If you ask ten experienced woodworkers about bench dog hole spacing, you’ll get eleven opinions. 3-inch spacing. 4-inch spacing. 4-1/4 to accommodate the Veritas Wonder Dog. Imperial vs. […]
There is no more divisive topic in workbench building than the face vise. Tail vise vs. wagon vise. Wooden screw vs. metal. Quick-release vs. traditional. We asked twelve […]
Not everyone has garage space. Some of us work on the driveway, the back patio, or a covered breezeway. The problem with most workbench designs is that they […]
The split-top Roubo is a polarizing bench design. When you first see it – a workbench top split down the middle with a 4-inch gap running its full […]
What if your workbench wasn’t just a flat surface but the primary storage system for your most-used tools? That’s the idea behind the French cleat workbench – a […]
When the machine shop where Dave worked for 22 years closed down, he was given first pick of anything that wasn’t going on the liquidation truck. He took […]
Most workbenches are built to work on, not to look at. Chris builds them to do both. A cabinetmaker by trade and a craftsman by obsession, he spent […]
Every year we put out a call for reader workbench photos. Every year we’re astonished by what shows up in our inbox. This year’s roundup includes 15 of […]
The single best thing that happened to my woodworking in the last five years was building my daughter a bench of her own. She was seven when I […]
I had back surgery in 2019. L4-L5, herniated disc, the whole situation. My surgeon told me that prolonged standing in one position – the kind of standing you […]