With my new broadband access at work, I was able to watch the recently posted video (elsewhere on this site, I believe) wherein John White demonstrates the workings of his “newfangled workbench”.
Being benchless, (I work off/on what are essentially rolling/locking assembly tables) I am intrigued. I am also poor, which increases my interest.
As I only began subscribing a few years ago, I don’t have access to the original article, which I assume details the construction of the bench.
As I am not only poor, but also cheap (or thrifty….) I am wondering if anyone would be willing to either send me a copy of the article, or steer me to a free, or at least inexpensive, means of obtaining the plans. A quick try at linking to the article from the video page didn’t yield any results that I could see.
As I’m sure that you will read this, John, please accept my apologies in advance if this request is heretical.
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You may be able to find it in a library. It was in FWW #139 Nov/Dec 1999.
RDNZL- check this out:
http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Caliper/blog/1548#comment-46639
This takes you to a blog of a fellow who is currently building this bench...check out his whole series!
- Dorje
Seattle, WA
Here is John's original article:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignPDF.aspx?id=2625
John didn't provide a "plan" in the traditional sense of the word. The magazine article is the whole show. Well, that plus the afterthoughts that are on the web site(?).
Now that you have broadband access, do yourself a favor, ASAP, and visit this website:
http://sdm3.rm04.net/servlet/MailView?ms=OTM5Njc1S0&r=NzYxODQ5MDY5OAS2&j=MzA5NTA0NDIS1&mt=1
Scroll down and there is a promotional offer of a free month of FWW online -- then you can download the orginal article, and tons of other FWW articles, for free. I believe that the offer expires on August 15 -- I don't know whether this means that access to the site ends on Aug 15 or it's the last day to enroll for the free month.
Have fun,
Andy
Thank you one and all.
Ananda: great steer. I've accessed this from home, haven't had time to do so from work yet. Looks like I can download some great pages, given sufficient bandwidth.
VT Andy: Didn't we just talk at length? You're the Brownsville fellow aren't you!!
Forestgirl: You are right. I just downloaded and printed out the original article, following Andy's link. Not a "plan" per se, but nice to have on hand should I decide to go in this direction.
John White: My hat's off to you, sir! Very ingenious. I really admire people who can think outside the box - something I all too frequently have trouble with....
Until next time folks!
Andy:
You may ignore my earlier post from work today. You are obviously not the fellow I recently met - his name is Jack.
Just another clearcut case of temporary insanity......
I'm a Green Mountain Boy - where are you located?
I just completed building the workbench. Being tight with the dollar and a bit lazy I too thought this would be the workbench for me. For the past 5 years since I setup my workshop I have been using and old kitchen table for my workbench.
Without a cut list to work from I made a STWAG (scientific wild #### guess) guess at the amount of wood it would take. With a small workshop I figured the largest workbench I could accommodate would be 6' long.
I bought 3, 2 x 10 x 12' boards from Home Depot to start with and had them cut it in half for my 6' bench, also so that I could get them home in the trunk of my car.
Instead of the three pieced together boards for the back side of the bench I just ran the 2 x 10 thru my planer to get a flat board and ripped both sides to get them straight. The rest of the bench is the same as described.
I haven't had much time using yet but it works great and I am glad I made it.
The photo attached also shows the little scrap that was left over on the workbench.
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