In watching many woodworkers on YouTube, making a work bench seems a rite of passage. The Roubo style bench (named for French carpenter Andre Roubo) is common to build. The hallmark traits are the heavy duty bench top, thick chunky legs, and mortise and tenon construction.

Leg Assembly

  • Practice mortise - tenon.

  • Mortise for leg assembly.

  • Tenon.

  • Fitting the mortise and tenons

  • The legs are constructed of 2x4 glue ups

  • Full assembly

  • Stained espresso

Building the top

  • Glue up in sections.

  • 2 of 3 sections.

  • Full glue up of top.

  • Built router sled to level.

  • Monster router bit to hog off wood.

  • Getting there.

  • Completed.

  • Positioning legs to chisel mortises.

The cabinet and drawers

  • Dry fit the plywood panels.

  • Building drawer slides.

  • End drawers.

  • Completed drawers.

  • Final bench.

    Final bench.

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