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It wasn’t long before I couldn’t stop focusing on its shortcomings. Believe it or not, I still have this bench and when I eventually get a larger shop, I will bring it in as a utility bench for metal work and sharpening. A couple years later, with significantly more woodworking skill a...
square patch of the room. Needless to say I think it would be classified as a “small shop”. I have built a king size bed as well as two large rolling storage cabinets for a school in the shop but most of my work is much smaller. CD/DVD cases, boxes, coffee and side tables, etc. Pho...
iced is the passion that people have in designing and building their own space.” “I started my own business in June 2007, just making work benches and now have expanded to garage and wardrobe systems. I have had no training in joinery or woodworking but have studied in Draughting. Watc...
My shop is a work in progress but its constantly developing so I guess that’s good. I share space with lawn & garden, bicycles, camping gear, a canoe, and of course, a LARGE BBQ smoker and a couple of smaller grills. My major equipment list won’t impress many, but it works well fo...
ast thing I do is hang my apron up and flip the breakers off. That way I know the various chargers, the radio, air compressor, dust collector, all the large tools, even the shop lights themselves, (Lots of lights with provision for even more!) will not get up to no good and create a mini Chernobyl w...
ope sometime in the future to find a way to run some 5″ dedicated lines around the shop but the low ceilings are a problem with clearance. The large tools in the shop are: Craftsman Hybrid 10″ table saw Harbor Freight 14″ band saw Harbor Freight 12″x36″ lathe Craftsma...
gn? - What are your thoughts on the split top concept? Any gotchas? - (Brian Brazil) I’ve recently become a little obsessed with the Holtzapffel bench from Chris’s Workbench Design book. Since he has experience working on both the Holtzapffel and Roubo bench designs, how would he compare...
mbly table. In this shop I build banjos, guitars, and other moderately sized projects, as befits the space. I occasionally tackle something bigger. My largest project was a 17 foot cabin cruiser, which was assembled in the back yard–the smaller pieces of which were fabricated in this tiny room...
s are 25 x 74 inches. Since the top had to pivot and store fully within in a frame of 2×6 stock, an end vise was the only practical choice. The largest possible was a Rockler 12 inch quick-release model. I made 6 x 25 inch jaws from a remnant of 2 inch oak. The jaws got a wiped-on Maloof-st...
This week’s project comes from Frank (yep, the Woodcraft guy from Ep. 62). Let’s hear what he has to say: Well, I finally completed my workbench. I would love to have a typical European style bench with a large twin screw vice on the side, but I have neither the space nor the funds. Fu...
s. We also provide custom milling of gaffs, booms, timbers, beams and cants. Our 10,000-square-foot drive-through shop is one of a kind, featuring the largest tracer-lathe in North America. We can turn logs up to 40 inches in diameter and 122 feet in length. With our two sawmills, we can mill logs a...
The Legs No one ever accused a Roubo workbench of being skinny! This beauty features some rather beefy 5 3/8″ x 3 1/2″ legs! That’s just how I roll. Each leg receives mortises for the short and long rails as well as large tenons at the top. These tenons will help us locate and sec...