Originally Posted by
Dennis Tebo
Stew,
Sounds like you are going down the same road I just traveled. I have about 10 hours of work to complete my split top Roubo workbench, outfitted with Benchcrafted vises. I also researched what wood to use and quickly found you can use whatever you want, just like you are seeing in this thread. There may be some small pros and cons, but I decided that if I was going to spend the money on the Bencrafted hardware that I would invest in some quality wood and make a nice bench. I ended up using Soft Maple with some Walnut for the trim. I really like the looks of the contrasting woods. I plan on posting pictures in the projects section once I'm done, but here is a teaser photo:
Dennis
Thanks Dennis, I look forward to seeing it. Please write a quick post here to let me know when you do so that I don't miss it.
"I've cut the dang thing three times and it's STILL too darn short"
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Stew Hagerty