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Hunting Massive French Oak
Last week I traveled to the deep south in search of more massive boules of French Oak for Roubo-style workbenches.What I found was a jaw-dropping.When we did the groundwork for the French Oak Roubo...
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Northfield #2 Surfacer
The woodworking machinery room at McKinley Junior High was full of dull-green, heavy iron equipment, but what I remember most was the enormous planer. It must have stood what seemed to me, six feet...
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Greg's Chairmaker's Bench
Professional chair maker and teacher Greg Pennington has finished a chair maker's bench using our Classic Leg Vise. It's beautiful. Take a look at Greg's blog for more. "The Benchcrafted vise works...
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Studley Chest Exhibit - Ticket Sales Open
Over the weekend the folks at The Barn On White Run opened up ticket sales for the upcoming exhibit of the Studley Tool Chest and Workbench.The exhibit takes place in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, next May...
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The Benchcrafted Hand Forged Holdfast
Based on an extant French holdfast, the Benchcrafted holdfast is hand forged from carbon steel. The holdfast is made in America. Made completely by hand using traditional blacksmithing methods, our...
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FORP Update and a French Oak Masterpiece
Earlier this week we traveled to Chicago to catch up with Jeff Miller in his bowling-alley turned furniture-making magic castle.When we arrived at Jeff's he was busy ripping some styrofoam on the...
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Crisscross Parts Goofs
Due to an oversight at the factory in Shengzen, we've been shipping out the incorrect type of retaining ring that snaps onto the Crisscross' pivot pin. We just discovered it last week. The correct...
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A Few Holdfasts
We still have a few of our hand-forged holdfasts left. These are not on our website, but only for sale through the blog. More info here.
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A Miter Jack Of Excellence
Last month we received an email from a tool collector who sent us some pictures of a beautiful miter jack manufactured by the La Forge Royale company. The collector asked if we'd like to see the tool....
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Looking Back and Forward
Six years ago this month I finished my first "Roubo-style" bench. It contained the very first Benchcrafted vise. I chronicled that build on my now-retired luthiery blog. As I look back on the past six...
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La Forge Royale Miter Jack Hardware Kits
The La Forge Royale miter jack drawing is just about done. I've spent the last couple weeks taking it apart piece by piece and accurately measuring every part, to the nearest 1/64". This vise was very...
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Cut A Giant Lamb's Tongue And Out Pops A Moxon Vise
Customer Luke Addington sent us a link (with the nice note below) for his sequence on how he built his Benchcrafted Moxon Vise, including his steps on cutting his dead crisp lamb's tongues. Until I...
View ArticleLa Forge Royale Miter Jack Sketchup Drawing
We uploaded the Sketchup drawing for the La Forge Royale Miter Jack this morning. A couple things about the drawing.There are no plan views, or elevations, etc. We want to make this affordable as...
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Demo Vises For Sale
UPDATE: Both SOLD Pending.We recently refitted one of our demo benches with updated vises. So we've got the previous version vises available.First up is a second generation Glide (pictured below). This...
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Mark Your Calendar: French Oak Roubo Project Part Deux
The arrangements have been made. Contracts signed. Wood procured. We've even struck a deal with the local meteorologist to all but guarantee comfortable weather.The French Oak Roubo Project will happen...
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La Forge Royale Miter Jack Hardware Update
The La Forge Royale Miter Jack hardware is officially in production. Based on response, we're going to make 100 kits. Here's what's included:1. Hard maple screw, threaded at 1-1/8" x 4 tpi2. Hard...
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Now In Stock - The New Glide and More.
Here at Benchcrafted we're always tweaking our designs to make them as sweet as we can. Of course the dilemma in all this is that we risk slighting past customers when we change a product. Here's how...
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The French Oak Roubo Project Part Deux—Registration Open
In the autumn of 2015 a small group of Roubo enthusiasts will gather to once again build benches based on the famous Plate 11 engraving from L'art du Menuisier. And once again, you are invited.Like...
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