[Jewelry making - Article 00231] - Re: [Orchid] Buying a new bench

[John Donivan]

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    I would have to ditto what Rodney Carroll said about benches.  Years
    ago I had a quality bench from Rio Grande - probably the best
    workbench I've ever worked on, but I didn't own it.  Then I built my
    own bench, which was actually not too bad.  But then about 4 years
    ago I bought the Frei bench - the big one, two banks of drawers, and
    I went for the oak.  It's not a perfect bench to me in some of the
    details - those strange burr holders on the insides of the top
    drawers just have to go - but you have to settle into any new bench.
     Overall, though, it is just top quality - fine wood, precision
    joinery, solid as solid can be - a bench to last, literally, a
    lifetime...... A last thought - if you want a $350 bench (the one I
    built was like $100 in materials) get a $350 bench.  If you're
    looking at a pro bench with storage and all, it's not going to be
    cheap (you knew that), so don't worry so much about shaving $50 off
    and getting the wrong bench.  You're going to get real intimately
    acquainted with it over the years - do it right..... 


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