Popular Woodworking Magazine » workbench http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Thu, 23 May 2013 03:02:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Yellow Pine, Poplar or Plywood for Workbench Storagehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/yellow-pine-poplar-or-plywood-for-workbench-storage http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/yellow-pine-poplar-or-plywood-for-workbench-storage#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:38:14 +0000 Glen D. Huey http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=263035
Yellow Pine, Poplar or Plywood for Workbench Storage

This week, I swear I’m getting started on my workbench. To heck with my computer, I need to make dust or something. It’s time to get into the shop. Trouble is, I don’t have, as of yet, any tools at the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop. I need a place to store my tools when I … Read more »

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More on Workbench Drawers

As I read many of your comments and suggestions for my bench drawer storage, I also talked with executive editor Bob Lang. Bob suggested that I consider making my drawers depths in multiples of 2″, such as 2″, 4″ and 6″ deep drawers. If I then position the grooves cut into the case sides at … Read more »

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Build a Bench, Help a Serviceman

One of the biggest obstacles to beginning woodworkers is carving out a space to work in, and building a bench to work on. Recently, I built a pair of portable workbenches that are closely based on a now-disappeared commercial bench from the 20th century. These small-scale benches clamp to almost any surface, from a kitchen … Read more »

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A Long-overdue Workbench Modification

I’m in the midst of making my mom’s Christmas present*, and though I did the machine work at the “office” today, I decided to bring the surfaced and mortised pieces home (the hollow-chisel mortiser is my favorite power tool) and cut the tenons by hand. Yes, I could have cut them on the table saw, … Read more »

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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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The Milkman's Workbench (Want)

Earlier this year I wrote about a portable workbench top that went up for sale in an Australian auction. It was an ingenious solution to a problem that many woodworkers face: How do I do woodworking while watching television in the house? Well, that’s one of the problems this solves. This bench gizmo also is … Read more »

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Shaker Projects & Shop Projects (& I Miss Hot Wax)

If you’ve been reading Popular Woodworking Magazine for more than a decade, two “new” products won’t be new to you: “Workbenches & Toolboxes” and “Great American Furniture.” Both are “SIPs” (special-interest publications) that we offered only on newsstands, before I joined the PWM staff (so they’re really old). But they’re chock-full of great information, and … Read more »

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My Favorite Japanese Pullsaw

It’s funny how my chainsaw skills have gone through the roof since I started to build lots of workbenches in 1999. Today I cut down a buttload of 6 x 6 x 16’ Douglas Fir beams for a bench-building class at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking that I’m teaching next week. And when you … Read more »

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20 Percent Off Coupon

Day Six of Our 12 Days of Savings Sale! Shopwoodworking.com has a 20 percent off coupon for today only. When you are checking out, use the following code: WD12116. Click here to start shopping and saving now.

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/product-spotlight/20-percent-off-coupon/feed 0 Nicholson Benchhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/nicholson-bench http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/nicholson-bench#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:32:06 +0000 Adam Cherubini http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/blog3/2008/03/06/NicholsonBench.aspx The “Nicholson” or “English” bench is a simple workbench, possibly made using 2 by construction lumber, that features a characteristic deep front apron drilled to enable to the use of holdfasts or pegs to support work vertically. It lacks any penetration through its top save a single planing stop. A simple and ineffectual face vise … Read more »

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