Chris is the former editor of popular woodworking magazine. Wwa info exchange view topic roubo book stand great. Splittop roubo, 87 version w shelf and sliding deadman. In addition to being a skill builder, my sons are bibliophiles and i. This past week, we decided to build a nice bookstand for the shop copy of the. Youll discover the fewer than 50 hand tools you need to get started, and stepbystep instructions to build a fullsized english tool chest to hold them. I used yellow pine for most of the bench the vise and crochet are oakmeranti building this to. After the auction i bought workbenches by chris schwarz and was planning on building the andre roubo bench he built in the book. Home chris schwarz blog fullsize pattern of the folding bookstand. We attached the top to the base with four throughmortises instead of the combination mortiseanddovetail joint ive used in the past.
While i like the way christopher schwarz built the roubo bench in his book the workbench design book, i want to be able to dismantle the bench to make it movable if needed. It is always better to do woodworking with proper planning. The article that started it all was by roy underhill in the february, 2011 issue of popular woodworking magazine. This is a great book, because it goes through in detail why the two included workbenches have the features they have, and how to accomplish various handtool operations on them. He continues to blog and publish woodworking books at lost art press. Roubos folding bookstand popular woodworking magazine.
Inward fact why did roubo himself even chassis angstrom bench atomic number 2 could. French bench by schwarz woodworking workbench, woodworking. Andre roubo s landmark fivevolume lart du menuisier is difficult to find reprints are available mostly in europe and at tools for working wood and even harder to actually use. I think im still going to build a shaker styled bench, because thats what i want to look at when i head to the garage. My new split top roubo bench and a surprise from benchcrafted. In other terms, i neither want to glue the stretchers tenons nor to use dowels to lock the legs and the benchtop. Woodworking with thomas jefferson over the wireless. Roy underhill did a program on it which motivated me to give it a try. Here is a reality that i doubt even chris realizes. Video roubo workbench tour popular woodworking magazine. On slab workbenches and meaningless data woodworking.
Its in the domestic devices chapter of that book, which is a must read if you are interested in hand tool woodworking as are all his books. Whether youre planning to make your first traditional workbench or planning to buy. After looking at these videos over myself, you can rest assured i am not headed to youtube anytime soon. Thanks to all the contributors including chris schwarz pictured here. I built this bench in 2006 for my first book, workbenches. The bench is based on roubo s german cabinet makers b.
Hand plane essentials with chris schwarz promo 37th season. There have been a number of articles, posts and videos about the roubo book stand, a clever and attractive piece made by creating a hinge in a piece of wood and resawing the board in half so it will open. A new workbench is something i am beginning to think about a lot. One of the most important early books on woodworking has been indecipherable to everyone who cannot read 18thcentury french. I have some danish oil so ill probably go with that. One of the very first posts on this blog was about a folding book stand i made for my wife.
I didnt realise was that one of the vices could slide along the bench to any position required. You can also see why my new bench will not have a bottom shelf. After planning and sanding, i had two boards 38 thick, ready to be used and. Either use a thin ruler or a chisel with blue tape on it at the right depth like chris schwarz does. Oak slab workbench by chris schwarz woodworking software, woodworking books, woodworking. After examining many, many workbench designs and almost settling on a germanstyle bench, i came across the 17. Instead of my planer i built my first router jig to plane the top. In my case, im going to make a rouboinspired bench, so i could have stopped here. Front cover showing the french or roubo style bench. Few workbench designs are as bulletproof or as simple as those of a. Thats the bold claim made by christopher schwarz former editor of popular. This is the first of two chris schwarz workbench books. So everyone should get their book in plenty of time before christmas. Chris actually puts a couple paragraphs in the book explaining whether you actually need this book, which i think says something.
Author and bench historian christopher schwarz, who has re popularized. This site features a gallery of his work and biographical information the personal site of christopher schwarz, a woodworker, writer and publisher at lost art press. I recently recalled reading roys piece, and intrigued by this unique book stand i started doing web searches to see what i could find about it. If it still vexes you, however, then this short video might help. His most recent work is a book called workbenches, truly a modest title for what is contained within those 144 pages. Diy andre roubo bench plans wooden pdf workbench plans books. Author and bench historian christopher schwarz, who has repopularized several classic bench designs of late, and most notably the roubo, was also an influence through his research and writings. Through chris schwarz and his own publishing company, lost art press, moxon and roubo have been reborn.
