Bench

Framing lumber, turnbuckles, bolts, and bags of sand make Tim Manney's rock-solid workbench quick to make and easy to move.

A client brought her dining room side chair into Frank, Jeff, and Sean’s shop. She had searched unsuccessfully all over Dallas to find a bench to match her set of…

Living in small spaces in a big city inspired J. J. to create a versatile object that could serve several functions. This piece can be used as a bench with…

A professional, classically trained furniture maker, Elliot built this hybrid roubo bench for an urban workshop. It’s heavy but on the smaller side for a furniture-making workbench. He added retracting…

Due to its size and the design of the vises, Drew calls this his plane-maker’s bench. He treated the piece as he would furniture so the finished quality wouldn’t look…

With a long and storied history going back to the early 1800s in Iowa's Amana colonies, this bench is built to survive being broken down and transported, and used every week by church members.

A combination of influences led to the final design of this bench. The basic form came from Japanese architecture, while the stringing  and fans were inspired by the work of…

Shane designed this piece to attract the eye from any angle. The facets on the benchtop all oppose each other to present balance and continuity while the facets on the…

The refined look of the back, armrests, and legs contrasts with the live oak seat slab, and that’s the effect that Craig was going for in this design. “I was…

Chara, a rustic furniture artist, loves the asymmetrical lines of tree limbs, so she gave her bench a multitude of legs made from yew branches collected from the side of…