5212 Pulaski Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19144
215-849-5174
Philadelphia Furniture Workshop




Workbenches Galore
Workbench building classes
Laying out the legs
Lay Out the Legs
Leg Sets
Leg Sets
The Stretchers
Stretcher Installation
The Glue Up
The Glue Up
Second Benchtop Glue Up
Second Benchtop Glue Up
Creating the Tail Vise
Creating the Tail Vise
Tail Vise Installation
Tail Vise Installation
Completed Tail Vise
Completed Tail Vise
The Front Vise
The Front Vise
Well, six busy days using tools a bit bigger than the average bear, and each PFW student has built a 300 lb. bench worthy of their best furniture-making effort. While this bench may not be invited to the dining room, no passionate woodworker would let it live there anyway. PFW students, use it well.
Here we are, taking these benches down the inclined conveyor belt for their final ride home. Usually, on Monday morning, we get a call or two thanking us for this course, with our students telling us that it is nice to be back in the office, where things are a bit less rigorous than building a true joiner's bench.
We are pretty certain that our students' great grandchildren will use this bench well.