The woodwrights shop the roubo bookstand promo 37th. One piece of walnut makes a beautiful bookstand as we follow the formula of an old french master. Im building the roubostyle workbench from chris schwarzs workbenches. Make a shooting board buy or make vise rack spacersstops make a. But it was the fastest way to do 10 fiveminute videos without hijacking our entire book production process. Christopher schwartzs rude answer not so popular woodworking magazine. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
A roubo bookstand is made from a single piece of wood. A while back i stumbled on to a set of plans to build the roubo book stand. Home chris schwarz blog roy underhills folding bookstand. Roubo bookstand, eduardo acosta free woodworking tips available online at. They say he is trying to re invent the book of the french m roubo, art du menuisier 1769. Roubo bookstand eduardo acosta highland woodworking. Woodworking andre roubo bench plans pdf free download. He also provided a fullsized pattern derived from the drawing from roubo s text. I looked at it, and thought that it would be interesting to do some day. Download plans for the staked high stool lost art press. Chris schwarz s new book provides plans and details for eight different workbenches. Here are a few excellent workbench books that i have read through quite a. Published in his book of 1769, it is ingenious, attractive and practical. Christopher schwarz takes you on a quick tour of his latest workbench, a design that closely follows the 18thcentury designs of andre roubo and was built using almost entirely hand tools.
Roy underhills folding bookstand popular woodworking. I am amazed by its workholding capabilities and stability. Chris commercial endeavors with these two publications has resulted in more people having read these two works over the past five years than both moxon and roubo combined could ever dream of reaching in their lifetime. After the vendue i bought workbenches by chris schwarz and was planning on building the andre roubo bench helium built in the book. The anarchists tool chest paints a world where woodworking tools are at the center of an ethical life filled with creating furniture that will last for generations. For me the best parts of the book are the history of workbench design, the failures and the philosophy of what is required from a workbench and especially a small plate by roubo of the german workbench. In june 2018 popular woodworking published an article written by christopher schwarz on making a small bookstand. I found two videos about the rfb, one by roy underhill and another by christopher schwarz. Luckily theres a write up of roys roubo bench in his new book the.
Youve seen one roubo bench, youve seen them all, lol. My only hope is that something changes during the year which will create time for building one, or at least start the process. Roubo volumes now available in the united states popular. The only thing that really stuck with me on that set of plans was the instruction to practice in softwood first. The roubo bookstand is to all intents and purposes complete. Learn how to make gleaming surfaces, tight joints and crisp moldings. He is an editor for popular woodworking magazine and a selfconfessed handtool and workbench enthusiast.
The return of roubo by christopher schwarz an 18thcentury french workbench is quite possibly the most perfect design ever put to paper. As roy embarks on his 37th season on pbs, this craftsmanhistorian revisits of his favorite hand woodworking adventures from the woodwrights shop. Download plans for the staked high stool posted on april 11, 2017 by lost art press several people have asked to purchase plans for the staked high stool design ive been refining for the expanded the anarchists design book. The workbenches we built this week at the marc adams school of woodworking this week are a little different than the french benches ive built at other classes. These benches range from a roubo bench, in which chris built almost entirely by hand, to a workbench assembled in 24 hours. If you are having trouble with the roubo s folding bookstand article from the february 2011 issue of popular woodworking magazine, i urge you to attempt to lay out the joints on some wood and give it a try. I apologize for the lowrent quality of the video and audio.
Roubo bookstand21st century edition some projects are just plain fun, and the roubo bookstand is definitely one of them. French oak roubo workbench photo by chris schwarz wood top workbench, portable. Searching the internet for roubo bookstand will keep you busy for many hours. After the auction i bought workbenches away chris schwarz and was planning on building the andre roubo bench he built in the and so a. The only machines im using are my portable 10 planer to face all the stock, and. In the woodwrights workbook, roy underhill writes about this stand, which he calls a reading stand. The woodwrights shop hand plane essentials with chris schwarz. Building a slab top roubo workbench with christopher schwarz. Thanks entirely to joel moskowitz at tools for working wood, reprints of all five volumes of roubo are now available for sale. Then a couple of months ago while attending woodworking in america conference in berea ky, i saw roy underhills version of the roubo bench and fell in love with it. A removable book stop was added to keep an open book from slipping off the stand. The good news is that our warehouse is planning a dedicated assembly line to fulfill all of the prepublication orders as soon as the book is delivered there. We built a version of roubo s german bench and it served as a platform from which the splittop roubo was conceived.
The split top side andre roubo bench plans roubo is a. The personal site of christopher schwarz, a woodworker, writer and publisher at lost art press. Workbench buyers guide for traditional woodworking wood and. The design is actually much older than andre roubo he wrote in the 1770s, it is a traditional form for supporting the family quran. I built my roubo in the fall of 2006 inspired by chris s fall 2005 article in woodworking magazine. If you are having trouble with the roubos folding bookstand article from the february 2011 issue of popular. The book calls for 84 southern yellow pine, or whatever dense species is. I enjoy reading anything by chris schwarz as i find his writing and craftsmanship inspirational. Later blog articles and video by christopher schwarz expanded on roys article and provided a simplified method of making the joint. Home chris schwarz blog roubo volumes now available in the united states. I was intrigued by the folding book stand from old pictures like the 1877 painting of a girl using one by the artist lord frederick gainesborough and others, but the most intriguing was a huge.
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