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Videos Are Coming!

Videos Are Coming!

Since announcing about our online videos at the beginning of the year we've been taking advantage of every spare moment we can find to bring our plans together. We've kept pretty quiet about them for a while now as we wanted to get our ideas clear and create something...

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Golden Coins

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...

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Cherry Bomb

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 it was pushing things a bit...

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Metric Vs Imperial

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...

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Customers’ Bench Builds

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...

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The Next Little John’s

The Next Little John’s

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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Under Rated Tools

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...

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One Thousand Steps…

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...

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Maguire’s Second Hand

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...

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Workbench Height

Workbench Height

It’s been an amazing project to do and I’ve learned a lot. I can honestly say if it wasn’t for you and Helen making these amazing videos I would probably of ended up with some YouTube screwed together thing! - Steven Watch Online & Learn How To Build Your Own...

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A good peg, is a lot more than a roughly ragged out bit of round wood. When you're draw-boring, or just reinforcing a joint, you need a peg that's strong. A good wooden peg should be straight grained, slightly tapered and preferably made up of a series of flats. In...

Whining Is A Habit

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Designing To Learn

Cutting joint after joint isn't the best way to learn. At least not in my opinion. After a lovely sunny, Sunday afternoon, all you've got to show is twenty-odd, randomly dovetailed corners. Some neat, some shite, some alright. You'll sit and think about these...

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