Christopher Schwarz Work Bench *LINK*

Re: Christopher Schwarz Work Bench

Hank Knight

>IIRC, the big countersinks were featured in a workbench article in Popular Woodworking a year or so ago. I thought they looked wierd then and I still do.

Re: Christopher Schwarz Work Bench

Bob Rozaieski in Eastern PA

>It was described in one of PWs articles on making this bench. Use a plunge router with a chamfering bit and a 3/4" guide bearing set just below the base of the router. Set the bearing in the dog hole, turn the router on, plunge to desired depth, retract, turn router off, go to next dog hole and repeat.

And the Rational Was???

Todd Stock

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Re: Christopher Schwarz Work Bench

Christopher Schwarz

>The countersinks are necessary when you make your benchtop out of something that's even slightly stringy, such as Southern Yellow pine or Doug fir.

If you don't countersink, you start ripping out parts of your top when you pull the dogs up.

The countersinks look bigger than they really are. I think they're 1/4" deep or so.

Chris

Re: Christopher Schwarz Work Bench

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>I think they look odd myself. If you have to why not a 1/8" roundover bit.

That would work

Christopher Schwarz

>Jim,

I first did this to my bench five years ago. As I recall I used the roundover you suggested on the dog holes. It worked fine with the smooth Veritas bench pups, but not so well with the Veritas hold-down.

The hold-down has a barbed post, which is what makes it work so darn well. But as I pulled it out of the holes over and over the barbs would catch the rim of the dog hole, even with the roundover profile there.

So I tried some different profiles (including a cove and even a small ogee -- that was weird) and settled on the chamfer.

The 45� chamfer really reinforces the grain at the rim unlike any other profile (though I bet a 60� chamfer would be great, too).

Chris

Hey Chris...

Martin from Granbury

>Nice job on the latest issue of Popular Woodworking. I am a very satisfied subscriber.

When does the next issue of your "new" magazine hit the newstands? Is it going to go to subscription?

Thanks again for answering questions and putting out a really nice and informative magazine. (Both of them.)

Martin

Next issue: August 10

Christopher Schwarz

>Martin,

Thanks for the kind words. The next Woodworking Magazine comes out August 10. We are going to be testing the waters for subscriptions (though I don't have more information on that yet).

The content of the latest issue is going to be even better than the first issue.

Bottom line: Look for more hand tool content. And it's hand tool content that is designed to convert the unconverted -- plus be a bit radical for the rest of us. Case in point, one of the coverlines on the issue is: "The Secret to Sharper Edges: Sharpen Less."

Chris

Nice tease "sharpen less"

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

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Sounds like cutting edge woodworking journalism;-)

Eric Hedberg

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$7 for a single copy?

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>chris, don't take me wrong, but damn, $7 for a single copy? where is this going to end? I quit subscribing to magazines because they had all degraded, and decided to just selectivly buy from the newsstands. I have passed on magazines in te past that I thought would be good for future use due to prices of $5 and $6. now PW is going for $7 each!? I do understand that what with all cost going up that you have to pass these expenses on to the consumer, and yes, I do believe PW is on the upswing, but $7 now, next thing we know it'll be $10 each. Do you think that an average consumer in this economy is going to pay that much for a magazine on a reqular basis?

Todd O.

Re: $7 for a single copy?

Mike G.

>I reckon that's what makes subscribing so attractive...save up to 50 percent or more off the news stand price, eh?

Mike G.

Re: $7 for a single copy?

Christopher Schwarz

>Todd,

I believe that price includes postage to your house. The newsstand price of PW and Woodworking Magazine is $4.99 U.S.

That is indeed a lot more expensive than Glamour or Cosmo, but you don't have to dig through the 65 pages of half-naked people to find the editorial content.

Hmmm. Now I'm trying to decide if I'm hurting or helping my own dang argument with the above statement.

The economics of woodworking magazines is we're primarily supported by subscriptions and newsstand sales, not advertising. And that's why the price is higher.

Chris

hurting

joel

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Economical solution

Bob Hackett

>Instead of pics of the contributing editors demonstrating things during the tool comparison tests,why not use half naked super models.After the discussions both here and in thier letters pages there wouldn`t be much difference between the clueless models and the folks running some of the mags.As to the half naked WWing thing,seems safety has taken a back seat anyway so why not?If you can remove gaurds,why not remove clothes?

Glad I could help.

Mainely,Bob

Coffee inspired suggestion

jim_reed@marietta

>I like your suggestion. My thanks to the morning coffee. 8-)

Stay the course

jim_reed@marietta

>We have plenty of mags out there where advertising rules and content is determined by the advertisers. Not to start a fire here, but there is a popular tv show which shows so many shiny new tools that it almost crosses the line into informercial. Whoever pays rules and when that is the subscribers/purchasers I say content is more suitable.

Yesbut...

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>The distaff side of woodworking would insist on naked guys, too.

Subscription Info??

Hank Knight

>Chris, I haven't seen your new Mag on bookstands in South Carolina. Nevertheless, I've been so happy with my PW subscription that I'll give your new Mag try sight unseen. Could you e-mail me the subscription info? TIA

Re: Subscription Info??

Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>I don't think they're taking subscriptions, Hank. They're offering a few issues to test the waters. Personally, I hope it becomes popular enough to publish regularly.

Best, Ted

Re: Subscription Info?? *LINK*

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Woodworking is one of the advertisers in the Wood Central Marketplace. Here is a shortcut to their web site:


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