After making four or five benches during his time as a woodworker, Andrew finally made the one he hopes to use for the rest of his life. He cites Christopher Schwarz and his research into the timber-framed bench form as inspiration, and Laura Mays for helping him remotely after the pandemic closed The Krenov School, where he has been a student. “It’s rock-solid heavy with the wheels flipped up and out of the way but easy to flip down and move,” he says of the bench, “and the deep Benchcrafted leg vise, with the live oak chop, is a dream.”

DOUGLAS FIR AND OAK 22D x 72W x 32H

– Andrew Brant, Mendocino, Calif., @_andrewbrant

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