One of Two Must Have Books for Any Woodworking Noob, Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2018. Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019. Gives good design theory and hands on practical tips about building benches, like how to plane tops, what joints to use and how to cut them with which tools. Very helpful for the beginner or hobbyist. He began working with wood at age 8 when his family members built their first home on their farm outside Hackett, Ark., using hand tools because there was no electricity. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2018. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Terms of Use | If only it came with more detailed instructions and plans. He teaches handwork at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking and Kelly Mehler's School of Woodworking. Christopher Schwarz, menuisier-ébéniste émérite et fondateur des éditions Lost Art Press, a travaillé de nombreuses années pour le magazine Popular Woodworking. However, the book gives the reader the background to choose a workbench that will work for him or her, and improvise on design principles, modifying another design to better suit the reader's needs. So does Alibris. Workbenches Revised Edition: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use. Love shopping on Alibris? He teaches hand-tool woodworking around the world. Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2019. Roman Workbenches: Being a Short Treatise on Benches from Pompeii, Herculaneum & the Holy Roman Empire Founded on Research & Historical Reconstructions with Practical Applications Concerning Construction, Workholding, Planing, Sawing, Joinery &c. By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with No Further Trouble, Classic American Furniture: 20 Elegant Shaker and Arts & Crafts Projects, Build An 18th Century Workbenchwith Christopher Schwarz. Christopher is the author of five Lost Art Press books and a contributor to two, "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" and "The Art of Joinery. Christopher Schwarz. Otherwise content is great, but you will need readers! All of these benches are excellent designs for serious woodworkers. Schwartz's stated aim here is to get you to look at a few different but traditional designs and discusses their merits and demerits in order for you to design a bench suited to your own individual needs.It gives what the Schwartz considers to be 10 rules for bench design, although it does give four detailed design and build plans for four benches which you can copy precisely; The English Workbench, The Knockdown Nicholson, The French and The Ancient Roubo. Please try again.