On 11 Oct 2009 01:08:10 GMT, the infamous Han
scrawled the following:

ed_h wrote in news:4f8d2a27-aa3b-4ecc-9c9e-
:

Bill--

Though I used to use rods as you describe, I haven't for many years
now because I came to believe they were unnecessary. Even as an
alignment aid, there are easier ways.

Here's a workbench I made a few years ago. No rods, and it's held up
well.

http://bullfire.net/Bench/WP_Bench.html

Let me be the first to say "Beautiful!"

I'll second that. I like the shop-built metal bits, too. Classy!

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