LE ROUBO 2011

I felt like Michael Clayton this week as I completed two big projects one of which was this French Workbench the Roubo. A 1700 hundreds French style workbench. It’s big and heavy, 8 foot long, 23in wide and the top is 5 ¼ thick. Total bench is 500lbs of Southern yellow pine and over a gallon of Titebond 2 glue keeping it in perfect harmonious like suspension. Its tornado proof, hurricane proof, tsunami proof but it’s not volcano proof. Over all it’s a workholding devise that I hope will serve me well into the future. Make comments and questions I would like to know what people think. Thanks’.

Completion.

Today I declare the bench completed. Although this is not the official photo shot, I hope to get to that tomorrow.

Finishing

Maybe this weekend I will finish the bench. For the most part all the parts are made. One detail or two and I will let it be at that.

4/19/11

Sunday Leg Vise.

Leg vise.

Leg vise fitted.

4/14/11

The sliding deadman is in place and slides perfect. As it should.

This will be the leg vise.

4/13/11

This will be the Sliding bench jack or as in the woodworking word know as a deadman, sliding that is.

And I will start to work on the leg vise.

Assembled.

On Sunday after a long day I was to get the bench assembled and on her feet. Now comes all the detail work.

Assembling the Base.

Mortises

Making the Leg Mortises as well the Mortises for the stretchers. Hope to have her on her feet this weekend

One gallon of glue later.

All the legs are a go. Squaring the end of the top.

Leg three.

I did not get the most completed this weekend as I needed to on the workbench. This is leg three in the clamps.

Leg one.

One leg is out of the clamps.

I hate to disappoint.

More glue ups! This is one of the legs coming in at 7 ½ in sq.

Not exciting photography.

For the rest of the week I will be making the legs for the bench. This is not what makes for good photos. So I will have to work the canon 570, G7, G9 or S95 the best I can.

Photos of My latest cabinet.

Ebany staned pine with gray pine panel.