Hasta La Ideas

With workbenches like Ron Paulk’s and Guido Einemann‘s around, is there any demand for an old-school workbench? Apparently so: Swedish company Sjöbergs does a brisk business in producing the traditional variety, with only slightly-modernized updates, like steel-cored, rubber-wrapped bench dogs (with half-round tops to accommodate angled workpieces), cork jaw protectors for the vise’s clamping surface, and precision steel hardware for the vise’s guts, ensuring they close perfectly parallel.

Though dated (if the soundtrack doesn’t tip you off), the following company video gives you a pretty good look at the bench:

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