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Cutting Huge Dovetails For Benches And Other Stuff
A few years ago I wrote an article for Popular Woodworking Magazine on how I cut very large dovetails for joining the end cap to the benchtop when installing our Tail Vise. But the technique applies to...
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Knobs And The Lead Times
UPDATE: There seems to be some confusion concerning lead times. We've always had lead times, clearly posted on our Store page. Most of the year the leads are 1-2 weeks. Our lead times do not...
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Nate's STR
Dear Benchcrafted,Last winter I purchased your "bench makers" package and built myself a splittop Roubo. The plans you provided were excellent and the hardware is prettydarn sweet.I am a joiner...
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Plate 11 Benches In The Rough
Boules of French Oak destined to become Plate 11 benches at the French Oak Roubo Project II.Photos by Wyatt Childs
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How We're Handling The Knobs
Due to a fire at Rutland Plywood in 2014, the availability and manufacture of Dymondwood has ceased. We turned our last knob from the material a couple weeks ago and all those knobs are already spoken...
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Today I'm A Strapping Lad
This weekend I'm finishing up a Roorkee chair from Lost Art Press's book on Campaign Furniture.I've built in a lot of different styles over the years, from Shaker and Craftsman to Mesopotamian River...
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How To Install Barrel Nuts
We have a love-hate relationship with our barrel nuts. On one hand, they offer a really quick, solid and cheap way to put together a knockdown workbench base. On the other, if you don't get the holes...
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Hand Forged Holdfasts - In Stock
Our hand-forged holdfasts are once again in stock. If you'd like one, or many, the only way to order is to send us an email info@benchcrafted.com. State how many you'd like, and provide your full...
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Reason #2 - Why You Should Come To Handworks 2015
The Foreign InvasionShort of gassing up your Piper Cub and spending two months braving airport security in places like Timbuktu, there's only one practical way to see the fine wares from great...
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How I Got Green Woodworking
Green woodworking. It's a term that's batted around quite a bit nowadays. Trouble is, what does it really mean?Yes, in general the term refers to working wood while its still "green" or wet. But what I...
View ArticleVideo: Other Ways Of Reversing Hide Glue
Don't argue with the dead guys. This is real technique.
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Making a Simple Lid Stay
I don't much like lid stays. They take up too much room, look contrived, and force you to compromise the design of your chest. I've never seen one I like, or one that works well. The best lid stay in...
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A Chest In My Boot
A covert exchange in a harvested Indiana corn field.Three woodwoorking nerds gather on a Chicago side street.A back-alley hand off in Roger's Park.The case for sharp tools is home.
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What Is Toe In?
Toe-in can be confusing. Lots of people think their leg vise (or any face vise) should close with perfectly parallel jaws, like a veneer press. And in theory, that would indeed be ideal, but only if...
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A Case For Sharp Tools-The Lid
Now that I've been relieved of my secrecy by "the boss" I'm free to share some more about what ate up entirely too much of my December and January.Last fall I got an email from Megan Fitzpatrick,...
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In Only 6 Weeks: Handworks, Amana Iowa
Six weeks from now preparations will begin in the utopian village of Amana, IA for Handworks: Woodworking Tools and TraditionsBy now its no secret that this shindig was hatched by us back in 2011. The...
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Dog Prints
Some folks have requested more details on what size to make their dogs for the Benchcrafted Tail Vise. Here they are, directly from our Split Top Roubo plans.
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After Seven Years, I Flatten My Bench
This week, after nearly seven years, I flattened the ash Roubo bench I built in 2008. If I recall correctly, I've only flattened it once after the initial session in 2008. I've flattened a lot of...
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Take a little bit of Handworks home
With Handworks right around the corner, we've had a few requests for posters. Initially we weren't going to print any but then decided that it was a decent idea.We'll have a limited run of these...
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You Don't Know Jack. Get To Know Jack.
So, do you remember the La Forge Royale Miter Jack we've been working on? Is your's finished? Good, because we're just now getting around to shooting some video of the thing. Which we did today, even...
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