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Golden Coins
After what turned in to an extensive session of building the Little John workbenches we received some lovely feedback, appreciation and photos from our customers as they were being put to work by their new owners. The comments below were sent through to me earlier this week. Hello Helen, My ‘Little John’ bench arrived today, it was well wrapped and protected for transit. Once I’d got the bubble-wrap, plywood and polythene off and having checked out the … Read entire article »
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Can’t See Straight!
I must have bored over 10,000 perpendicular holes so drilling square is no longer a problem for … Read more »
Richards Castle Bench
Now and again Richard likes to build a bench that is a little different to what he’s … Read more »
Be Careful What You Wish For!
Having a job that we enjoy means there’s always a tendency for our work and spare time … Read more »
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Round Dogs or Square?
Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter. Both round and square bench dogs will hold effectively. After a short time … Read more »
All Style and No Substance??
Whenever I’ve taken my workbenches out to a show I’ve always enjoyed lovely feedback and appreciation. One … Read more »
Metric Vs Imperial
Since learning metric measurements in school I’ve always been a user of the millimetre and never questioned its … Read more »
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Cherry Bomb
For those of you who think a workbench should be rough and ready you may well cringe at the bench I have to show you today. In fact when this customer enquired with a request that the workbench should be built from cherry even I thought that was pushing things a bit posh. The workbench was to be a French bench … Read entire article »
Metric Vs Imperial
Since learning metric measurements in school I’ve always been a user of the millimetre and never questioned its suitability. Richard was also taught metric first but as soon as he was out in to the practical world of work he adopted the use of imperial finding it much more intuitive. If he hadn’t put up an argument every time I presented a drawing in mm … Read entire article »
Customers’ Bench Builds
So far this year we’ve been busier than ever with our vices and we’ve been boxing them up and shipping them out to every corner of the globe. Many customers are kind enough to take the time and send us through photos of their completed benches and here’s a couple that have been finished up this week. Martin – UK Building a workbench … Read entire article »
The Next Little John’s
Now that the long dark, days are behind us we’d like to look forward to the Summer and our next batch of Little John workbenches - we will be starting on the builds in August. Until now we’ve continued to advertise the introductory price of £785.00 but I’m afraid this does have to increase for the next batches. The price will rise to £865.00 … Read entire article »
Under Rated Tools
I was thinking this morning whilst pluging down on the slightly broken handle of my pillar drill that I am always stood at this machine. It’s a tool that I barely take account of and really didn’t give any thought to it’s quality or durability when I bought it as I’d expected to need it only now and again. It’s main … Read entire article »
One Thousand Steps…
What are the pitfalls of being in a workbench business? This is not your everyday question but is something I was asked recently by a chap who is interested in setting up just that and hence it’s a question I’ve been giving of thought. Most of the time I don’t really consider our business to be all that businessy, and what … Read entire article »
Maguire’s Second Hand
Advertising workbenches on here is not becoming a habit, it’s just pure coincidence that after making our old demonstration Artisan available for sale last week we have yet another second hand workbench up for grabs. This workbench is not being sold directly by ourselves but as far as we’re aware is the first Maguire Workbench to be brought to the second … Read entire article »
Workbench Height
What is the perfect height for a workbench? This is a question I get asked weekly and if you’re planning on building a workbench it’s well worth giving it some thought before you jump in with the tools. Getting your bench height completely wrong will cause you some discomfort and inconvenience while you work but I always like to make it … Read entire article »
Busy, Busy, Busy
You may have noticed a slight decline in the number of our blog post over the last couple of weeks. Don’t worry, we will be back up to form very shortly but for now we’ve just had to get our heads down and get on. We’ve been incredibly busy with a variety of things and number one of course – … Read entire article »
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