Build Your Own Custom Workbench: 13 Projects That Fit Your Needs (Popular Woodworking) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Mark Corke (Author) "One of my passions is making canoe paddles and other carvings from time to time..." (more)
Key Phrases: sliding bevel, bench dogs, cutting list (more...)

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Product Description
A workbench is a tool that every woodworker needs. This book provides an exciting variety of workbench projects that can make their time in the shop safer, more efficient and fun.

Inside readers will find workbench designs for every need: benches for woodcarving, for assembly, for tearing apart engine blocks, for potting plants and more. There are 10 projects in all, including a special design that's tricked-out to be the most flexible bench possible-a super bench for the woodworker who has everything!

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books; illustrated edition edition (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155870678X
• ISBN-13: 978-1558706781
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,060,901 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Promising but ......, December 22, 2007

By	Rafa N. (Pachuca, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This book is just a series of badly explained home projects and nothing more.
I found only one useful. My overall score is 3 stars just because the book is cheap.
The author keeps reminding you that he is the most skilled woodworker in the world using phrases like "It only took me 4 hours to complete", when one clearly can see that is only possible if you own every gadget the market has to offer.
No real teaching, no approach to workbenches, just a bunch of specialized items that you can create for a single purpose (therefore not very useful).
Not recommended

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Workbench Lite, November 1, 2008

By	Dick Johnson (Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Did I really buy this? If you are interested in building a workbench, then get these: Workbench Book by Scott Landis; Workbench by Lon Schleining. `Nuf said.