Benchcrafted Roubo Workbench

Your friends and fellow woodworkers will be jealous of this bad boy.

Benchcrafted roubo workbench. We developed this plan so woodworkers could build a bench using our tail vise and glide leg vise without having to figure out all the details. While a workbench is a fairly large time commitment it shouldn t have taken me more than a month to complete. The benchcrafted split top roubo str workbench is the culmination of over a decade of research testing and daily use in our workshop.

Benchcrafted hardware custom made roubo workbenches for sale with over 25 years of experience frank employs quality and craftsmanship in every workbench the same attention to detail that you will find in his award winning pieces of furniture. The venue wyatt childs is nestled in the countryside near rural barnesville ga and as a full time millwork and cabinet shop specializing in working with these amazing timbers the equipment and layout that childs offers is unequaled for this event. I chose the glide c leg vice the criss cross retro and the wagon vice.

Our split top roubo bench plan is based on andre roubo s bench from plate 11 of l art du menuisier with the added capabilities of benchcrafted vises. You will receive 4 4 and 8 4 lumber for the top and base. I ve been building benches for almost 35 years.

A good workbench is the core of your shop. I wanted to get the benchcrafted crisscross and classic leg vise hardware but since i was on a budget and i think my money would be better spent on tools at this point i opted for the yost vise on amazon and built it with the regular parallel vise. Built to the highest standards from american hard maple and outfitted exclusively with and specifically designed around our vises the str workbench is an evolution and refinement of andre roubo s original design from his monumental woodworking treatise the.

The hardware i used is from benchcrafted. Workbench plans available from. In this video i install the benchcrafted hardware.

Each participant will be supplied with all the materials needed to build the bench as illustrated in roubo s plate 11 with hardware noted above. The biggest most beautiful bench on the internet. Benchcrafted split top roubo workbench.