As a child, nothing put me to sleep faster than one of my father's slideshows. Sure, they were of his fascinating time in Vietnam, but there's something about a couch, a darkened room and a root beer that would put me under fast.

So with that caveat, I've prepared a 3-1/2-minute slideshow of the construction process for the Holtzapffel Workbench, which will be the cover project for the fall issue of Woodworking Magazine. There's no audio to the slideshow or plans available yet, but it is a fair overview of how this bench goes together.

The slideshow is in pdf format, so just about anyone should be able to view it. Out of a possible five Ambien, I'll give this slideshow a "four."

— Christopher Schwarz