Roubo/French Workbench

Wow, looks great. You built that in a couple of days, right? Just kidding, look forward to the rest of the blog.

Haha, yeah it was a short weekend project. :-)

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Wow that’s one fantastic bench with many super details. Nice photo lay out too.

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Fantastic.

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Wow, really nice work Brandon !
That bench is a beauty!
Think of all the cool projects that will come off of that baby!

Sign & date it somewhere so your family three generations from now can know great, great Grandpa Brandon made this !

That is what I am talking about!

It looks great Brandon, the craftsmanship with the tenons is done really well. Should serve you well for quite some time. You may even inspire me to undertake a new one. Thanks for posting.

Excellent work Brandon. I’m drawing up my own plans for a modified Roubo and will use yours to provide a little more inspiration! Lumber selection is on Sunday, hopefully I can have it finished by Easter!

I’m also a little interested in your height selection – 33 3/4” tall. Are you a really tall individual or was there some other consideration to the height? Schwartz’s book talks a great deal about the height, but the conclusion always seems to be “whatever works for you and what you do!” I was planning on mine to be around 31”, but I’m just over 5’9”.

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Absolutely perfect!

How long did it take you?

If I remember correctly – the top is not glued to the leg tenons? Can you pop the top off?

Did you consider doing the double tenon with the sliding dovetail for the legs?

Jatoba is an interested choice for the sliding deadman.

Is the mystery wood for the leg vise a mystery for you as well or this more theatrics for a later blog?

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its to perfect. It needs some hammer marks in the top. Great job. You will enjoy that for a long time. I like the through tenons for the legs, it adds a touch of class. I would need to find a new place for the bench hooks. I’d constantly hit my leg on them. The leg vise looks great. It just reminds me i need to build one.

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Wow, that is a really nice workbench! Great job. I really like the tenon joints for the legs.

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You can store it at my work shop if you need the room. Haha

What a great looking bench.

When can I expect delivery?

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That is beautiful Brandon. Top notch! Congratulations.

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Lovely, just plain lovely! I too have ‘the book’, and although the typeface is hard to read for my old eyes, it’s a wonderful source of info and must have been the inspiration for hundreds of the Roubo bench.

thanks for posting, will look for blog.
Dale

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That is a really nice looking bench. Have you had a chance to figure out about how much it weighs? That much oak can’t be light.

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