The hardest part of any endeavor is often just beginning. And so it is with this blog. I'd been wanting to chronicle the building of a traditional woodworking bench along with other projects and was floundering with the beginning. I was simply at a loss as to how to avoid a Snoopy beginning like "It was a dark and stormy night." I am finally giving up and just going with it.
The bench in question is from the accompanying CD to Chris Schwarz's book "Workbenches-From Design & Theory to Construction & Use". The book has been well and thoroughly reviewed so I will not do so here except to say that it's greatest value for me was in helping me winnow through the myriad features that one might build and glean the ones best suited to my particular type of work. I heartily recommend it. The CD has additional information and an additional bench design on which my personal bench is closely based.
It seemed that when I set about to build my bench nearly every woodworking publication had recently published an article about bench building. Popular Woodworking, American Woodworker, Woodworking, Woodsmith and Fine Woodworking all had something to say. Good for me. I perused all of these articles at length but inevitably found myself back at the Schwarz book. As I said it details not just the "how" but the "why".
And now on with the build.
The bench in question is from the accompanying CD to Chris Schwarz's book "Workbenches-From Design & Theory to Construction & Use". The book has been well and thoroughly reviewed so I will not do so here except to say that it's greatest value for me was in helping me winnow through the myriad features that one might build and glean the ones best suited to my particular type of work. I heartily recommend it. The CD has additional information and an additional bench design on which my personal bench is closely based.
It seemed that when I set about to build my bench nearly every woodworking publication had recently published an article about bench building. Popular Woodworking, American Woodworker, Woodworking, Woodsmith and Fine Woodworking all had something to say. Good for me. I perused all of these articles at length but inevitably found myself back at the Schwarz book. As I said it details not just the "how" but the "why".
And now on with the build.
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