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With this book your very first workbench will do everything you need it to – possibly for the rest of your wood working career.

Encompassing years of historical research and real-world trials, the author boils down centuries of the history and engineering of workbenches into basic ideas that all wood workers can use.

With this multi-faceted book you will:

• Learn how to design your own

• Learn the largely forgotten, fundamental

• Learn how to build and inexpensive and

• Learn how to properly use and maintain

Other features include:

• The 10 Rules for building workbenches

• The answers to the most common

• The stiffness, weight and Janka Scales

• Vices, hold-downs stops and dogs;

These old-school benches are simpler than modern benches, easier to build and perfect for both hand and power tools. The technical drawings are clear and show every detail. Using the step-by-step instructions, you will be amazed at how easily these workbenches can be constructed. Everything from design & theory to construction & use.