The Joiners Bench
The Joiners Bench features the fine craftsmanship of Chris Gochnour. Chris is an experienced artisan, woodworking instructor, writer, and hand-tool expert. Chris serves as a contributing editor for Fine Woodworking magazine and teaches woodworking professionally.
PORTFOLIO
The Joiners Bench portfolio includes a prolific assortment of furniture styles, including mid-century modern, Shaker, Arts and Crafts, French country, American Southwest and contemporary.
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
The Joiners Bench offers personal, one-on-one instruction at his studio or at client’s workshop. Students typically select a project and then work with Chris to plan and execute the project. Chris will also provide private skill-based instruction, such as hand tool joinery or hand plane tuning and use.
Take your woodworking to a higher level. Contact Chris at TheJoinersBench@gmail.com to learn more about about private instruction.
VINTAGE TOOLS
As a nationally known traditional woodworking and hand tool expert, Chris loves collecting, using, making, and selling vintage planes, saws, chisels, spokeshaves, scrapers and other traditional woodworking tools. A limited selection of his collection are available for sale. Contact Chris at TheJoinersBench@gmail.com to inquire about purchasing.
ABOUT CHRIS
Chris Gochnour started his woodworking career in his grandpa’s basement where he built custom skateboards to sell to local board shops. After obtaining an English literature degree, Chris started building handcrafted furniture, a vocation that has now comprised nearly 40 years. He learned much of his craft from the pages of Fine Woodworking, where he now serves as a contributing editor. Chris currently teaches woodworking at Salt Lake Community College and in his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah.