‘Ole Blue Boy’
Apparently, the first thing one needs to do when they join the Popular Woodworking Magazine staff is build a workbench. I’m OK with that, as I’ve never really had an official [...]
Report: LVL Workbench After (Almost) 2 Years of Use
I find it curious that, more than a year after the November 2009 issue, I’m suddenly getting a spate of questions about the LVL Knockdown Workbench Editor Christopher Schwarz and I [...]
Meet ‘The Son of Roubo’ Next Weekend
Normally I don’t like to begin a story with a question (or an adverb), but: What Was I Drinking? When the Northeastern Woodworkers [...]
It’s Not Just for Bears Anymore
To transform a pile of 6″ x 6″ x 8′ yellow pine beams into 10 workbenches, the first step is a chainsaw. This morning I drove down to Berea, Ky., to help Kelly Mehler and his [...]
Workbenches Book Review
Christopher Schwarz’s new book “Workbenches: from Design & Theory to Construction & Use” isn’t like other books on the subject. And that’s precisely the [...]
Rules for Workbenches
10 good rules for workbenches and 10 ways to help your current bench work better.
An Update on the Roubo Bench
I’m getting about a letter a day from people interested in building (or taking me to task) for the Roubo-style workbench shown in Issue 4. Reader Dan Chaffin, a furniture maker in [...]
