Learn how to easily cut three different mortise styles, including an angled wall mortise that's as handsome as it is strong.
Tenons (available now)
While these tenons may be oversized, the techniques used in cutting them remain the same. Learn how to tackle shoulders on the tablesaw and cheeks on the bandsaw.
Base Assembly and Glue Up (available now)
Lay the foundation for one heavy benchtop! Dry fit and assemble your workbench base.
A Flat and Stable Top - Part I (available now)
Learn how to tackle a large-scale top with slow-setting glue, plenty of patience, and an army of clamps.
A Flat and Stable Top - Part II (available now)
Learn how to marry benchtop to base with tight-fitting tenons and angled knee braces.
Vises and Accessories (available now)
Get the basics of bench vise installation and learn how to craft your own maple bench dogs, vise handles, and a sliding deadman.
Finishing Touches (available now)
Break out your handplanes for a dead-flat benchtop and apply a final finish.
Each workshop contains more than an hour of how-to instruction with expert furniture makers
Buy the digital plan in SketchUp. The package includes a PDF with measured drawings and a cutlist. Plus you get the SketchUp file to modify the project to your tastes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Tetreault
Durham, Connecticut
For a woodworker who's had the parts for up to three disassembled barns stacked on his property at any one time, it's no surprise that John Tetreault would tackle a workbench of this size and scope. An avid collector, and user, of antique hand tools, Tetreault enjoys building with reclaimed lumber, wide boards, and oversized timbers. When not laying out the pages of Fine Woodworking as the magazine's associate art director, John enjoys painting, bronze sculpture, and raising his own chickens in a backyard coop.
