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Title: Benchmark.
Authors: Barrett, Neal
Source: Popular Mechanics. Nov2004, Vol. 181 Issue 11, p110-118. 6p. 17 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart.
Subjects: Workbenches, Workshop equipment, Furniture, Sawing, Adhesives, Splines
Abstract: This article presents information on the design and construction of a workbench, used in shops. ideal bench starts with an ample, flat work surface. A flat top is important because everything built will be gauged against it and guided by it. In addition, the bench must be solid and stable enough to withstand sawing and pounding without racking or sliding across the floor. Working in stages makes it easier to true the surfaces, and the narrow blanks can be handled by a 12-in. thickness planer. Cut stock for the side aprons and endcaps. Glue together two pieces of 1¾-in.-thick stock for the doubled cap opposite the end vise. Use a slot cutter to rout a spline groove around the edges of the top slab 6 and on the inside edges of the aprons. Rip and crosscut splines from maple stock and set them aside.
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Abstract:This article presents information on the design and construction of a workbench, used in shops. ideal bench starts with an ample, flat work surface. A flat top is important because everything built will be gauged against it and guided by it. In addition, the bench must be solid and stable enough to withstand sawing and pounding without racking or sliding across the floor. Working in stages makes it easier to true the surfaces, and the narrow blanks can be handled by a 12-in. thickness planer. Cut stock for the side aprons and endcaps. Glue together two pieces of 1¾-in.-thick stock for the doubled cap opposite the end vise. Use a slot cutter to rout a spline groove around the edges of the top slab 6 and on the inside edges of the aprons. Rip and crosscut splines from maple stock and set them aside.
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