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Here are a few pictures of the Andre Roubo inspired French workbench I recently completed. It is strongly based on the plan from Christopher Schwarz's Workbench book and Jameel Abraham's bench. It's about 7' 5" long, 34" high, 24" deep and it probably weighs around 350 lbs. The top is 4" thick, the legs are about 5" square. It's made entirely from 8/4 white ash with the exception of the oak pegs. I turned the leg vise pin handle (my first turning) from an off-cut that had some nice curly figure. Of course the awesome leg vise and tail vise hardware are from Benchcrafted. For the finish it soaked up a whole quart of Watco Danish Oil Natural which really added some nice color. It was a lot of work to build but I really enjoyed the process and I have no doubt that it will outlast me.

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Thats PURDY!! I really like this monster. What is the screw driver for in the second pic?
 

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great job on the bench, im in the planning stages of building a new bench. I hope i can turn out something that looks half as nice as yours.
 

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very nice job. Your great grandkids should be able to use that.
 

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Sweet bench congrats on a job well done!
 

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I love the wheel turn for the vise. I think thats the first time I have seen one like that.
 

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A bench to die for! Or perhaps under!
I love it, this Bench Crafted hardware are just the coolest.
Best thoughts,
MaFe
 

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That's gorgeous. I like the wheel as well.

I love this as well.

The parallel guide

 

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yeah…yeah…yeah…and now for all the projects this great bench will assist you with….
 

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I am in awe of your skill. The bench is absolutely beautiful and will be a joy to use for a long time to come. Congratulations!

George
 

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that bench is handsome and strong …hulk like you know
 

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well done abuty is born
may it serve you well :)

now lets see some chips and dust cloud from you

Dennis
 

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Simply awesome! I've ordered Chris Schwarz's book. It looks as if many of us have come under his influence.
 

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That is sweet! Enjoy it. Hopefully one of my next projects will be a bench.
 

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Wow, that's a beautiful workbench. Nice job!
 

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really nice…..well done! Cant even imagine what if would cost to buy one like this….if you could even find one this well made.
 

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OmiGawd.

Is THAT a thing of beauty.

A handwheel ???

How cool !!!

Congrats !
 

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great looken bench.
 

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Nice bench. Been working on mine since last spring so I know how you feel. I'm sure you're proud and releived at the same time.
 

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Nice work Dozer.
I just brought 150 BdFt of Ash down to my basement shop, so the hard part is over. lol.
I'm going to build the split top bench from Benchcrafted. The vices are ordered - 5 week lag time.

How long did the build take you? Anything you'd do differently?
 
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