Workbenches, Revised by Christopher Schwarz

Workbenches, Revised by Christopher Schwarz

Two centuries of workbench wisdom in one book

With this book, your very first workbench will do everything you need it to do--possibly for the rest of your woodworking career.

Encompassing years of historical research and real-world trials, Christopher Schwarz boils down centuries of the history and engineering of workbenches into basic ideas that all woodworkers can use.

.Learn how to design your own world-class workbench
.Learn the fundamental rules of good workbench design that have been largely forgotten
.Learn how to build an inexpensive and practical bench that hasn't been in widespread use for over 100 years
.Learn how to properly use any workbench
In this revised and updated edition you'll find plans for five benches--two sturdy English benches and two variations on the French Roubo, as well as a portable bench you can clamp to any solid surface. The old-school benches in this book are simpler than modern benches, easier to build and perfect for both power and hand tools.

Beginning woodworkers can build any of these benches. The technical drawings are clear and show every detail. Using the step-by-step instructions, you will be amazed at how easily these workbenches can be constructed.

Christopher Schwarz is a contributing editor to The Fine Tool Journal and the editor of Popular Woodworking magazine. He is the author of Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Building & Usage and Handplane Basics, as well as the host of six Lie-Nielsen Toolworks hand-tool usage films and other DVDs for Popular Woodworking magazine. He's given workshops on workbenches and handtools all around the world, and he'll be a guest on Roy Underhill's long-running PBS show The Woodwright's Shop in 2011. Staff contributors to Popular Woodworking magazine are also recognized specialists in their respective woodworking fields.

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ISBN 13	9781440343124
ISBN 10	1440343128
Title	Workbenches, Revised
Author	Christopher Schwarz
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	F&W Publications Inc
Year published	2017-01-15
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.