Arts & Crafts Tool Cabinet

Workbenches and Toolboxes?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Is this a new magazine?

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Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>I think it's a relatively recent offering by Popular Woodworking. This is the first issue I've seen. Chris Schwarz is the Executive Editor

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Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>I believe this is one of those special issues that go to the news stand only. Chris's tool cabinet has appeared in a regular issue a while back (Issue 145), so I would bet the Workbenches and Toolboxes special issue is just a rehash of article from the regular magazine.

Wendell

Indeed

Christopher Schwarz

>The "Workbenches & Toolboxes" issue is a newsstand-only publication filled with projects from past issues of PW. If you're a regular subscriber, there's no reason to go searching for it. the only new stuff in there is I updtaed the $175 Workbench to the $230 Workbench (inflation and some design changes).

Other than that, I'd save your $6 for the next issue of Woodworking Magazine, which will be about benches. If you like Dean and Adam's take on benches, you'll like this issue. We're going waaaaaaay back.

Chris

which magazine?

Steve Kubien

>Is the workbench article in Popular Woodworking or Woodworking?

Wonderin' if there is a typo....

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Christopher Schwarz

>Steve,

The Fall 2005 Woodworking Magazine will feature new plans for a very old workbench. It will be out in August.

"Workbenches & Toolboxes" (out now) is a compilation of Popular Woodworking magazine articles from the last six or seven years that deal with this topic (it's recycling). It's on the newsstands only.

If you need more information, drop me a line!

Chris

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Bob Hutchins in central Texas

>Howdy Christopher!

Is the new pub available anywhere but newsstands?

I only have the local supermarket and walywurld newsstands (I don't count the blue borg) and neither carries it.

BobH

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Mike G.

>I've found Woodworking magazine at the blue box where I live. Think I'll get a subscription when it becomes available. 8^)?

Mike G.

filling in *LINK*

Bob Lang

>for the boss. You can get it online at popwood.com


popwood.com

Magazine Bafflement

Clay C in Miami

>Chris -

Is this bench article gonna be in 'Woodworking' or 'Woodwork' (or yet some other variant)? The only mag I find with the title 'Woodworking' is $105 per year, $15 per issue, and is described by Amazon as "New product tabloid including features for the wood and wood products manufacturing industries in Canada."

That doesn't sound like the venue for this bench article ... But 'Woodwork' seems more likely ...

This gets confusing - Anyone know of a link to a different 'Woodworking' magazine than the tabloid-sized Canadian trade rag referred to by Amazon?

Clay

Try this...  *LINK*

Scott in Douglassville, PA

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Woodworking Magazine

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Christopher Schwarz

>I seem incapable of adding clarity. So another try seems in order.

The 18th century bench article is going to be in the forthcoming autumn issue of "Woodworking Magazine."

http://www.woodworking-magazine.com

This will be the fouth edition of our newsstand-only experiment with this magazine. This issue with the 18th century bench referenced above will be available in late July or early August.

The magazine titled "Workbenches & Toolboxes" is recycled material from "Popular Woodworking" and is on sale on newsstands now:

http://popularwoodworking.com/store/backissue.asp?issuedate=5/1/2005

It contains many benches, though not the 18th century one I am building now in our shop,

If I'm not answering the question, please drop me a line and I'll be happy to try again. Sorry for the confusion.

Chris

Thanks

Clay C in Miami

>That's obviously it ... but I had no luck.

They sure haven't made themselves easy to find - Google hit nothing I could recognize as this, Amazon nor any other magazine servicing places carry it - word of mouth is nice, but it's a tough marketing route ...

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Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>Any chance for a comparison between a Roubo(sp?) bench and a Nicholson Bench? Despite Dean's great pictorial on his bench, I am not totally convinced about the crochet.

Wendell

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Dean J in MN

>Wendell --

I'd be happy to answer any question about the crochet. Now that I have a few more "miles" under my belt with the bench I may be able to share more info?

-Dean

Google finds it.

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>I typed woodworking magazine in the Google search box, and the Woodworking magazine link was on the second page, about half-way down.

BTW, they stock it at the Dadeland Borders on US1.

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>Thanks for the offer Dean. I think I just haven't wrapped my mind around edge jointing boards without the work being held tightly in a vise. I wish a could put a crochet on my current bench to try it out, but there is at least a four inch lip from the bench top (solid core door) and the legs.

Wendell

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Dean J in MN

>Thanks for the offer Dean. I think I just haven't wrapped my mind around edge jointing boards without the work being held tightly in a vise. I wish a could put a crochet on my current bench to try it out, but there is at least a four inch lip from the bench top (solid core door) and the legs.

Well, all I can add is that I have had no problems edge jointing. When you apply forward pressure the board is wedged into the hook and nothing moves. Even if I have to slide the plane from edge to edge to square a twisted edge (I use a cambered blade) as long as there is forward pressure the board stays put. The only movement is if you forget to take the pressure off the nose at the end of the stroke, or have too much pressure on the tail of the plane at the start. But this is a good thing, the bench is reminding you to pressure the plane correctly to avoid snipe.

Same for face jointing on the bench, nothing is clamping it tight to the bench. I can lift and flip the board without messing with any clamping. Yet, once you start forward movement the board is "locked" against the plane stop and the batten.

I guess you'll have to try it. If you are ever in MN, stop by!

-Dean