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Overall it’s a decent table. If you’re not using it for big heavy projects. Its gets unstable when using my jigsaw and handsaw. Table starts to shake and lifts off the ground. Maybe I’m doing something wrong?Also the folding mechanic works great ru-vid.comUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh when setting up, but I can’t get the table to fold down. It gets stuck 3/4ths on the way down.
I haven’t got through the ads yet but I’m going to say NO don’t do it! Ok nevermind that bench is pretty sweet. But the benchcrafted vises 😭. And that is awesome about the Purple Heart project donation. I was thinking of that before you even said it. Good for you! I’ll be buying the plans.
I'm really looking forward to this guild project! I've been using a 2x4 and plywood bench for a couple of years and have been wanting a 'real' woodworkers workbench for some time - but was always hesitant because of the cost and complexity. This 'spagbo' bench seems like the perfect solution.
@3:02 your camera angle makes the freakiest optical illusion because the angle on the vise matches the angle of the cabinet underneath. Well done. I hate it.
Thanks for thinking of the Purple heart Project. I bet the proceeds from this bench will fund 3 or 4 Wounded Warriors to the course. Love your channel.
It's awesome that you're supporting Rob's Purple Heart project! Such a worthy cause. Really looking forward to the new bench build. I just might have to buy the guild plans -- even though I have the original Roubo set that I've never built! lol
Ah the Timeless Art of Seduction. Next you're going to need a print of The Kramer. "He is a loathsome, offensive brute....yet I can't look away." In all seriousness Marc, glad to hear you're working with Rob. Its a great charity. I think you need to sneak your way into Canada and do a video or two with Rob.
Cosman's Purple Heart Project is an inspired effort at helping combat-wounded veterans. Bless you for donating you bench to the cause - and spreading awareness of the PHP to the woodworking world!
Definitely going to incorporate some of the changes you made for this bench and add to my Rubio bench plans. Oh and Marc you are sexier than George lol 😂
Marc l'm a long time fan of yours and Rob Cosman's. I also lead the Rob Cosman PHP Bench Brigade. We build/deliver Cosman Wokbenches to the PHP Scholarship recipients. On behalf of the 150+ Bench Brigade volunteers in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and Israel I want thank you for your support for the PHP. In addition to the wonderful monetary donation, you've also raised awareness of the plight of our combat wounded vets and the therapeutic benefit that handtool working can be for them. You're awesome my friend...keep after it!
That’s awesome Marc. I’m a huge fan of both you and Rob Cosman. What he’s doing is awesome and inspiring. Looking forward to seeing videos of your new bench in action.
Marc, what a wonderful idea to help Cosman's Purple Heart Project with the proceeds from the auction of your bench. As a member of Cosman's PHP Bench Brigade and a subscriber to your channel I can say that this gift will multiply thru the many beneficiaries. Thanks again for thinking of the needs of our heroes and fellow woodworkers. All the best, Charlie
Oh man, my eyes were totally freaking out! At 3:02, the angle of the bottom-right edge of your vice lines up exactly with the top edge of the walnut cabinetry, so for a second it looked like the cabinet somehow stuck out in front of the bench, except the vice handle went in front of it so that looked like some Escher-esque oddity!
Mark, I have a five year old and a seven year old who I am trying to teach woodworking. I think your channel is one of the best but I cannot teach my kids using your videos because of some of the things your say and do. I just do not want to explain those concepts to my young kids, particularly in the context of wood working. Keep trying to be funny but please keep it family rated. Many thanks.
Such a common sense approach to a workbench build. Solid gap filler, quality yet affordable vises, 3/4" bored dog holes, knockdown construction all make perfect sense but do not detract from functionality. Function is the role of a bench, after all. This should be the "gold standard" by which benches are measured.
Nicely done Marc! My Roubo is only a few months old but I have used the sliding deadman a lot already! 😁. Nice idea for the "t-slots" in the gap, please let us know if you use that often. If you do, I might add them to mine. I agree on the round bench dogs - I also went that route. Much more versatile. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your donation to Rob Cosman’s Purple Heart Project. I am Kenneth Stewart of the Rob Cosman Bench Brigade from Kansas. I have built three of his benches and two went to very deserving people. The third one I kept for myself. Keep up the good work.
