Roubo/21st Blend Workbench

Envy, envy, envy! Congratulations on a wonderful workbench. It sure looks like you did your homework and a great job of putting all the research to work.

At 300 pounds that bench should hold up and hold up to a lot of work. It’s always nice to build something that you get to use yourself when you woodwork.

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

WOW what a workhorse of a bench. Looks great. When you coming to Wilkesboro to build me one?.....LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

EXCELLENT! – you my friend, have made a work of art! – (I love a good work bench!), the good workmanship is clear! – very nice work.

Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

nicely done… thanks for the post, I’m in the process of choosing a design (or mix) for a workbench, so every post like yours adds up and helps a lot.

once question regarding the 21st century (and I have the sketchup model) – how are the top pieces mounted on the legs? the su model doesnt show anything -do they just sit on top? and if so – how are they aligned to one another?

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Excellently built. That is very heavy and rocksolid.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Substantial is the word that comes to mind here…and if I were singing a song “it ain’t heavy, it’s my workbench.”

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

a cool bench and beautiful build and design.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

This will serve you well for a long time.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

PurpLev – once question regarding the 21st century (and I have the sketchup model) – how are the top pieces mounted on the legs? the su model doesnt show anything -do they just sit on top? and if so – how are they aligned to one another?

The top just rests on the base and I used 4 1/2” lag bolts to secure it. It isn’t budgeting, and can be removed if needed. As for alignment, that’s a bit tricky. You’ll want to keep the top parallel and square. This took some fudging, a long straight edge, a large square, and a few wedges to accomplish, but it’s not pretty darn even.

-- Jeremy, Charlotte, North Carolina

cool, thanks for the info.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I’d guess a ton. That is awesome. You might want to think about them as a business if you haven’t already.
AWESOME!

Thanks for posting the pics.

-- All trees have projects inside of them, it is your job to get them out.

Awesome Bench

Very nicely done. Bravo!

always,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein