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Update to the website
Well it's taken too long but we should have an updated version of the website up and running before noon CST today.Make sure you refresh your pages, especially if you don't have your browser set to...
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Glide Crisscross Acetal Bushing--Modification
If you are retrofitting a Glide leg vise with a Crisscross, you may need the latest version of our acetal bushing.We began shipping ALL Glide leg vises with this new bushing some months ago. If you...
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Here's a short video we shot a few weeks ago showing the Crisscross in action. Once again, the Crisscross works with any leg vise hardware, not just ours, although its particularly sweet with a...
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Video: Crisscross Retro Install
On my way out of the Benchcrafted warehouse last Friday, just as I was punching out (right!), I grabbed a Crisscross Retro and headed home. I guess that's one of the advantages of working at...
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Crisscross customers - feedback please
We've been shipping out Crisscross orders for a few weeks now. As many of you know by now, for most of those orders, we've opted to ship via USPS Flat Rate. This accomplishes a few things; obviously...
View ArticleThe Portable, Full-Size, Safari-Ready Roubo
Lots of workbench aficionados think they are on the cutting edge of the latest trends in benchdom. They act humble, even surprised that they've unearthed yet another bench design, posting fuzzy and...
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How to Buy Lumber for the Split Top Roubo
Several of our customers are particularly eager to get started on their bench when ordering a Benchmaker's Package (particularly in ordering their lumber) so recently we've made lots of this...
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Ébénistes have a vise...
... at the front of their workbenches, which is made of one piece of wood n n, figure 3 and 4, which is 4” to 5” wide by at least 2” thick.This piece is pierced in the middle of its width by a round...
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To Make A French Bench...
...you should use French wood. To get French wood, you must, of course, travel to a French lumberyard.Not this lumberyard......but this one. The wood is processed to completion in the mind of the...
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Solicited
A couple weeks ago I discovered a picture of Greg Pennington's chairmaking shop. The structure is a timberframed paradise of hand tool chairmaking. I can't imagine a more pleasant place to work. Greg's...
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Lie-Nielsen Event in Kansas City
Although we're not listed yet on the L-N Event page, we will be in Kansas City for the Hand Tool Event March 1-2.This will be our first time in KC, so we hope you'll stop by and say hello.We'll have a...
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Coming Soon...Build the Plate 11 Roubo
"The angels in heaven work at Roubo's bench to furnish the mansions of paradise. Why should us mortals use anything less?" - Jarvil AlubanisIf you've always dreamed of building a totally authentic...
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Schwarz's 2010 Roubo and How to Get Our Vise In One
Back in 2010 Chris Schwarz built the above bench (that's a pic from the LAP blog, to get to the post, click here) and the following year he taught a class at Kelly Mehler's School on building it with...
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They are a comin' !!!
It's been a while....we know! Mark your calendar, Tuesday the 5th, 9:30 a.m. CST is the day. Coco, Ziricote & Spalted Maple. As usual, the One-of-a-Kinds link at right will be the place to...
View ArticleA couple nice kudos
We've had our fair share of nice comments but these two are especially nice and we thought we'd share them."My Mag Blok just came in the mail and I must say that I am completely astonished at the...
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Mark Your Calendars...The French Oak Roubo Project
This July, 15-19 a small group of Roubo enthusiasts will gather to build the famed bench from Plate 11 of Roubo's L'Art du Menuisier. And you are invited.Over the past couple years and after several...
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Handworks and the Amana Experience
In only three months, virtually all of the top American woodworking hand tool manufacturers will gather in the Festhalle barn in Amana, Iowa for two days of concentrated hand toolery.Since we grew up...
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Carver's Vise First Look
This past week we finally finished up the last parts of the Benchcrafted Carver's Vise. It's been a long road since the seeds for this project were planted back at WIA in 2011 and after a few hiccups,...
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The French Oak Roubo Project
This summer, a small group of Roubo enthusiasts will gather to build the famed bench from Plate 11 of Roubo's L'Art du Menuisier. And you are invited. Over the past couple years and after several trips...
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Come To Handworks....Buy A Bench
If you're attending the Handworks event this May, we will have a brand new Split Top Roubo bench for sale at the event.We built this bench late last year to shoot some new pics and videos for the...
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