Roubo a french cabinetmaker and writer.
Roubo woodworking bench. Roubo wrote several highly influential books on woodworking an achievement which was especially notable given his relatively poor background and self taught methods. Build a roubo style workbench. This is going to be less of a step by step tutorial and more a series of tips and a review of what i learned making my workbench. Bench top is 5 inches thick.
All legs and rails are solid 4 inches x 5 inches. Henn has 20 years of experience as a woodworker teacher and has written for a number of woodworking publications. How to make the perfect woodworking workbench. They are rock solid and have amazing work holding abilities.
Home split top roubo woodworking bench. Roubo was born and died in paris and was the son and grandson of master cabinetmakers. Default title 14 99 usd. King s fine woodworking inc.
Comprehensive plans for an extreme woodworking bench that can be built on almost any budget. André jacob roubo 1739 1791 was a french carpenter cabinetmaker and author. We developed this plan so woodworkers could build a bench using our tail vise and glide leg vise without having to figure out all the details. During the last five years i ve built or helped build more than a dozen workbenches based on the 18th century designs of andré j.
Our split top roubo bench plan is based on andre roubo s bench from plate 11 of l art du menuisier with the added capabilities of benchcrafted vises. 80 inches wide x 30 inches deep x 36 inches tall. This massive hybrid bench part french roubo part german holtzapffel and part english nicholson gives you the ultimate in work holding abilities. After examining many many workbench designs and almost settling on a german style bench i came across the 17.