uprights and two crossbars can be assembled in about 30 seconds to
produce a table-height workhorse.
—NORMANODELL,Quathiaski Cove, B.C., Canada
Outdoor Workbench
I
NEEDED A SMALL OUTDOORbench for fair-weather work outside
my shop and for demonstrations at the county fair. To make the
bench I cut a beefy slice of oak tree and mounted it on three legs
canted outward. For the “vise,” I fitted the bench with holes for
my cast-iron hold-down (available from Woodcraft, 560 Airport
Industrial Park, Parkersburg, WV 26102-1686). I bored a 2-in. hole
into the top of the bench clear through to the bottom (so rainwater
wouldn’t collect in the hole). Then I plugged the top 2 in. of the hole
with hardwood and centerbored the plug to fit the hold-down shaft. I
flattened a place on the side of the oak slice and fitted a plug as above
so I could use the hold-down to clamp work vertically.
—J.B.SMALL,Newville, Pa.
WORKBENCHES, VISES & SAWHORSES