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Photography and renderings by Charles Platt

WILDERNESS WORKSHOP

Build your own inexpensive yet sturdy worktables and shelving.

By Charles Platt

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Recently I had a problem and an opportunity. The opportunity was to move my little prototype fabrication business from an industrial park in Southern California to a beautiful wilderness retreat in Northern Arizona.

The problem was that I didn’t have much time or money. Could I establish an entire workshop within a couple of months, starting from bare earth and finishing with all the tools and benches in ...

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