The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench,   ISBN:9781561585946

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Thank for the book; it arrived in excellent condition, earlier than we expected. Great customer service!

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Excellent book to consult before designing your own shop workbench.
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Book covers workbench types and construction. I enjoyed reading and found it useful to build my workbench. This is a book I will keep as a reference and a loaner, to aid friends interested in building their own workbench.

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I would like to start out by saying, it always surprises me when people write negative or reduce stars for books such as these. This is not a how-to book. I bought this book for the information & inspiration. In all, I got this book to get good ideas to incorporate into my own bench. From size to what type of vise I might use, etc. If I want a set of plans(which in this case, there are a few throughout the book) I know there are many places to find them. The book itself has a good history of workbenches with color pictures of many different types & styles. Most all(if not all) benches illustrated in this book are working benches. In other words, benches made to be used. This is important to me, to help me create a good functional work bench that I can use.

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Until I got that book I didn't know what a useful tool a good workbench could be. I had been getting by for years with makeshift creations thrown together from scrap, but after reading this book I was inspired to build a good woodworker's bench with a pattern maker's vise and bench dogs out of maple.

The book is full of terrific ideas for every budget and time commitment. Some of them, like the pipe clamp bench are ingenious. I only wish I had time and space to build all of the ideas in this book. Even if you only have the time and budget to throw something together from scrap, this book will help you get the most out of your workbench.