Exclusive Video: The Chinese Workbench
Added 2024-11-02 11:00:09 +0000 UTCFriends:
We're in the midst of launching Tool Trader to the whole world, and things are CRAZY in the shop. But Patrons always come first.
Today, I've got an exclusive behind-the-scenes on my newest project: the Chinese workbench. This bench may look like another Roman bench, but don't be fooled. This is a smaller and leaner bench that's built for Chinese tools. In this video, I'll give you all the details on the build AND we've got FREE, EXCLUSIVE construction drawings that you can download right now. They're attached to this post.
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Man, I'm tired!
--Rex
Comments
Right you are! It's hosted on district. If you type tooltrader.net your explorer should take you there. Otherwise, the official URL is https://district.net/tooltrader
Tsani Rósenov Sábev
2024-11-25 15:29:35 +0000 UTCHate to inform you, but the URL is still broken? It takes me to a "this isn't a real URL" type page. But if I Google "tool trader" you're the first result, unless it's spam? It's coming up as on a host site, "district.net"
E Bolick
2024-11-25 10:01:42 +0000 UTCWhat I'm intrigued by is Grandpa Amu's bamboo and wire coping saw.
Tsani Rósenov Sábev
2024-11-04 16:29:32 +0000 UTCI love that!
Andrew Watt
2024-11-04 16:01:02 +0000 UTCGrampa Amu is the best. Love his videos.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 16:00:55 +0000 UTCWhoops. Fixed
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 16:00:29 +0000 UTCIt's mostly what you say. I'll feature a Chinese frame-saw in the build video, but it's planes, saws, and chisels. The tool kit is very small.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 16:00:12 +0000 UTCWe gotta have at least one a year, right?
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:59:11 +0000 UTCI hope this will broaden the appreciation for low benches.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:58:59 +0000 UTCI kind of thought they were the same for a long time. Always more to learn.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:57:46 +0000 UTCI think it could be a game-changer for some people.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:57:24 +0000 UTCYou know, my grand father was a master tool and die maker, but he died when i was little. I could have learned so much from him.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:57:08 +0000 UTCI've looked up that domain. It's taken. (Good thought, though).
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:56:23 +0000 UTCI see what you mean, but any wedge can be rotated 90 degrees and I'm going to do that here. I'll do two wedges per tenon. You're right, parallel wedges would split the top for sure.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:55:55 +0000 UTCIt's pretty tough to make. I'm no beginner and I found it challenging in spots. I'm going to work with this bench for a while and hopefully cook up an easier version.
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:54:51 +0000 UTCMy goodness! I had no idea that existed and I'm from New England!
Rex Krueger
2024-11-04 15:54:00 +0000 UTCThis is fantastic! I really think Chinese and continental Asian woodworking is under appreciated in most western woodworking channels. I’ve been hoping to learn more continental European and Asian woodworking techniques as everyone seems to focus on Japanese and English/American styles. FYI if you are ever in Massachusetts, the Peabody Essex Art Museum in Salem (yes THAT Salem) has a traditional Chinese country house that was moved brick by brick to the museum and is furnished with antique furniture and tools! And it’s in the middle of historic New England too! Lots of antiques to look at!
Harry Rider
2024-11-03 00:42:38 +0000 UTCI'd like to see side by side pictures of this and the Light weight traveler's bench. Could you make the Chinese bench if yu didn't already have a work bench? I'd think utting the slant mortises would be difficult.
Madeleine Yeh
2024-11-02 21:24:30 +0000 UTCGreat vid and I'm looking forward to seeing more content about chinese woodworking! One question - given the shape of the tenons, the wedges will have to be parallel to the grain of the seat/top. Isn't that a problem? I vaguely remember from videos about moravian stools and previous low benches that the wedges should be perpendicular to avoid splitting the seat/top.
Pavel Čerych
2024-11-02 17:54:15 +0000 UTCCooling “Making the Video” video. So the next big venture of Kruger and Associates will be Build _a_Workbench.com?
Richard C von Brecht
2024-11-02 17:53:30 +0000 UTCMy grandfather was a wicker furniture maker growing up in China, I never got to watch him work, he sold his tools when he came to the US and due to 2 language barriers I never got a chance to learn from him.
Peter
2024-11-02 14:57:44 +0000 UTCSuper excited to see this new topic, I really like the compact nature of their work as I don't have a lot of space my self.
Micah Shlain
2024-11-02 14:14:59 +0000 UTCI'll definitely check him out!
Tom K
2024-11-02 13:00:55 +0000 UTCGreat topic Rex. I didn't realize there was so many differences between Japanese and Chinese woodworking styles. Very interesting.
Dave West
2024-11-02 12:59:38 +0000 UTCI currently work on a low bench so this does interest me!
Gerald Eddy
2024-11-02 12:38:46 +0000 UTCYou must visit Grandpa Amu on YT. Uses a bench similar to this one throughout his work.
Aaron Wasielewski
2024-11-02 12:32:06 +0000 UTCAlright alright! Nothing like a good ‘ol fashioned Rex workbench vid!
Aaron Wasielewski
2024-11-02 12:30:18 +0000 UTCThe correct URL is www.tooltrader.net
Tsani Rósenov Sábev
2024-11-02 12:12:23 +0000 UTCI tried going to toottrader this morning. Maybe it's not .net but .com or .eww?
Jon Linna
2024-11-02 12:11:24 +0000 UTCThis is awesome. it’s kind of just in line with what I was thinking about my own workshop set-up, which has to be stored indoors but used outdoors. Will you do a video on the Chinese tool-set for country carpentry at some point? I mean, your video points the way here — tools co-evolve with workholding; workholding co-evolves with tools. The “western” toolset is designed for a standing bench, and as Schwarz identified in “Anarchist’s tool chest”, includes about 100 tools, max. Your “woodworking for humans” toolset is 8-12 (saw, framing square, chisels, axe, marking knife, etc.) Finding a way to explain the Chinese toolset that works in concert with the bench you’re showing is the next step. A frame saw, a plane, chisels… what else??
Andrew Watt
2024-11-02 12:09:36 +0000 UTCHey, you got a typo on the URL. Toot trading sounds fun, though a little childish.
Tsani Rósenov Sábev
2024-11-02 11:32:07 +0000 UTCI had no interest in Chinese woodworking when I woke up this morning. Now, I'm actually intrigued by it. :)
Tom K
2024-11-02 11:20:06 +0000 UTC
