Anyone built the Eric Tan small, sturdy workbench from Fine Woodworking?

[Harvey Miller]

In the Fine Woodworking issue #258–Tools & Shops 2017 there was an workbench held together via pinned joinery (I think) with no glue designed by Eric Tan, a Taiwanese woodworker. I’m intrigued by it but only found one person who built it (no text, just a pic from https://www.highlandhardwoods.com/share/page/3/). Anyone build it & have feedback on it?


Here’s the project page: https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/shop-projects/a-small-sturdy-workbench
& the Youtube video of Matt Kenney trying to assemble it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE8PQtXkfj0

[Don Coffman]

You queued my interest, I pulled the file from my FWW USB collection it is a very interesting project; a neat bench for a smaller space or for someone that needs portability; it really reflects the skills involved.

[derek labian]

In the Fine Woodworking issue #258–Tools & Shops 2017 there was an workbench held together via pinned joinery (I think) with no glue designed by Eric Tan, a Taiwanese woodworker. I’m intrigued by it but only found one person who built it (no text, just a pic from https://www.highlandhardwoods.com/share/page/3/). Anyone build it & have feedback on it?


Here’s the project page: https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/shop-projects/a-small-sturdy-workbench
& the Youtube video of Matt Kenney trying to assemble it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE8PQtXkfj0

Hi Harvey,

It looks like a nice workbench. The top is glued up it looks like so I assume your talking about the body? Are you planning to disassemble or just like the idea of avoiding any glue? You might look at some some similar plans/ideas/options at woodstore [dot] net. A plan I bought a while back had interesting joinery on it, example:

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[Harvey Miller]

You're right Derek, I meant glueless joinery. I was curious on how solid it was after time since it's a good size for my small shop.