The Workbench Design Book The Art & Philosophy of Building Better Benches [Hardcover]

The follow-up book toWorkbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use

Complete plans, expert instruction and rationale for building nine workbench formsInstruction on improving existing workbenches for better workholding and an improved woodworking shop.

The Workbench Design Booknot only shows how to design a workbenchit also discusses and presents nine specific designs plus critiques of 10 additional workbenches, with suggestions for making any bench work most effectively for the kind of work the user does. The 9 workbench plans have a range suitable for all workshop needs, from handwork to power tools. A discussion of workbench design rules teach what's effective and why in a multitude of workshop situations. Additional workholding optionsfrom shop-made jigs and commercial bench dogs to vise hardwareare also provided.

Christopher Schwarzis the editor ofPopular Woodworkingmagazine and a contributing editor toThe Fine Tool Journal. He's the author ofWorkbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & UseandHandplane Essentialsand is the host of 6 DVDs on hand-tool usage produced by Lie-Nielsen Toolworks and many DVDs forPopular Woodworkingmagazine. He's taught classes on workbenches and handtools all over the world, and will appear in 2011 on the long-running PBS showThe Woodwright's Shop with Roy Underhill. ThePopular Woodworkingmagazine staff contributors are also recognized experts in their woodworking specialty areas.