Dear Mr. White,
I am a novice woodworker, in search of an affordable bench with full functionality for my basement shop. In researching options, I was impressed by the design you described for a “newfangled” bench in 1999 in FWW. I do not see that full plans are available to purchase for it, and I worry that I would run into trouble trying to build the bench with the level of detail provided in the article. Are more detailed specs available?
Thank you,
Alex
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Alex,
I had a number of requests for information about the bench in the last couple of weeks. I thought I had answered them all but I seem to have missed your inquiry because it came in while I was on the road. I apologize for being so slow to respond.
The bench has worked out very well and it is still my personal bench here in the FWW shop. Over the years since the article came out I have heard from many people that built the bench and they were all happy with it.
If I built another one, I would only make one change in the design, I would put a lip along the long edges of the center well to support the drop in panels rather than having the panels rest on the pipes.
I was just speaking with my web editor and, because of continued interest in the bench, we will be doing a video about it within the next week and it will be posted on the FWW web site.
John White
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