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The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench
Lon Schleining,Taunton Press
Lon Schleining is a master woodworker and teacher, and here his wide experience shines through. Workbenches can have many different cofiguurations, and in this book you see a wide variety of classic, modern, and specialty benches. You also get in-depth explanations of the hundreds of options for choosing or building that perfect bench and its accessories. Make the necessary choices for what you need, including modern materials and the uses your bench must serve. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction 1. THE PERFECT BENCH What Kind of Woodworking Do You Do? Locating the Bench Bench Size Weight Height A Comfortable Bench Area Designing Your Bench 2. WORKBENCH TOPS Benchtop Dimensions Top Configuration Tool Trays Materials for Tops Keeping the Top Flat Flattening a Benchtop Fastening the Top to the Base Finishing the Top 3. A SOLID FOUNDATION Base Configuration Frame Bases Base Joinery Options Strengthening the Base Legs Made from Metal Enclosed Bases Leveling the Bench Electrical Power 4. GETTING A GRIP Locating Vises Types of Vises Screw Mechanisms Manufactured Vises Shop-Built Vises 5. HOLDING YOUR WORK Bench Dogs Stops Holdfasts & Hold-Downs Board Jacks Bench Hooks Fixtures & Auxillary Tables 6. BENCH IN A BOX Bench Components Manufactured Benches of the Past Contemporary Bench Makers 7. NO-FRILLS BENCHES Getting Down to Basics Sam Maloof's Bench Building the Bench Niall Barrett's Bench Building the Bench 8. TRADITION MEETS THE 21ST CENTURY English-Style Workbenches Building the Bench European Traditions Building the Bench The Best of Old & New Building the Bench Shaker with a Twist 9. INNOVATIVE WORKBENCHES A Different Kind of Benchtop The Torsion Box Storing Large Worktables Thinking Outside the Box 10. BENCHES FOR SPECIAL TASKS Assembly & Finishing Portable Workbenches Benches for Working on Irregular Parts Other Woodworking Specialties Dedicated Task Benches Resources Index
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