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Well this will close up this blog on my journey building this Robou Hybid Workbench. When I started I wanted to be able to hold and clamp wood in o...

[7E5AB7BE-2DFE-4419-98BB-D0DA182B52E3.png]Years ago my aunt gave me this old church pew for Rick to cut up for birdhouses. I just couldn’t do it - ...

Once I completed the final sanding and prepped according to instructions, I applied Rubio's Monocote Pure to the frame.  It was my first experience...

The leg edges and leg stretchers received a fingernail profile.   This was done with a 1/2" radius roundover bit in the router table.  Note my slig...

The weft weaving starts in one corner, attaching the a doubled cord (roughly 120ft length folded in half) at its center onto a side rail.  This is ...

My wife and I have some friends who are nearing the end of a house renovation, and I wanted to make them something as a house-warming gift.  I deci...

The next step was to create a set of router templates for some of the pieces.  My original plan was to print paper templates, glue them to MDF, and...

With all the pieces cut to shape, I moved on to cutting the mortises and slots, which I did with the help of a couple jigs.  They were all cut with...