Workbench

Editorial Review:

Workbench provides guidance to home improvement and woodworking enthusiasts with ideas, tips and plans for beginners and experienced craftsman. Every issue features basic how-to information on home improvement, detailed plans and instructions for great woodworking projects, shop tips, information about the latest tools and products, and much more.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Home Decor Meets Woodworking:

I have been a Workbench subscriber for a little over three years, but I've been purchasing the magazine for almost a decade. When the magazine first came out, it focused on tools and woodworking projects for the home and shop. However, around January 2007, they did a radical re-design. In my opinion, for the worse.
Now, Workbench magazine is a home decor magazine with a woodworking slant. It is more along the lines of a Good Housekeeping with a few simplistic tool reviews and a variety of home decor... more info

OK, but not the best:

A year ago I decided to tear out my old workshop and start all over with a new layout, new equipment and new storage. To get lots of ideas I subscribed to Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, Popular Woodworking, Wood, and Workbench. The one I'll be dropping is Workbench. I have found Workbench to be too light on content. My ranking is:
Fine Woodworking
Popular Woodworking
Fine Homebuilding
Wood
Workbench

Making your Home Look Better:

Workbench is a magazine aimed at do-it-yourself type people who like to work on their own home improvements and save money in the process. This publication presents dozens of woodworking ideas for home improvement and a few for hobby, with plenty of instructions and diagrams to make sure you get it right.
Most of Workbench is focused on the exterior of one's home. As you page through an issue, you will notice plenty of articles on building wooden decks, new porches, and other decorative ideas to... more info

Making Things Better:

There is no lack of woodworking magazines for the budding (or advanced) craftsman. Each has a particular audience for its contents. For someone looking for the right magazines to subscribe to this can be a confusing process. Especially when the potential reader isn't precisely sure what they want themselves.

Workbench Magazine is, as the subtitle indicates, concerned with 'woodworking to improve your home.' The implication that the focus is on carpentry and basic cabinetry rather than complex design and... more info

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