The Roubo

Sweet!

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

Nice bench!

You can tell a real Lumberjock by the fact that his wall calendar has pictures of tools instead of naked women.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

That is a beauty. Whats that sucker weigh in at?

-- Wipe the blood stains from your blade before coming in.

Well, it started out as 200 board feet of maple, so it weighs way more than I can move. The top was scary heavy. I tell you what, though, it doesn’t budge when I’m planing something. I also hide under it when tornado season rolls around.

-- Corey

Beautiful beast, UH, bench!

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Very nice, the Roubo is a great looking bench.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Just Beautiful…Great Work!

-- John, Charleston, SC, http://www.americanworkbench.com

This is the work of very experienced woodworker.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

That what I’m talking about….massive!!!SWEET…Blkcherry

Whoa mama, that’s one to make the Schwarz proud.

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama

I’d love to see a close up pic of the tool wall as well, especially the Plane totes.

-- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters.

Great bench. I really like the planeing hook on these benches.

-- Thos. Angle

Yehp, that is a bid bench/storm shelter. The top looks great.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Wow, great looking bench Corey! I also like your wall of planes.

Thanks for posting.

-- Martin, Kansas

I love that brianinpa” stom shelter”....great looking bench and could you give us a closer look at your plane storage unit as well. thank again for the post Blkcherry

Very nice bench, you can be proud.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Really nice one. thanks for sharing that with us all.

-- Something that goes unnoticed will never be remembered.

Great looking bench! Could you give your impressions of the leg vice and crochet? I mean have you had any difficulty securing any work pieces to the front solidly? I’m leaning heavily towards a Roubo bench, but haven’t quite decided on vices yet.

Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada

Honestly, I really like the leg vice, the power this thing has is impressive. The crochet isn’t really necessary, but it’s so quick to make and add, it’s worth it. Nothing moves when using the vice, and when edge planing using the crochet, it’s impossible for the wood to move. I used a front vice in the tail vice position, and while it works, if I had to do it again, I think I would use a traditional tail vice there.

-- Corey

Thanks Corey. I have a cheap face vice in the tail vice position on my current bench, and like you I really want to put a more traditional tail vice on my next one but I haven’t decided yet between a wagon vice or a normal tail vice. It’s good to hear that the leg vice works as well as CS says it does.

Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada

Corey,

Awesome bench! Great wall of planes as well. I see some drawknives, a travisher,a scorp, and some spokeshaves up there; are you into chairmaking?

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

Hey, Fred, yes. I have made a few Windsors, 4 actually. The first from Dunbar’s first book, the thing’s a wreck, but I keep it around to remind me how far I’ve come. I took Mike’s sackback class in 2000 and returned home and made two more. I like them ok, and they are great fun to build. Someday I’ll get around to making some more, but no current plans. The block of Mahogany on the wall holds a nice set of Emhoff spoon bits and reamer.

Hey, I’ll be in PA this weekend, visiting relatives in Bethlehem. Small world. Are there any museums that might be interesting out that way?

Take care,
Corey

-- Corey

Corey,

The bench looks great! Very nicely done. I have been considering building a bench in this same style. One question: the planing stop looks to be mortised into the top. What holds it in place? Is it a fixed height or adjustable in some way?

Thanks,
Daniel

-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com

Daniel, the planing stop is about 12 inches long, and is a friction fit. I have to admit, my fit is a little sloppy, then tight, then sloppy. I need to make another one, The Schwarz says it is possible to get it to be just right. I use it all the time. It works great in spite of it’s issues. One thing I modified so far is I raised the bench about 1 1/2”. My back was bothering me at the lower height, it may be fine if you’re planing a ton, but for a general bench it was too low. I can’t remember exactly what the height is, but I’ll measure and post that soon. After working with it a bit, the other thing I would do is probably add a traditional tail vice. I think it would be nice to have the additional support and obstruction free clamping, unlike the face vice I used.

Good luck, I’d love to see pictures of your bench when it’s done.

-- Corey

Corey, thanks for the quick response. I started on my bench. II’ll post pictures once I have something that looks like a bench. I haven’t decided on the height yet. I am thinking of 34 to 36 inches.

-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com

very nice bench corey. i am planning to build one this winter. i was wondering if it would be possible to stop by see the bench in person? i live between madison and milwaukee. i also have the same front vise that you used and now i am wondering if i should build a different type of vise

thanks mike h

-- mjhaines

Trully a piece of Art!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.