In Tim’s career as a woodworker and furniture maker, he has designed and built over a dozen traditional and modern workbenches. His latest workbench is anything but traditional–it’s different. This new bench is designed not just for woodworkers but also for modern makers. It’s precise, versatile, modular, and expandable. Because it’s not a regular workbench, Tim calls it the Maker Workstation. It appeared in the June 2021 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine. Unlike classic workbenches, which are designed to work mostly with hand tools, the Maker Workstation is a modern high-precision tool designed to hold and position any shape workpiece for handwork, machining, and assembly where you need it, both horizontally and vertically. It pairs particularly well with modern power tools like sanders, routers, track saws, and Domino joiners. For makers, the Workstation has a flexible and versatile core level tool to hold any project you come up with. Add custom plates, fixtures, bench furniture, vises, and 3D printed components; the Workstation is the ultimate modern workbench. During the day, Tim will show students what the Maker Workstation can do, how to use it, and how to build one. Students can then go home and easily build their own using nothing more than a saw, router and drill. To help students begin, Tim will send each one home with the Maker Workstation’s essential ingredient: A custom CNC machined Maker Workstation builder’s template.