It all started here while wondering how many people have used the back-side of their bench hook as a cutting board.

I have scraps of mattboard around because I cut the matts for my portfolio at shows. The idea for this set-up came from a former employer. You can almost see that the cherry sticks are held in their dados by a small, counter-sunk steel screw, so it can break down. 

I use theses scraps as cauls. They are so light that they often stay in place using just one piece of drafting tape to hold.

With heavier bar clamps I typically go for wooden cauls but these k-bodies have never dented and give plenty of pressure for this glue-up.

This 5 foot bench will be juried next week as my submission for the 2009 Furniture Masters' auction. This is the dry fit for the rungs on both ends. I can now take an inside measurement to get the interior length of my cross-struts. Off I go.