On 04/19/2014 07:36 PM, Brian Rytel wrote:
> >Firstly, we need to invite both these guys to our group!
Yeah!  I wonder if any of these guys have any information on 
coopering... Some of the planes are quite a bit like Russian wooden 
planes, and I have been just about completely unable to find anything 
about Russian cooper's tools.
> >If I understand correctly, planebench (or more correctly in English
> planningbench) is commonly used like we would say workbench.
Yes, it's a planing bench.  St. Roy did a piece on the planing bench 
years ago.   A very useful item, and you *can* use a planing bench for  
just about everything you do on a carpenter's workbench, especially if 
it's one of the versions with a leg vise.  I learned about the planing 
bench first from the Viet-Namese carpenters and shipwrights I worked 
with, and I've done just about everything with one or the other of the 
planing benches I have.  They take up little space and are easily moved, 
but very stable for work.

The widest one I worked with was 12 inches wide; the narrowest is 8 
inches wide.  One was 3 1/2 inches thick, the other a dimensional 4 
inches thick.

Mike in Sacto