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Thread: Blackwood and Maple Roubo
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17th May 2021, 12:26 PM #31GOLD MEMBER
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17th May 2021, 12:28 PM #32GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks mate. I think the cast also look good, and can suit some timbers / builds better. I totally get you regarding cost. I bought my hardware a few years ago when it was cheaper but it still cost a pretty penny. In total this work bench is far and away my most expensive tool in the shop and certainly the one I now also value most..
Cheers, Dom
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17th May 2021, 07:02 PM #33
Yep, by the time I'm finished with mine it will also be the most expensive piece of kit in my workshop. I'll be pretty chuffed with it as well if I can pull this off without screwing it up. I've told my younger brother he can have it when I croak it. Let's just hope bench envy doesn't get the better of him or he may star in a future episode of Crime Investigation Australia, narrated by Steve Liebmann, "but Richard's brother couldn't wait until he died to get the workbench.....etc."
Cheers, Richard AKA Biggus.
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17th May 2021, 09:04 PM #34GOLD MEMBER
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Someone let me know if this link works, but here's a quick walk around of the bench.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-Bz-VD...d=vgfc5gty39nx
Cheers, Dom
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17th May 2021, 11:32 PM #35GOLD MEMBER
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Worked perfectly Dom. And looks great!
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17th May 2021, 11:46 PM #36GOLD MEMBER
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31st May 2021, 03:58 PM #37GOLD MEMBER
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Hi all,
Happy lockdown Monday everyone
Here's a photo just because there hasn't really been a full square-on shot.
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Cheers,
Dom
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31st May 2021, 04:15 PM #38
Pretty bloody flash mate. What to make now? After this almost anything you build will seem trivial surely.
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31st May 2021, 08:53 PM #39GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks mate. Your bench is looking great too.
I have a list of not too exciting projects next, but will hopefully get to making a nice tool cabinet at some stage soon - which I expect will be more challenging than the Roubo. I think that other than being large the Roubo is no more complicated than most table/cabinet etc projects. But it is expensive, time consuming, and impressive!
Cheers, Dom
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31st May 2021, 10:16 PM #40Member
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Looks amazing! Great idea to have it surrounded by a timber floor!
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31st May 2021, 11:05 PM #41GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks mate. Yeah, it's something I always planned to do and once I'd put the bench down on the stained, cold and hard concrete floor I made it a priority. Now it's much nicer to work at, looks better, and will protect my chisels and planes etc from a completely catastrophic meeting with an unforgiving concrete floor . I only wish I had have had enough left over flooring to do the whole garage!
Cheers,
Dom
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1st June 2021, 10:59 AM #43
Dom
The link and the bench are perfect.
As usual with your work, the bench is a treat to just look at let alone use. I have just one question, and I am being a little lazy in not going back through the thread, do you have the "loose insert" that fits between the the two bench top sections. It is normally reversible so that it can either fit flush or stand proud to act as a planning stop?
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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1st June 2021, 11:26 AM #44
Absolutely delightful design and execution, Dom, really enjoyed watching your progress.
I particularly like working on a light coloured work bench surface - sorry Derek, karri is rather dark - and in your case Dom the dark wood in the frme work really gives it a "furniture quality". Nice contrast!
And that "furniture quality" may be a potential problem. Be alert to the conversation that may start:
"That looks really nice, Dominik, and would be a real conservation piece .... in the living room."
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