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The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench

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By: Lon Schleining

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In this fresh and contemporary look at the world of workbenches, Lon Schleining takes us on a guided tour of a wide variety of classic, modern, and specialty benches and offers hundreds of options for choosing or building that perfect bench and its accessories. The Workbench looks at the classic subject with a focus on helping readers find the right bench and accessories for their needs. The object is to guide the reader through making critical choices, including whether to buy it or build it. Even long-time woodworkers dream of the perfect bench and the time to build it, and for them the real enjoyment is in the planning. With 279 color photos and additional illustrations, this book provides in-depth information along with the inspiration to fulfill workshop dreams.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Taunton Press
Pub. Date: 1st October 2004
Catalog: Book
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 202
Ean: 9781561585946
Isbn: 1561585947

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The Workbench
~ Written on Nov 8, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

Excellent book to consult before designing your own shop workbench.
Amazon.com has always met or exceeded my expectations.

Workbench Building
~ Written on Oct 8, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

Book covers workbench types and construction. I enjoyed reading and found it useful to build my workbench. This is a book I will keep as a reference and a loaner, to aid friends interested in building their own workbench.

Workbench Inspiration
~ Written on Sep 30, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

I would like to start out by saying, it always surprises me when people write negative or reduce stars for books such as these. This is not a how-to book. I bought this book for the information & inspiration. In all, I got this book to get good ideas to incorporate into my own bench. From size to what type of vise I might use, etc. If I want a set of plans(which in this case, there are a few throughout the book) I know there are many places to find them. The book itself has a good history of workbenches with color pictures of many different types & styles. Most all(if not all) benches illustrated in this book are working benches. In other words, benches made to be used. This is important to me, to help me create a good functional work bench that I can use.

Great book
~ Written on Nov 14, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

Until I got that book I didn't know what a useful tool a good workbench could be. I had been getting by for years with makeshift creations thrown together from scrap, but after reading this book I was inspired to build a good woodworker's bench with a pattern maker's vise and bench dogs out of maple.

The book is full of terrific ideas for every budget and time commitment. Some of them, like the pipe clamp bench are ingenious. I only wish I had time and space to build all of the ideas in this book. Even if you only have the time and budget to throw something together from scrap, this book will help you get the most out of your workbench.

I can't stop drooling.
~ Written on Nov 1, 2008. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

First: the Product Description above says this book "provides in-depth information...." If you are hoping for shop drawings for the benches shown, you're going to be sorely disappointed. This isn't a how-to book. This is a dream and drool book that also has a ton of information about what you should consider before building or buying a bench.

The bench I built after reading this book and several others is not a copy of any of them. The final product works because of what I learned from the books. This one is totally and completely beautiful and accomplishes what it set out to do.

Leave this on your coffee table - that way you won't look silly drooling by yourself.

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