tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post3532393130783253212..comments2024-03-09T22:40:48.096+01:00Comments on Toolerable: Roubo Bench - Mostly Done!Brian Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-59155299715511314652013-04-22T22:10:44.438+02:002013-04-22T22:10:44.438+02:00thanks for your quick reply Brian, appreciate it! ...thanks for your quick reply Brian, appreciate it! I found some BLO in France, will order it. Good to hear about the plane stop, was always wary of those so called dog stops, not sure they work as effectively as a plane stop...<br />take careAymerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444138173834377709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-76114600505891814832013-04-22T19:38:58.414+02:002013-04-22T19:38:58.414+02:00Hi Aymeric,
Nice to hear from you again.
I have...Hi Aymeric,<br /><br />Nice to hear from you again.<br /><br />I haven't put any finish at all on my bench. I likely never will. I like the feel the bare wood gives to the bench. If anything, I may put some milk paint on the pine parts some day to give it a shaker look. It still needs a sliding deadman and a bottom shelf. Someday, when I get a round tuit.<br /><br />I think the stuff at Dictum is pure linseed oil, not sure. The German word for BLO is Leinoelfirnis. You can get it at the home center.<br /><br />The planing stop I wasn't so sure would be that handy, but thought I would put it in anyway. This thing is awesome. I use it more than my vise. I prefer it to my vise, in fact. I love just slapping a board down on the bench top and being able to plane away. And yes, it is just a friction fit. I whack it with a mallet to move it up and down. Perhaps a shaving should come off of it somewhere, as depending on the season it moves a little tighter.Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-83809538912482118512013-04-22T11:58:59.352+02:002013-04-22T11:58:59.352+02:00Hi Brian
nice bench! have you decided on the top f...Hi Brian<br />nice bench! have you decided on the top finish? did you used boiled linseed oil or the magic Schwarz mixture = BLO + varnish + mineral spirit? I found some linseed oil at dictum, but wondering if it's boiled... it says that the oil is pre-oxidized = same as boiled ? I saw that you made a plane block, does it need any particular attention? I have this old roubo bench that I am fixing, it does have a rectangular hole for a plane block that is missing, I am building a new one out of a log of cherry wood. It just needs to be tight-fitted, correct?<br />Many thanks for your helpAymerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444138173834377709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-51488960111689849432012-10-17T07:54:29.155+02:002012-10-17T07:54:29.155+02:00Larch will be a fine wood for a Roubo. I had expe...Larch will be a fine wood for a Roubo. I had expected this bench to be completely made of pine, and was surprised to see they had these Oak tops for us when I took the class.<br /><br />A Roubo bench is complete overkill anyway, and now with a 5 1/2" oak top it is just a matter of making me smile when I look at it.<br /><br />Larch will be more than plenty strong enough, easier to shape the way you want it, and easy to maintain. I imagine flattening the top will be a breeze. Plus, the softwood will give a bit giving you a nice grippy surface on which to work. Did you mill it yourself?<br /><br />Good luck!Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-68654608000825089772012-10-17T00:12:52.063+02:002012-10-17T00:12:52.063+02:00Yep.
I apologize for not being so active for the p...Yep.<br />I apologize for not being so active for the past 4 weeks, but as you have guessed, I am now back on the vessel.<br />I hate to turn on a computer when I am at home, it just feels wrong, but out here, the working computer is switched on anyway, so it is easy to take five minutes once in a while.<br /><br />I have milled some larch for a Roubo, so I'll try to start up that project once I get back home. But it all depends on what other projects needs some attention.Jonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-63679479698766151772012-10-16T20:40:11.004+02:002012-10-16T20:40:11.004+02:00And they both work so awesomely.
I take it you ar...And they both work so awesomely.<br /><br />I take it you are back aboard. This means six more weeks of you reading my blog!Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-63860564465041950162012-10-16T19:12:59.651+02:002012-10-16T19:12:59.651+02:00That bench looks so good. And I really like the lo...That bench looks so good. And I really like the look of the wooden jointer. Its just like an old racing car from the 1930'ies.<br />Brgds<br />JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-27484418689061464582012-10-07T18:37:41.851+02:002012-10-07T18:37:41.851+02:00Hi Michael, thanks for the nice words.
The vice b...Hi Michael, thanks for the nice words.<br /><br />The vice build takes forever if you do what I did and work on it ten minutes a day. :o)<br /><br />You'll love this vice. I think a retrofit shouldn't be that much harder than installing it from the get-go. I would recommend using a bit and brace and drill everything a little oversize just in case it isn't perfectly straight.<br /><br />I did demonstrate in an earlier post how to use an expansion bit to drill the 1 3/4" hole in the chop. Check it out:<br /><br />http://toolerable.blogspot.com/2012/07/elementary-dear-watson-video-example.htmlBrian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-24710991565498147202012-10-07T18:27:46.612+02:002012-10-07T18:27:46.612+02:00Haha! You could be right.
It is the only space t...Haha! You could be right.<br /><br />It is the only space that I have, though. Usually I have to share this space with some storage which I got out of the way for this project.<br /><br />Needless to say I am jealous of your space, as seen on your blog www.accidentalwoodworker.blogspot.comBrian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-34783460562745272022012-10-07T15:09:42.445+02:002012-10-07T15:09:42.445+02:00Great job on the top. How did the vice build/inst...Great job on the top. How did the vice build/installation go? I just picked up the benchcrafted glide vise and need to start thinking about hot to retrofit it into my existing roubo bench (although it's not as nice as yours!)<br /><br />Thanks for the great post.<br /><br />MichaelMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313395803051615948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-36648301027781170332012-10-07T12:24:19.793+02:002012-10-07T12:24:19.793+02:00It looks like a phone booth would be a bigger spac...It looks like a phone booth would be a bigger space than your shop.Ralph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.com