I knocked myself up a couple of saw horses yesterday from some old bits of pine I found laying around in one of the barns. I've already been forgetting to take tools on my travels between the workshops so I didn't want to start carting saw horses around with me as well. With these built I'm now all … [Read more...]
Hung Like A Donkey.
As they say, it's not the size of it but how you use it that counts and that comes to mind when thinking of my new workbench, because I've opted to build it 12' long! I knew fairly quickly that I'd build my new workbench in the English style and I'd also been toying with the idea that I'd like to … [Read more...]
Bench Heights… Again
Thanks to everyone for all of the comments on yesterday's bench height post , it turned out to be a very varied discussion and I'm pleased we are able to get so many views on a topic which I've always thought should be diverse. Like many of the commenters I'm of the thought that the ideal bench … [Read more...]
Bench Heights And Paul Sellers
I have a great respect for Paul Sellers and especially for the amount of time that he puts it to encouraging hand tool usage. But I was pointed to a post on his blog today which I had mixed feelings on and I did find myself a little riled reading through. There were two points which I took from … [Read more...]
My Name’s Richard & I’m A Tool Well Hater…
...(and I also drink far too much tea!). I'm not writing this post as a lecture or to try and educate you about tool wells, it's more about me asking for your own views and experiences. For pretty much my whole life I've hated tool wells. I was born a tool well hater and yes, I do think hate is the … [Read more...]
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 posh. The workbench was to … [Read more...]
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 Workbench CLICK for full … [Read more...]
Another Titan is Born
So far this year seems to be the year of customized workbenches. Looking through the schedule there’s an unusual balance of very unique builds compared the number of standard models and some of them are very unique indeed. Taking on one-off work is very exciting; it keeps me interested from the … [Read more...]
The Tale of Little John
There’s nothing like a charming character to warm up a long and dreary winter and fortunately we’ve had our Little John to help keep things moving for us this February. The first batch of our smallest workbench began as planned and it’s brought a whole different feel to the workshop. This is far … [Read more...]
Roughing It Up
I received an email this morning asking if I feel it’s a good idea to use a toothing plane on a bench top. I was slightly unsure of the intent at first but soon realised that this was a question of roughing up your bench top to increase the friction. Yes absolutely, I think that increasing grip on … [Read more...]