A classic 18th-century French Roubo-style cabinetmaker's workbench built from dense Hard Maple, designed for maximum stability, mass, and dampening during heavy hand-planing and chopping. Featuring a massive 4-inch thick split top, twin-screw front vise with synchronized chain drive, an integrated center gap-filler/ruler stop, and precision-bored 3/4-inch dog hole grids. Leg-to-stretchers and leg-to-top joints utilize drawbored through-mortise and tenon joinery for lifetime mechanical rigidity.
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Materials
- 8/4 Hard Maple (S2S to 1.75" thick)
- 12/4 Hard Maple (S2S to 2.75" thick)
- 4/4 Hard Maple (S2S to 0.75" thick)
- 3/8" Straight-Grained Straight Oak Dowel Stock
- Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue
Tools Required
- 10" or 12" Table Saw with 24T Rip Blade and Dado Set
- 8" or 12" Surface Jointer
- 13" or 15" Thickness Planer
- Router with 1/2" shank 2" straight bit and flattening sled
- Plunge Router with 3/4" spiral upcut bit & self-centering guide
- 3/4" Woodworker's Mortising Chisels & Heavy Mallet
- 3/4" Drill Press or Boring Guide with 3/4" Premium Brad-Point Bit
- Deep-reach F-style Clamps (minimum 8-10 units) and Pipe Clamps (minimum 6 units)
- Hand Planes (No. 7 Jointer Plane, No. 4 Smoothing Plane, Block Plane)