Holtzapffel Bench

I made bench dogs and below the bench are a planing batten and a couple doe s feet.

Holtzapffel bench. To be honest the vintage ulmia workbench in our shop is actually closer in design to charles holtzapffel s workbench design than this bench. But i wasn t having holtzapffel s tool tray. Holtzapffel himself was a reflection of this bench a german who lived and worked in england.

I ve decided that i m going to build the holtzapffel workbench based on christopher schwarz s article in woodworking magazine. Mine will probably have a bit of a wider gap to make it easier to get a f style clamp through. My bench will be a version of a holtzapffel and i particularly like the design of this one with the split top.

Other benches of this era the holtzapffel blends several traditions to create an effective bench. The bench was finished with two coats of danish oil and a coat of wax. Select your plan package unit.

This bench was very easy and fast to build. This unique and simple bench blends the best features from german french and english designs. I decided to try the schwarz approach of no tail vise.

Holtzapffel kd bench pdf 52 91 kb if roubo and holtzapffel designed workbenches. Need some way to hold boards so you can work on their ends long edges and faces with a minimum of rube goldberging. I ve logged only 35 hours of shop time on this bench so far and have only a couple hours of work ahead of me mostly cleaning off pencil marks and applying a finish.

This is an example of a holtzapffel bench i found on the internet. The screws at the front of the bench were in 3 8 diameter holes. Also here is a video of chris actually demonstrating the workbench too see the video you have to select the workshop category and then select holtzapffel workbench.