Nicholson Bench - Mostly Required Readings

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If you want to build your first workbench, and are considering a knockdown Nicholson, this is what I’d give to you as required reading/viewing.

General

• Chris Schwarz’s Rules for Workbenches
• Crap Wood for Good Workbenches
• Jim Tolpin’s Video on Workbench Sizing

The Naked Woodworker (optional)

• ‘The Naked Woodworker’ Now Available
• Intro - The Nicholson Bench for Starters

Build Series on Lost Art Press

• Knockdown Nicholson: Video & Principles
• Dilated 10 cm but Not Completely Naked
• Knockdown Nicholson Workbench, Day 1/2
• Knockdown Nicholson Workbench, Day .625
• Knockdown Bench: Good News and Bad
• Back to a Slightly Flawed, Six-pronged Friend
• The Last Hardware Swap (I Hope)
• Shelved Until Tomorrow
• Caleb James’s Knockdown Nicholson Workbench
• Materials & Tools for the Knockdown Nicholson Workbench
• Free Plans for the Knockdown Nicholson Workbench
• November 2015 Issue of Popular Woodworking

Misc (optional)

• /u/joelav’s Reddit Post
• Using a Bed Rail Bracket for the Crochet
• Where to Locate Holdfast Holes