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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...

Well I’m at it, the one part of this build that I wasn’t 100% confident in. I started the glue up with two sides and the 8 straightest boards to gi...

I found some hardwood at a local lumber middleman, none of our mills have any type right now and might not until spring. I even had to order this b...

The building of the tail vise is not an easy accomplishment. I started to build the vise when I was invaded by the daughter and grand kids carving ...

Just a quick post of the stretchers dry fit. I still have to add the 2×4 and tension mortise it all in. , As always questions and tips welcome. Tha...

With the legs already cut to length its time to glue them up. I have the joinery drawn out on the top roughly so that after cutting the boards the ...

I have just finished drilling the pilot dog holes into the top boards that I have vises for. This will allow me to have a nice straight batch of do...

My health has taken a bad turn lately so progress has been crawling. The recent trips to physio therapy, sports massage, ultrasound, chiropractor, ...

I received the crisscross from Lee Valley late yesterday, and started mocking it up to see what needs to be done. I glued up the last piece of the ...

Work Bench Build #3 Wood Selection And Layout I got to use the bench to build a bench right away to lay out the boards for the top. But I removed t...

A slow day again, only an hour work, but I managed to install the face Vise. I am using the Vise on the end of the bench instead of the front face....