Another Roubo, but this one's mine!

[Jake Goodson]

I found Sawmill creek recently, don't post much, but have become very familiar with the search function in getting info on hand tools & techniques. I recently took the plunge & started a Roubo, after too long to admit it's finally done:

It's 10' long, 24" wide, 32" tall, has a Benchcrafted tail vise and sliding leg vise. For those interested, pics of the build are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jacob.go...RouboWorkbench#

Thanks to the Creek for all the help & advise,

Jake

[David Gendron]

Realy nice bench, well done, I wish I could have a 10' long bench(mine is 5')! What kind of wood did you use?

[Sam Takeuchi]

Yeah that's a great looking bench! 10' you say? You didn't flatten the top by hand, did you? If I were making a bench that size, 10' top is enough to make me give up in despair if I have to flatten by hand.

My bench is 5' as well and it's not fully flat. I flattened only the part I use the most, so only 2.5' worth of flat surface and the rest resembles Grand Canyon. You did a great job!

[Marco Cecala]

Nice job, and good work on your bench. I am putting the top on the legs of mine this week. Is it just me, or does it seem the bench weighs 500 pounds?

[Jake Goodson]

Thanks! Some answers:

David- It's mostly southern yellow pine. I live in Louisiana, we are awash in the stuff. I got some great lumber from a supplier 2 miles down the road, started with 8 2"x12"x24'. I tried the local home centers but couldn't find enough decent stock. The right end cap is Walnut and both leg vice front chops are Cherry. I'm lucky enough to have a shop big enough for a 16' bench, but not big enough to make one over 10'. The outfeed from the tablesaw and jointer would have required a few new windows

Sam- I did flaten it by hand ("flat" being a relative term...), but cheated. I glued the top into 4 sub assemblies ~6" wide each, then ran those sub-assemblies through my power jointer & planer. The final glueup still took a lot of hand planing afterwards, I think I filled up 4 garbage bags with plane shavings.

Marco- I feel your pain... I attached the legs to the top by flipping the top upside down & setting the legs/stretchers into it. I could do this alone, but did need some help to flip the whole thing back upright when it was done. That flipping operation cost me a few cold beverages, but was the only part I couldn't do solo. Good luck!

[John Schreiber]

That looks great, your workmanship is impeccable. A 120 inch bench must be amazing. You could probably live on it/under it.

Andre' would be proud.

[Tri Hoang]

Nice job...very well done. How thick is the bench top? I wonder how long are the long stretchers and whether the top could sag a little in the middle over time? 10ft bench is a lot of work surface. I wish I could fit even a 7ft one in my tiny shop.

[Zahid Naqvi]

nice, I think you should post more

[Sean Hughto]

What's not to like?! Great job!

One thing though, as you apparently needed to spend all you had to produce this bench, I'll start up a SMC collection to see if we can get you a broom.

[Michael Sobik]

Nice work! That is a gigantic bench. I'd love to have a 10' bench. Maybe someday...

[george wilson]

A very nice bench.Nice and solid. Do be careful how much wood you pile on the table extensions of your table saw. If you broke one off,it would be a disaster,especially if it took a chunk of the main top with it. I don't trust Taiwan iron's unknown tensile strength.

[Don C Peterson]

Very nicely done! One of these days I'll get around to making a new bench...

[Jim Kountz]

Nice looking bench, you do good work and should post more often!!

[Jameel Abraham]

Nice job Jake. 10'. Ahhhhhh.......

[Doug Mason]

I like it!!! It's the "keep things simple" type of bench.