My Roubo...finally...

[Harold Burrell]

OK. Here it is. A little over 2 yrs in the making. It's not much...compared to the beauties posted here...but it's mine.

And I think it will be fun to use.

It is totally made out of construction grade lumber (except for the Leg Vise, which is maple, and the End Vise, which is ash).

I also included a shot of my LV BU Jack...just so David could see him (Jack says "Hi", by the way).

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[Mike Cherry]

It is beautiful! I kinda wish you had some build pics! I am motivated by your build because you used construction lumber. Inspiring!

[Prashun Patel]

Beautiful. Congratulations.

Question: How do you keep your end vise from racking when it's doing tail-vise style work as in the pic?

[David Weaver]

It's lots nicer than my bench - looks good to me!

[Judson Green]

Nicely done, Harold! Much can be done with just good old construction lumber.

What's your first project gonna be?

[Stew Denton]

Harold,

Nice, Nice, Nice! Wish I had one something like it and a shop to put it in.

Stew

[Christopher Charles]

Looks great to me! I hope you find it a pleasure to use. Congrats and we'll look forward to seeing projects fly of the bench

Cheers,
C

[Pat Barry]

Very nice work Harold. Looks very solid. Should stand up well for years to come. Are you planning to finish it? BLO, etc?

[Harold Burrell]

Thanks guys. Of course (as is the case with everything I build) I only see the mistakes. But...hey...it adds character, right?

I kinda wish you had some build pics!

No you don't! Most of them would have included me throwing stuff and walking away grumbling. Me and those through mortises in the top didn't get along.

Question: How do you keep your end vise from racking when it's doing tail-vise style work as in the pic?

Good question! The answer: I dunno. I've only used it like twice.

What's your first project gonna be?

Oh, man...I am in the middle of MANY projects. A sideboard for my wife...a dining room table for some friends...ad infinitum...

What I do want to do asap is to make some jigs and fixtures for this thing. You know, bench hook, shooting board, etc...

Are you planning to finish it? BLO, etc?

Yeah...probably the BLO/varnish/MS thing.

[Phil Stone]

Very nice, Harold. I hope to join you soon in the ranks of freshly be-Roubo'd Creekers.

[Jim Koepke]

Beautiful. Congratulations.

Question: How do you keep your end vise from racking when it's doing tail-vise style work as in the pic?

It does look great.

Like Prashun I would like to see some pictures of the underside of the tail vise.

Vertical racking is harder to deal with than horizontal racking.

jtk

[Don Rogers]

Very Nice Harold. You will get great pleasure in using it.

Mine is coming along nicely so far, but I don't think I want to wait 2 years.
Don

[Malcolm Schweizer]

WOW, that looks great! Is that 6" thick? I believe that end vice isn't beefy enough. (intense sarcasm) That thing looks like you could clamp a small car with it.

[george wilson]

It certainly looks heavy enough to not walk around while you are planing on it.

[Judson Green]

It does look great.

Like Prashun I would like to see some pictures of the underside of the tail vise.

Vertical racking is harder to deal with than horizontal racking.

jtk

I see that Harold is using round dog technology, so for work held between the dogs horizontal racking probably isn't much of an issue. I employed a single round dog (in the vise) as a work around for just this issue.

Vertical racking; made mine to close up at the top first- slight draft on the vise. Jury is still undecided on this one. When not closed tight the jaw is a bit lower than the bench surface.