Roubo Bench Plans
Building a roubo workbench 3 building a workbench based on the illustrations by andré jacob roubo 1739 1791 optimized with hardware by benchcrafted split bench top 104 mm thick.
Roubo bench plans. 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. These benches had large heavy single slabs. Choose a style of roubo workbench. Well by my standards at least.
We refined this joint during our french oak roubo projects and it is for this purpose indestructable. 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. It s big box store syp and sapelle with lake erie toolwoorks maple screws for the vises. A cutting list to ensure you are fully prepared for the project.
The drawbored half lap mortise and tenon. After examining many many workbench designs and almost settling on a german style bench i came across the 17th century french workbench of andre roubo. I loved the roubo style bench from the minute i saw it and had to have one. Henn has 20 years of experience as a woodworker teacher and has written for a number of woodworking publications.
The plans are very high quality and easy to read. Some designs had rear legs set at 10 to 12 degrees toward the center. The biggest most beautiful bench on the internet. Working drawings to print and take to the workshop.
A document detailing important construction notes for the project plans are supplied as an instant. The original design was built with heavy straight legs. 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. This design seemed to have surpassing versatility and an aesthetic superiority to every other design.
As i got deeper into the rabbit hole of woodworking i needed a much better means of holding work. Check out pictures of my finished ash roubo workbench here. The bench goes together with only one type of joint. For the diy split top roubo workbench plans by benchcrafted this is the one we re building see here.
The simplicity of the roubo bench is certainly attractive and you designed the bench in a similar fashion so a lot of folks can build it without many tools. Roubo workbench instructions plans and videos this workbench is based on a design by the 18th century french carpenter and author andré jacob roubo. The bench can be made entirely from widely available 8 4 stock plus a few feet of 4 4. Modern roubo workbenches are built with laminated slabs of wood for tops with leg vices.
A deconstructable sketchup model of the workbench.