I love to see the fine details of tools made of brass,steel and hardwood fitted into cabinets.The care and love for the craft of toolmaking is evident when looking at this Melhuish bench. Tools by Holtzapffel and Norris planes get me excited. The idea that you could have a woodworking bench with all the tools needed in such a compact area and looking like a piece of dining room furniture is amazing.īeing a working toolmaker most of my life I have used many fine tools and have grown to love them. I am told there are only three examples around. The bench has instantaneous grip vice, rising bench stop and straight edge,brass fittings and hardware two side cabinets and toolholding folding lid and built in hinged board jack. Please review ( ) and by editing this article to remove any non-free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly, or flagging the content for deletion. This is an original English workbench cabinet, circa 1895 made by Richard Melhuish and Sons. Richard Melhuish Tools This article or section may have been from another location, possibly in violation of. We have this Melhuish bench recently arrived from the UK and we intend on making a dozen examples in walnut, black cherry and mahogany.
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