Making Workbenches: * Planning * Building * Outfitting

by Sam Allen

No single workbench design is ideal for everyone: some craftspeople assemble furniture, while others require only special clamps for smaller projects. Based on the author’s 30 years of experience, this informative handbook will help every woodworker construct exactly the bench he or she needs. Anyone with basic skills could build either the sturdy and versatile joiner’s bench or one for cabinetmakers, and adapt them for individual use. Other workbenches have storage drawers and a cabinet, or are designed for specialties like carving, veneering, guitar making, and more. And this book offers more than just plans for building the bench—it features information on setting it up, installing the tools, and using it for planning, joinery, power tool operations, and assembly.

Genres: Woodwork, Reference

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1995

Reviews

[Laurla2 · Rating 3 out of 5]

gives instructions for building only two types of benches, using metal 'truss rods' with dados cut into the wood to fit them. too complicated for me. and i didn't need the chapter on vises, or the chapter on "using a workbench".

[RetroHound · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best for a beginner. Though, I did get a few ideas from it.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to give this four stars because the writer has come up with some of the same solutions I did when I made my workbenches (grin).