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Category Archives: On the Bench
Newest member of the FbY team
Almost everything I make is for sale, (excluding children according to my wife), and sometimes pieces just end up having a permanent home here, but I am very happy to welcome the Roubo workbench as part of my permanent collection. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Schwarz, furniture making, roubo workbench, The Hand Tool School, woodworking
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Flaming Chop!
Not only can I stand on my bench, I am standing on the shoulders of giants. In particular, the shoulders of Graeme Priddle. I decided to do something that would add my particular stamp to the Roubo workbench, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged furniture, furniture making, Graeme Priddle, roubo workbench, woodworking
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The home stretch
I’m heading down the home stretch for my Roubo. Hopefully it will be complete early next week, then it will be time to head back to reality. Time to get back to work on repair jobs I’ve been putting off, and it will … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Schwarz, furniture making, roubo workbench, woodworking
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I’m standing!
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity, and I got lucky yesterday. The base assembly went together as planned, and my Roubo is now upright. Having all the required tools ready to go and all the mental preparation really paid off. … Continue reading
This is it, the night of nights
Overture, cut the lights, this is it, the night of nights, no more rehearsing, rehearsing our parts, we know every part by heart. Overture, cut the lights, this is it, we’ll hit the heights. And oh what heights we’ll hit, … Continue reading
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Tagged furniture, furniture making, Lie-Nielsen, roubo workbench, woodworking
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Getting my legs on the ground
Who knew that making the Roubo workbench would be such a workout! Between the hand sawing, hand drilling, the lifting, and all the hand plane work, I’m getting a full day’s worth of exercise! Overall, the project is fairly straight … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Schwarz, furniture, furniture design, furniture making, hand plane, Lie-Nielsen, roubo workbench, woodworking
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Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event and Reviews
The workbench project sent me on another journey. This time it was to Gaithersburg, Maryland for the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool event. I wanted to get a couple of tools to help me with the bench, and I knew a couple … Continue reading
Bench press, kinda…
Not only is the workbench project burning through my money, I’m burning serious calories too! Due to the size of the timbers most of my power tools just can’t be used, so hand tools are my only option (aside from … Continue reading
And so it begins
The journey of a thousand miles has begun with the construction of my new workbench. And the journey actually began with a journey! I traveled to White Marsh, Maryland to visit J. Gibson McLlvain Company, a wholesale lumberyard, to purchase … Continue reading
On the bench
It’s time for a new series of blogs from yours truly. For a number of months I have wanted to make a new workbench, not a large table to store things on, but a real workbench. My current bench is … Continue reading