Follow my roubo bench build using mainly hand tools.
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Follow my roubo bench build using mainly hand tools.
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Welcome to the creek. Bench builds are always popular. I'm sure you will have many who follow along.
Paul
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Andrew,
Welcome to the Creek. Your location isn't indicated in your profile. You may live close to another member who would be happy to come help flip that bench over when the time comes.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Welcome. Contemplating my own bench build. Look forward to your posts.
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Andrew,
Another welcome! Looking forward to the build.
Stew
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Thanks for the interest everyone! I will get my location updated. I'm on my computer now about to upload some pictures. I've actually been working on the bench for quite some time now. I've been posting pictures on a facebook page called Traditional Woodworking. I was approached by a smc member and he led me here. I think it will be a lot easier to follow my progress here than facebook for those of you that are interested. I know I love watching everyone's projects come to life so I know I'm not the only one. Enjoy! By the way, comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. New to woodworking, and starting with hand tools sometime can be a struggle, but I'm getting the hang of it and having a great time, that's all that matters!
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autocompress1437736669581.jpgautocompress1437736841922.jpgSo far this is all I can get to upload. every other picture I'm trying is failing. Any suggestions?
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Nice work on the bench top. No expert on photo uploads, but you may want to check the photo size.
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Thank you! that very well could be it. I will try that.
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The top is looking good, can't wait to see it when you are finished.
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Looks good. Is that ash? What vise(s) did you opt for?
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First I wanted to build my own sawhorses to practice my sawing and joinery for the bench
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after hours and hours of adjusting and taking small shavings off....
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These Saw horses are the same height that my workbench will be. Great for an extra leg for when I need it on great big long stuff, but bad when you have to flatten a 4 inch thick top on top of these sawhorses. It makes it about 4 inches to high for comfortable planing. I didnt glue or pin the sawhorses, I didn't want to waste time with that yet, that will come at a later time! Now it's on to the Bench!
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Sorry I forgot to mention, all of the lumber is construction grade southern yellow pine, except for the bread board end, that's hard maple. Thinking about using walnut for the vice chop. The dogs and vice handles are oak dowels. The vice hardware is acme thread bolts. the wagon vise is a "tail vise" screw I believe, and the shoulder vise screw is sold as a "shoulder vise" screw I think
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I've been definitely been getting some use out of this rip saw! I ripped every board that's been on this project so far. I will probably need to sharpen it once this project is done. haha!
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moved into a new place about a month ago, lots of room in the unfinished basement!!!
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hole in the breadboard end for the wagon vise
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the rails for the wagon vise
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rough cut all the legs, stacked them so hopefully they will finish moving....in my favor. these were pretty twisted boards. basically they were the boards that I definitely didn't want in the top of my bench. I figured by cutting them into smaller lengths after I ripped them they would have way less twist in them. The jury is still out, I have yet to plane these boards and glue them up. I will post pictures when I do though!
20150807_211611 (450x800) (450x800).jpg Testing the gramercy hold fasts in a stack of wood that is the same thickness of my bench top. showing my girlfriend the holding power of this ancient technology.
20150809_131817 (450x800) (450x800).jpgDrilling the dog holes and holes for the hold fasts!
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20150809_191534 (450x800) (450x800).jpg alright, that's it for now. I will get more pictures up as soon as I can! Thank you everyone!
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