Popular Woodworking Magazine » Peter Nicholson http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 21 May 2013 19:41:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Erik Mortensen’s Awesome English Workbenchhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/erik-mortensens-awesome-english-workbench http://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/erik-mortensens-awesome-english-workbench#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:46:48 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=243181
Erik Mortensen’s Awesome English Workbench

I see a lot of workbenches. Lots of them are gorgeous. Many of them are tough. Few benches are both. Last weekend at Woodworking in America in Pasadena, Calif., I got to use a massive Nicholson-style workbench made by Erik Mortensen, an instructor at Cerritos College. For the most part, the bench is made from … Read more »

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Highly Recommended: ‘The Mechanic’s Companion’

Among all the important historical woodworking books out there, Peter Nicholson’s “The Mechanic’s Companion” does not get enough notice. Perhaps that’s because it wasn’t the first English-language book on joinery (Joseph Moxon was the pioneer in this field), or perhaps it’s not as well-known because original copies of the book are expensive. I paid $100 … Read more »

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