Comments on: Build a Hand-tool Bench With Power Tools? Yup. http://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/build-a-hand-tool-bench-with-power-tools-yup Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:13:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: J. Piercehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/build-a-hand-tool-bench-with-power-tools-yup/comment-page-1#comment-35351 J. Pierce Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:29:47 +0000 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=156531#comment-35351 Man, having recently almost finished a hefty (albeit, short) bench with only hand tools (I work in my living space, and don’t own any power tools other than a tiny drill press) I am so incredibly jealous of having that kind of horsepower at your disposal for a project like this!

]]> By: Sean Ahttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/build-a-hand-tool-bench-with-power-tools-yup/comment-page-1#comment-35341 Sean A Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:25:13 +0000 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=156531#comment-35341 “You can be a slave to the machines or you can enslave the machines”

Hmmph. Someone obviously never watched Battlestar Galactica growing up.

]]> By: switzforgehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/build-a-hand-tool-bench-with-power-tools-yup/comment-page-1#comment-35311 switzforge Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:25:03 +0000 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=156531#comment-35311 Looks like a grea experience. I have a similar bunch of timbers and hope to get my bench built this summer. Watching the video it looks like you are cutting the mortices for the legs as a single mortice as opposed to the sliding dovetail and mortice & tennon combo. Any pros or cons of this joint?

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