The Workbench Book
Build Your Own Customized Workbench That Reflects
Your Needs and Personality
By Scott
Landis
A
Complete Reference Guide To Building Your Own
Customized Woodworking Workbench
Probably more than any other tool
in the shop, the custom workbench reflects the
personality and experience of its maker. And for the
great majority of makers, the construction of the
workbench is a labor of love. In The Workbench
Book, Scott Landis examines benches for all
kinds of woodworking -- from a traditional Shaker
bench to a mass-produced Workmate.
There are benches for
cabinetmakers, boatbuilders, carvers, and country
chairmakers. In each case, detailed photos and
illustrations show how the bench works and help
guide you through the tough parts in its
construction. With 19 pages of measured drawings,
two chapters on vises, and a list of sources of
supply, this is one of woodworking's all-time
classic books.
Introduction:
Why a book about workbenches?
This book grew, in part, out
of my personal attachment to tools. I'm one of those
fanatics who can spend more time building a canoe
than paddling it. Regarding most subjects, I relish
the journey at least as much as the arrival. The
workbench is no exception. It is the foundation tool
of the woodworking trade, upon which all handwork is
performed and without which we would have difficulty
completing a single project. Although the bench
takes different forms, it is perhaps the only tool
that is common to every branch of the craft -- from
country chairmaking to urban cabinetmaking. That it
is ubiquitous is partly the cause of the neglect.
Library shelves are crammed with books about
furniture, and to a lesser extent about the tools
that are used to make it. But none attach more than
a passing interest to the workbench...
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. The Evolution of the Workbench
2. 18th Century: The Roubo Bench
3. 19th Century: The Shaker Bench
4. An Old-Fashioned Workhorse
5. A Modern Hybrid
6. A Basic Bench
7. A Workbench Sampler
8. Benches to Market
9. Shop-Built Vises
10. Off-the-Shelf Vises
11. Japanese Beams and Trestles
12. Country Shaves and Brakes
13. Boatbuilding
14. Lutherie
15. Carving
16. The Workmate
Bench Plans
Bibliography
Credits
Sources of Supply
Index
Soft-cover, 9 x 11
in., 256 pages with 278 photos and drawings
ISBN: 978-1-56158-270-9 |
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