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A Workholding Renaissance

After years of decline, the industry that makes vises and holdfasts for woodworkers has come roaring back.By Christopher Schwarz Pages 36-40In my first book, “Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use” (Popular Woodworking Books), I urged fellow woodworkers to “fight progress” and “invent nothing” when it came to designing their workbenches.Boy, am I glad that the tool manufacturers ignored me completely.Blog: Read “The Kitchen Test” for workbenches. Blog: Read eight years of articles (free) by the author on workbenches. Web Site: Visit workbenchdesign.net for bench-building ideas. To Buy: “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest,” by Christopher Schwarz. In Our Store: “Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use.” Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/apr13/a-workholding-renaissance/feed 0 ’55 Best Shop-Made Jigs’http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/55-best-shop-made-jigs http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/55-best-shop-made-jigs#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:43:52 +0000 Megan Fitzpatrick http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=109243
'55 Best Shop-Made Jigs'

Make your workshop a safer and more efficient place to build with this new CD collection of our 55 favorite shop-made jigs, fixtures and appliances culled from the last 12 years of Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine. On “55 Best Shop-Made Jigs” (there simply wasn’t room on the cover to also fit “fixtures & appliances!”) … Read more »

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The Icing on Work Standoffs

Poutine. Ice hockey. The outstanding parking ticket I owe in Montreal. I know I’m going to get spanked for this by our neighbors to the north, but those are the three things that come immediately to mind when I think of Canada. Yes, I know there are many wonderful things about Canada, and I would … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/the-icing-on-work-standoffs/feed 13 Authentic Holdfasts from Peter Rosshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/authentic-holdfasts-from-peter-ross http://www.popularwoodworking.com/workbenches/schwarz-workbenches/authentic-holdfasts-from-peter-ross#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:15:04 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=107267
Authentic Holdfasts from Peter Ross

The first time I taught at Roy Underhill’s school in Pittsboro, N.C., Roy made sure that I met Peter Ross, a blacksmith who worked at Colonial Williamsburg for 25 years. We all ate dinner at gas station in Saxapawhaw – probably the best gas station food ever made on this planet. Seriously. Check this out. … Read more »

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