How to Make Your Own Furniture
Work Benchs.
Of all the equipment necessary to the cabinet shop, the most important undoubtedly is the bench. Even in shops equipped with lots of power tools here is where the actual fitting is done and the final touches put upon the parts as they are finished and assembled.
Here, too, much of the marking, cutting, and planing is done, as well as the regular hand operations. The bench must be designed, located, and equipped with this in mind.
Actually, you don't usually need a great deal of working space. For most purposes a bench top 5 feet long and 15 inches wide provides all the level space you will need.
Behind this 15-inch-wide top you can have either a level or a sunken space of 7½ inches or so, finished by a backboard either with or without a rack for tools attached to its top edge. Your bench will thus be 60" x 22½" overall. Many cabinet makers use a bench six inches shorter than this.
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From "How to Make Your Own Furniture"
By: Henry Lionel Williams
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