Q: What is included in the basic bench kit?
The kit includes the workbench plan, truss rods, nuts, bolts and screws for constructing the bench with a hardwood top. Wood is not included.
05G1512 - Veritas Basic Bench Kit
This bench design gives you an exceptionally solid bench with truss-rod construction that lets you tune climate-induced slackness out of it at any time. The bench trestle is a straightforward design – all butt joints, no mortise and tenon work – but more rigid than any other. The plan includes instructions for side skirts with dog holes so you can clamp along the side of the bench as well as along the top.
Although any commercial vise can be used, the bench design is ideally suited to the Veritas Twin-Screw Vise, a full-width end vise that has 12" clamping capacity and can be used for side or top clamping with no racking, even when clamping in a single dog row. Any other commercial vise can also be used as a front vise, although this would be for convenience only, since the end vise will perform all normal vise functions.
The scaled plan includes cutting list and complete assembly instructions, plus instructions for side skirts with dog holes so you can clamp along the side of the bench as well as along the top.
The basic bench kit includes plan, truss rods, nuts, bolts and screws for construction of a bench with a hardwood top. Wood not included.
Made in Canada.
The kit includes the workbench plan, truss rods, nuts, bolts and screws for constructing the bench with a hardwood top. Wood is not included.
The truss rods run through the bench structure to provide exceptional rigidity. Because wood expands and contracts with seasonal humidity changes, joints can loosen over time – the truss rods allow you to retighten the bench by simply adjusting the rods rather than dismantling and re-gluing.
No. The trestle uses all butt joints – no mortise and tenon work is required. Despite its simple joinery, the truss-rod construction makes it more rigid than most other bench trestle designs.
The bench design is ideally suited to the Veritas Twin-Screw Vise, a full-width end vise with up to 12" clamping capacity that can clamp along the side and top of the bench with no racking. Any other commercial vise can also be used.
No. The kit provides the plan and all metal hardware; you source the hardwood for the bench top and trestle separately.
| Materials | Steel truss rods, nuts, bolts and screws |
| Includes | Workbench plan; truss rods; all nuts, bolts and screws for a hardwood-top bench (wood not included) |
| Package Quantity | 1 kit |
| Warranty | Lee Valley Satisfaction Guarantee |
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This bench design gives you an exceptionally solid bench with truss-rod construction that lets you tune climate-induced slackness out of it at any time. The bench trestle is a straightforward design – all butt joints, no mortise and tenon work – but more rigid than any other. The plan includes instructions for side skirts with dog holes so you can clamp along the side of the bench as well as along the top.
Although any commercial vise can be used, the bench design is ideally suited to the Veritas Twin-Screw Vise, a full-width end vise that has 12" clamping capacity and can be used for side or top clamping with no racking, even when clamping in a single dog row. Any other commercial vise can also be used as a front vise, although this would be for convenience only, since the end vise will perform all normal vise functions.
The scaled plan includes cutting list and complete assembly instructions, plus instructions for side skirts with dog holes so you can clamp along the side of the bench as well as along the top.
The basic bench kit includes plan, truss rods, nuts, bolts and screws for construction of a bench with a hardwood top. Wood not included.
Made in Canada.
