Comments on: Nice Roubo Bench…Do You Work Out?? http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2009/03/05/nice-roubo-benchdo-you-work-out/ So many projects, so little time... Welcome to Woodworking A-D-D. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:30:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eric Seidlitz http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2009/03/05/nice-roubo-benchdo-you-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Eric Seidlitz Sat, 02 May 2009 03:09:45 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=145#comment-1466 I have a question about the mortises for the legs. While I suppose you could chop them, as Andrew mentioned above, couldn't you also save a butt-load of time and just leave gaps in your glueup? So you'd have a short board, a gap (the length of your tenon), a long board in the middle, another tenon gap, and then a short board on the end. So you're created a mortise without any of the actual mortising (which complements the tenon without tenoning I guess!). And I suppose you could do the same thing on the outside boards, but it would probably be easier to just not put glue in those areas and then saw them out. What did you do? (Sorry, maybe you'll answer this later so ignore it if you did - I'll get there!) I have a question about the mortises for the legs. While I suppose you could chop them, as Andrew mentioned above, couldn’t you also save a butt-load of time and just leave gaps in your glueup? So you’d have a short board, a gap (the length of your tenon), a long board in the middle, another tenon gap, and then a short board on the end. So you’re created a mortise without any of the actual mortising (which complements the tenon without tenoning I guess!).

And I suppose you could do the same thing on the outside boards, but it would probably be easier to just not put glue in those areas and then saw them out.

What did you do? (Sorry, maybe you’ll answer this later so ignore it if you did – I’ll get there!)

]]> By: AAAndrew http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2009/03/05/nice-roubo-benchdo-you-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 AAAndrew Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:47:51 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=145#comment-1312 I'm with you on the workout. I've finished my base and got my top glued up. I in the process of chopping out the mortises into which the legs will set. I've had a wonderfully family-free stretch of a few days and so I'm working like mad to take full advantage. That means I'm working in my shop about 8 hours a day. That's the good news, and the bad news because I am sore, beat up, blistered and very happy. My Roubo bench top is short because I have a small shop in a spare bedroom. It's 60" long and 24.5" wide by 4" thick hard maple. I weighed one of the pieces (I laminated up 14 of them) and just one weighs exactly 10 pounds. That's been fun to manhandle! Good luck with the rest of your journey. My path is a little different from yours in that I have no power tools so I bought my stock s4s dimensioned from the lumber yard, but much of the rest of it goes along similar paths. If you're interested to see where I've been and where I'm going, head over to my blog, linked to my name. I look forward to seeing more reports of your progress. I wonder if Chris is aware of the phenomenon he created with his slim little workbench book? Andrew I’m with you on the workout. I’ve finished my base and got my top glued up. I in the process of chopping out the mortises into which the legs will set. I’ve had a wonderfully family-free stretch of a few days and so I’m working like mad to take full advantage. That means I’m working in my shop about 8 hours a day. That’s the good news, and the bad news because I am sore, beat up, blistered and very happy.

My Roubo bench top is short because I have a small shop in a spare bedroom. It’s 60″ long and 24.5″ wide by 4″ thick hard maple. I weighed one of the pieces (I laminated up 14 of them) and just one weighs exactly 10 pounds. That’s been fun to manhandle!

Good luck with the rest of your journey. My path is a little different from yours in that I have no power tools so I bought my stock s4s dimensioned from the lumber yard, but much of the rest of it goes along similar paths. If you’re interested to see where I’ve been and where I’m going, head over to my blog, linked to my name.

I look forward to seeing more reports of your progress. I wonder if Chris is aware of the phenomenon he created with his slim little workbench book?

Andrew

]]> By: Jameel Abraham http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2009/03/05/nice-roubo-benchdo-you-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Jameel Abraham Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:00:35 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=145#comment-1254 Keep plugging Shannon! I feel your pain. My top sub-assemblies were over 7" wide, and they weighed almost 80 pounds. Jointing those was a bear, even on a long bed, 10" jointer. And I'm about to repeat the task. Yep, I have another Roubo in the works... Keep plugging Shannon! I feel your pain. My top sub-assemblies were over 7″ wide, and they weighed almost 80 pounds. Jointing those was a bear, even on a long bed, 10″ jointer. And I’m about to repeat the task. Yep, I have another Roubo in the works…

]]> By: Eric Seidlitz http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2009/03/05/nice-roubo-benchdo-you-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Eric Seidlitz Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:10:29 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=145#comment-1251 Beautiful, man. P.S. Your number 80 cabinet scraper measures 4 inches thick, just over 8 feet long, and 19 inches wide? Dang that's a big scraper. ;^) Beautiful, man.

P.S. Your number 80 cabinet scraper measures 4 inches thick, just over 8 feet long, and 19 inches wide? Dang that’s a big scraper. ;^)

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