So Many Projects, So Little Time...
This series of posts containing videos and written articles chronicle my entire build of my Roubo workbench. From the raw lumber to my impressions after working on the bench.
My Roubo workbench does not have finish on it. It has some tearout on the top. There are hide glue stains, shellac stains, chisel marks, errant auger bits holes, small saw kerfs, and even a few drops of blood. That is the finish I put on it. It is a badge of honor that this [...] Read more »
The piece I’m dubbing my Studio Table was the first project I have completed with my Roubo workbench completely finished. After investing so much time in building this bench it was a very affirming experience to build a piece of furniture using my newest and easily most valuable tool. Granted this little Stickley table hardly [...] Read more »
So here is the final work holding touch to this workbench. Really an accessory to help with wide panels or edge work on long boards, but something that is indispensable when those needs arise. Much of the work is the same as the leg vise except for the sliding mechanism which I detail in this [...] Read more »
I have completed all the functional aspects of my workbench and it has already greatly improved the quality of my woodworking. Now it is time to turn my attention to some of the creature comforts. I find myself crossing back and forth across my shop to get a bench hook or a shooting board and [...] Read more »
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Hand tools allow us to work in way not possible with a machine. Have you ever glued up a part and then thought, “dang, I should have chamfered those edges at the router table first”. While you can’t run a carcase across a router table easily, you can very easily use a block plane. For [...] Read more »
Here is another edition of my Roubo saga. Been sitting on this footage for about a month now and finally got it edited and put out. In this episode I will rout the grooves for the sliding leg vise. But first I need to make sure all the joinery points on the bottom of the [...] Read more »
Welcome back to the show. I appreciate everyone’s patience while I took a few weeks off. My new job is going great but it has kept me very very busy. Add to that helping my wife at her school and attending all of the fall musicals and recitals that go with being the husband of [...] Read more »
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Welcome to more Roubo goodness. I celebrated the start of the Tour de France this weekend by working on my French workbench. Oh yeah and there were some fireworks about some kind of Independence day celebration too. LOL. This week I turned my attention back to the legs and began work on my leg vise. [...] Read more »
