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This has been a fun (if very challenging project), but I really hope I never have to cut 3" deep mortises into soft hemlock pine ever again.
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@RobotLeBlanc Great looking mortise! What’s the project?
@jappel Thanks!
I'm building a Roubo-style workbench. I'm using the bench plans from Benchcrafted as well as The Anarchist's Workbench. But modified from both to fit my constraints (so, only 6' long because my shop is small).
@RobotLeBlanc Color me jealous! I wanted to build a Roubo bench but it was during the height of the spike in lumber prices, so I built a Nicholson joiner's bench (basically the Renaissance Woodworker version). But when/if I manage to achieve Shop 2.0, I plan to make a full 8' Roubo.
@jappel There's a part of me that wishes I had gone with a nicholson or even a built-in bench. I'm sure my bench will be nice when it's done, but it's size and heft means it's taken a long time to make (during which I am not actually making any furniture for the house.) Of course, part of my problem was trying to make a bench without having a bench to make it on!
@RobotLeBlanc I hear you! I'd built a low staked bench, basically a Roman bench, and built the joiner's bench on that and my shop floor. But once you have a proper bench, everything changes! And the way I find myself working, I think the Roubo would suit me better. It will definitely hold up to whatever you put it through!
@RobotLeBlanc Also, from personal experience: Chris Schwarz and the dead people he listened to are right, heavier is better where a bench is concerned. My Nicholson is bulked up with off-cuts and scrap on the underside but I wish it weighed more.
@jappel Yea, the bench top is 3" thick hard maple, so it's definitely heavy! Even just on sawhorses, it provides enough weight to be able to do chiseling and gently hand planing. I'm very excited for the leg vise.
Here's hoping you get to make your own roubo soon!
@RobotLeBlanc Leg vises rock! SO MUCH gripping power.