. I think it's in the
> > Scott Landis Workbench book.
>
> Sure is - and notably absent from Schleining's book.
>
> Sam Allen's workbench book, though only black and white
> photos, has a lot of useful info. given that benches haven't
> changed much in the last hundred years - ok so the Twin Screw
> - but long before Veritas came up with the commercial version
> and old woodworker came up with using bicycle sprockets and
> a bike chain idea.
>
> site with a ton of links to workbenches
>
> http://www.geocities.com/plybench/bench.html
>
> charlie b

I definitely agree with the Sam Allen and Scott Landis books. I
combined a couple different benches in the Allen book to come up with
mine. Landis book was more for pictures, dreams, ideas. Allen book
was more on the practical mechanics. I enjoy reading the Landis book
most. But for actually building a bench the Allen book was best. I
think every beginner woodworking book sold today has one of the first
chapters on building a workbench. And a bench can be as simple as a
heavy table with a vise on one end or side. Like the Ian Kirby bench
in Landis' book. Nothing fancy or difficult to make.

Andy Dingley wrote:

snip

> IMHO, Frank Klausz' design is the best though. I think it's in the
> Scott Landis Workbench book.

Sure is - and notably absent from Schleining's book.

Sam Allen's workbench book, though only black and white
photos, has a lot of useful info. given that benches haven't
changed much in the last hundred years - ok so the Twin Screw
- but long before Veritas came up with the commercial version
and old woodworker came up with using bicycle sprockets and
a bike chain idea.

site with a ton of links to workbenches

http://www.geocities.com/plybench/bench.html

charlie b

On 2/3/07 9:52 AM, "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote:

> A recent post caused me to collect my workbench references...I thought/
> think it would be good to have them listed on this newsgroup just for
> reference.......Hope you agree:

I would add "The Workbench Book" by Scott Landis.

"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> A recent post caused me to collect my workbench references...I thought/
> think it would be good to have them listed on this newsgroup just for
> reference.......Hope you agree:
>
> I'm sure there are others. I saw a Japanese style beam "bench" in one
> of my magazines somewhere.
>
> Please add to my list.
>

Chris Schwartz, Popular Woodworking editor, seems to build a new bench, of
a different old style, about every 18-24 months. It usually gets a writeup
in their magazine.

I built a version of one of his, about 5 years back. $175 bench with
layered cabinet ply top, and construction lumber framework. It's not an
heirloom, but it works quite well until I decide I need a fancy one. I
used it again today.

Patriarch

I'll add "The Workbench Book" by Scott Landis. Found it a great resource
when designing my bench. --dave

"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dang, left one out already:
>
> Another you can build is in Woodworking Magazine Issue 4, Autumn 2004.
>
> On Feb 3, 7:52 am, "Never Enough Money" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> A recent post caused me to collect my workbench references...I thought/
>> think it would be good to have them listed on this newsgroup just for
>> reference.......Hope you agree:
>>
>> Benches you can build:
>> The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench by Lon
>> Schleining
>> A slick English bench athttp://www.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/
>> CategoryView,category,English%20Workbench.aspx
>> "Building the Essential Workbench" in FWW Tools & Shops Isse Winter
>> 2003/2004
>> "Build a $250 Bench" in FWW Tools & Shops Issue Winter 2005/2006
>> "Classic Cabinet Base Workbench" in Shop Notes vol 14, Issue 84.
>>
>> Benches you can buy:
>> Review artilcle in Fine Woodworking (FWW) Winter 2006/2007 Tools &
>> Shops Issue reviews:
>> Lie-Nielsen (semi-custom to your specs)
>> Hoffman & Hammer
>> Diefenbach
>> Garrett Wade
>> Grizzly
>> Laguna
>> Sjoberg
>> Veritas (you cab buy top only or whole kit from Lee Valley)
>>
>> A short history of workbenches is in the FWW Tools & Shops Issue
>> Winter 2002/2003 Issue.
>>
>> I'm sure there are others. I saw a Japanese style beam "bench" in one
>> of my magazines somewhere.
>>
>> Please add to my list.
>
>