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 Free Traditional Workbench plans - Traditional bench designs like this were meant to provide a work surface that was as stable as a rock. When woodworking was done entirely by hand a heavy, rigid bench was essential to the craft because joiners had to have a way of holding work still while they applied tools to it. While this is less necessary for a woodworker who plans to use machine techniques primarily, it is still very desirable. There is nothing more irritating than a wobbly bench, no matter what you are doing! As well, the traditional tail vise design on this bench is a very convenient means of clamping down work for hand planing as well as routing and belt sanding, by using bench dogs. Purchasing thick timbers for a project like this can be very expensive since such timbers are often several times more costly per board foot than 1x lumber. Glue laminating 1x lumber together to make the timbers and the top is therefore much cheaper, and serves other advantages. First, you can incorporate most of the mortise and tenon joints into the laminations themselves, saving yourself much labor and producing excellent joinery too. Secondly, laminated components are more stable than their solid counterparts since forces of wood movement in the boards tend to cancel each other in laminations.
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