Flattening the top of the workbench

Brian kindly let me contribute to this blog. Now please bear with me, if the grammar or the spelling isn't exactly according to rule of the English language, as my mother tongue is Danish.

As you can see on the pictures, I have started on a Roubo workbench. It will feature a wagon vise and a shoulder vise.

The shoulder vise will be mounted on the small protrusion which can be seen on the end of the workbench.
It will be made from an old shoulder vise from a scrapped bench.

The wagon vise will be made from an old book binders press.

The workbench is made from larch which was what I had in stock, so thats why it isn't made out of e.g. beech or oak.

I tried to flatten the bench top on my old bench, but the beech had been glued up so that the grain was reversing, so I couldn't make it work. Besides I hit some buried pins as well..

This benchtop has been glued up so the grain makes it easy to plane.
I used my old wooden jointer, and it was perfect for the job.





I expect that the next step is to mount the shoulder vise.