The split top roubo is widely used by professional furnituremakers teachers and schools as well as amateur woodworkers.
Workbench woodworking split top. It excels at holding work in the three most necessary positions. If you can believe it i started this build back in october. Dan my projects split top hybrid roubo workbench leave a comment december 10 2012 december 10 2012 4 minutes assembling the base out of all the joinery for the bench i think this wedged through dovetail mortise and tenon was the most nerve racking. For working edges faces and ends.
The split top roubo is constructed with massive components. The glide leg vise excells at working the edges of boards. Your friends and fellow woodworkers will be jealous of this bad boy. Mortised the legs into the base and pegged em with 1 dowels.
Benchcrafted split top roubo workbench. While a workbench is a fairly large time commitment it shouldn t have taken me more than a month to complete. By the way if you re seeing this for the first time here s a link that explains just what the heck a roubo workbench is. You will receive 4 4 and 8 4 lumber for the top and base as well as some 12 4 material for the end cap and vise.
Basically it s a very heavy workbench for any variety of woodworking projects. Of course the legs warped a bit but that made everything tighter and stronger. Finally the benchcrafted split top roubo workbench is complete. To drawbore these joints this is the process that i followed.
The split top roubo workbench. The top is 2 thick ash one board cut in half and joined side to side. Split top roubo workbench part i woodworking workbench woodworking projects woodworking shop garage workshop joinery carpentry firewood wood projects shed more information. I m building my second bench.