Mike.C
Established Member
Does anyone own or have used this Axminster Heavy Duty Bench? http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/4/prod ... -21594.htm
At £369 it seems very good value for money, especially when you compare it to the smaller and more expensive Hoffman http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... |||user||| or the Sjoberg Elite 2000 which is nearly triple the price http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... |||user|||
I know that Sjoberg are supposed to be the best on the market, but is the Elite 2000 really worth £600 more then the Axminster Heavy Duty?
Sjoberg have done away with most of their beach benches, and have replaced them with 6 Nordic ones made of Birch. These range in price from £250 to £410, and the four remaining Beech range start from £970 to £1650. Is beech a lot better then birch for making benches?
Hofmann which are priced from £450 to £950 have made both the top and frames out of beech, and they advertise that the top's are made from solid lenght's of wood and are not laminated 'like other manufacturers' Does this mean that the tops on both the Sjobergs and Axminster benches are made from short laminated pieces of beech. If so does this make them inferior to the Hofmann?
Hofmann state that their frames are made from beech, does anyone know what the frame/legs on the axminster are?
I have noticed that the more expensive Sjoberg's have done away with their tail vices, is this a good or bad thing.
Or do i forget the above and make my own?
Cheers
Mike
At £369 it seems very good value for money, especially when you compare it to the smaller and more expensive Hoffman http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... |||user||| or the Sjoberg Elite 2000 which is nearly triple the price http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... |||user|||
I know that Sjoberg are supposed to be the best on the market, but is the Elite 2000 really worth £600 more then the Axminster Heavy Duty?
Sjoberg have done away with most of their beach benches, and have replaced them with 6 Nordic ones made of Birch. These range in price from £250 to £410, and the four remaining Beech range start from £970 to £1650. Is beech a lot better then birch for making benches?
Hofmann which are priced from £450 to £950 have made both the top and frames out of beech, and they advertise that the top's are made from solid lenght's of wood and are not laminated 'like other manufacturers' Does this mean that the tops on both the Sjobergs and Axminster benches are made from short laminated pieces of beech. If so does this make them inferior to the Hofmann?
Hofmann state that their frames are made from beech, does anyone know what the frame/legs on the axminster are?
I have noticed that the more expensive Sjoberg's have done away with their tail vices, is this a good or bad thing.
Or do i forget the above and make my own?
Cheers
Mike