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Repairing The Cracks.

Repairing The Cracks.

The good news is the broken music stand is now back to a full state of repair. The bad news... well that comes in two parts. Having originally built the stand in a very relaxing weekend I'd made a point to really enjoy the whole process. I kept up a steady pace but...

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No Time Like The Present

No Time Like The Present

Update: At the present time we're not building any workbenches for sale, however we have many resources on this website that will help guide you with your own workbench build. Our English Workbench Video Series takes you step by step through a traditional bench build,...

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Workshop De-Clutterise – Part Two

Workshop De-Clutterise – Part Two

As planned we made a start last week at getting on top of the workshop clutter. If you've seen Part One of this saga then you'll be aware we had a pretty big task ahead of us and we've decided to attempt it in bite-sized stages; a little each week. We can only hope...

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Workshop De-Clutterise – Part One

Workshop De-Clutterise – Part One

I don't know about you but I've always found that if I have anything more than an ample space to work then the extra will just get filled up and cluttered - or as my Dad always puts it 'the bigger the van, the more crap you carry'. When we moved to this workshop a...

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Slowed Down By The Machine.

Slowed Down By The Machine.

If you read our blog regularly then you'll probably have picked up that I love my hand tools but would never deny my dependence on a few basic machines when it comes to building our workbenches. I wouldn't wish to become too reliant on numerous complicated machines...

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Perfect Tracking & Japanese Hand Saws

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