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Bring your shop
to the next level with a professional-grade workbench that
you can build yourself. Complete with a wide end vise,
bench dogs and a versatile patternmaker's vise on the side,
this bench sets the standard for everything you'll make with
it.
Most of us don't think of a workbench as a tool. After all,
it doesn't have a motor, you don't plug it in and it never
gets dull. But the fact is, it's probably the most important
piece of equipment in your shop. It's where you hold,
measure, mark, shape and assemble the pieces that make up
most of what you create. And like any tool, a good bench
makes it easier to do good work.
Our ideal bench starts with an ample, flat work surface. A
flat top is important because everything you build will be
gauged against it and guided by it. In addition, the bench
must be solid and stable enough to withstand sawing and
pounding without racking or sliding across the floor. To
achieve these ends, we built our bench out of 8/4 (2-in.)
hard maple for stability, strength and weight, and included
a massive trestle stand that's assembled with heavy-duty
threaded bench fasteners.
Without the ability to hold stock while it's worked, though,
even the best bench is nothing but a heavy table. To keep
things in place we've incorporated a full-width end vise,
complete with bench dogs for gripping long panels. And in
place of the standard woodworker's vise, we've chosen a
cast-iron patternmaker's vise that adjusts to almost any
angle for maximum versatility.
This workshop tool plan contains
detailed step by step instructions with illustrations on how to complete
this project.
This workshop wood or tooling do it
yourself plan can be downloaded
immediately after purchase. If you have any questions about how
the download process works, please visit our
download help page. This
particular wood or tool instructional plan is also included in our as part of our
complete
workshop wood plan package. If you purchase our complete
workshop
plan package, you will find this plan as part of that set. This
plan is intended to give our customers a preview of the workshop plan
package before they purchase it. Many of these plans are in
instructional format or article format, but they all accomplish their
goal of explaining to the user on how to successfully build the project
described.
Our Wood Plans
and Tooling Plans can be immediately downloaded after
purchase. All plans are in PDF format.
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