WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A WORK BENCH

ALL OF US in the craft need a workbench of some form. My first was a creative assembly of two scaffold planks and some milk crates (I was nine years old at the time). My second was a beat-up old Black and Decker Workmate.

Workbenches range from simple, flat surfaces to complex designs that could be considered tools in themselves. Most are rectangular in shape, with the surface, corners, edges and legs being used as flat, square and dimensional standards. Though designs vary, every woodworking bench should be of a comfortable