Last week a reader posted a nice SketchUp drawing of a Roubo workbench that you can download (for free) from Google’s 3D Warehouse. The drawing features the Benchcrafted Wagon Vise and a dovetailed end cap that holds the vise in place. I’ve had several readers ask me what this construction should look like. Now you … Read more
Tag Archives: Electronic Drawings
SketchUp Model Available for my Tool Cabinet
A few years ago I was teaching a class on handplanes when one of the students came up to my bench to ask a favor. One of the main reasons he had signed up for the class was to get me to sign the cover of the December 2004 issue of Popular Woodworking.On the cover … Read more
Free Drawing: The Knockdown Holtzapffel Workbench
Ever since we published plans for the Holtzapffel Cabinetmaker’s Workbench in Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine, readers have requested information on how to build the bench so it could be easily knocked down and moved. The version I built and published plans for in Issue 8 used old-world bench-building principles where the legs were tenoned … Read more
Free SketchUp Drawings of Woodworking Magazine Projects
Now you can download six free SketchUp drawings for projects published in Woodworking Magazine during the last four years. These files work with Google’s free drafting program, SketchUp, and allow you to take the projects apart, see the joinery and view the projects at any angle. These files are great for understanding how a project … Read more
Download the Free eDrawings of the Stickley Tabourets
We have completed work on Issue 9 , our first ever issue for subscribers , and we are just about to send the issue to the printer. That issue will mail out to subscribers (boy that is nice to type!) on the week of March 3. To give you a small taste of the issue, … Read more
Free eDrawings of Holtzapffel Workbench Now Available
With the release of Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine now imminent, we’ve uploaded a free eDrawing of the cover project , a 19th-century workbench , for you to download and examine. This interactive 3D- illustration can be opened and manipulated using a free program from eDrawings that is available both for the PC and Mac. … Read more
The Holtzapffel Workbench
Building a workbench is a bit like childbirth. Some benches come into this world like my firstborn did, fighting the entire way and taking twice as long as expected , like the English workbench. Other benches are like my second child, where you are done before you know it. This weekend I’m putting the finishing … Read more