Marc that is an amazing and great idea for the auction. I can’t afford to place a bid, as I am disabled and on a fixed budget and I know the final bid will be totally outrageous (a great thing). But I can make a small donation to Robs charity. Could you send me link where I can do that. I’m an old cabinet and furniture maker and woodworking is my therapy since my stroke.
Me too. One of my therapies too buddy, the other is walking with and being a good companion to my pup. Being effectively a one and a half armed wood butcher is a bit frustrating but can also be quite a hoot. You should see me trying to chop a mortice one handed while balanced on one and a half legs. No I'm not an amputee, just brain damaged from stroke, restricting function of left limbs. Vision impairment from cataracts can produce some absurdly bizarre measurement results sometimes, but so long as I can laugh at myself and call myself a silly bugger I'm doing fine. Have bought a couple of excellent tape measures from Shinwa, large high contrast markings and Japanese quality. Helps quite a lot to iron out some of the bumps by getting the right numbers 1st time, mostly. Building a bench just now, slow going but 3 years post stroke, so count myself damn lucky that I'm still on my feet and not wearing diapers. Good luck to you Buddy, and don't ever, ever even think of giving up. We are immeasurably stronger than we might think, so we can overcome any difficulty that comes our way. Don't know where you are, I'm from UK and when it gets tough I remind myself I'm a Brit, and Brits don't quit until the job is done.if you are on the other side of the big water, I'm sure you will have your own watchwords to kick your butt with when things aren't going your way. Take care buddy, good luck and God bless.
@@arthurrsaker8893 Just in case Marc doesn't see your comment/request: you can find the donation page on Rob Cosman's site under products/purple-heart-project-donation I can't post a direct link here, otherwise the whole post gets deleted automatically by YT. Edit: test that this one doesn't get deleted too!
Such a great cause for the old bench! I think this new bench would also look great with one of Andy's vices on it. That way you get a nice middle ground between inexpensive hardware and 1k on benchcrafted hardware.
A simpler alternative is a Nicholson bench. I built mine for next to nothing, from timber sourced from a demolition site. I used only hardwood, except for the top and the front apron. They were pine from a timber yard. And yes, I 100% agree: a sliding deadman is unnecessary and holes in the apron are much simpler and easier to do. I honestly don’t understand the fascination with the Roubo bench. It’s just unnecessarily complicated - especially the square dog holes as you pointed out. A Nicholson isn’t pretty but it works and is much easier to build if you don’t have a fully-equipped tool shop or… a workbench! The Brits have been building fine furniture on them for centuries.
I'm pretty sure Christopher Schwartz said modern vises, especially vises such as the Benchcrafted leg vise, are so strong that sliding dead mans are unnecessary. I think he thinks you don't even need a tail vise anymore. Don't quote me, but pretty sure.
I literally just use a wedge as a vise stop. I made mine out of Katalox - they look pretty and Katalox is ultra strong, one of the toughest, stiffest, hardest, strongest woods. Each of those words has a different meaning mechanically, and Katalox is in the top 10 in each category.
Expected to go find plans maybe and get building on a better bench ($80?). Too rich for my social security blood. 69 and just starting, I need to stay in my own lane probably. 800k - 1.
At first, I thought that image on the red board in the background was a Predator's face, but 5 a bit, I realized it's the Enterprise overlaid on the Millenium Falcon!
You’re awesome. I was going to suggest you do a giveaway. Something like to enter to win you must have ten likes and be subscribed to your channel. But when I saw what you were doing with it I’m very happy. I hope it brings a lot of money to help your charity. Sounds like a beautiful cause.
Oh man, got really good ideas not 3 minutes in! Stopped by your site and picked up the Plan, though I'm not sure yet what all that means. Not a content creator on Ytube, and just finished a Moravian workbench.
I was not impressed with the Rockler workbench castors. I think they are too "light duty." I picked up a heavier duty set for other shop equipment. I will buy more of the heavier duty castors going forward.
Ok. First of all, I’ve learned a LOT from your channel and enjoy watching even those things I’ll never tackle. And here’s where I say Woo-Hoo! Procrastination wins again! I recently found out I didn’t really need to build that torsion box outfeed table that I didn’t build. Now, I find out the Way Fancy Roubo bench I didn’t build wasn’t as necessary as I thought at the time. You have, again, made my morning an even better start to my day. One more it of Good News… At 75, I might not be around long enough to find out I could’ve just kept using the admittedly shaky bench I bought many, many years ago. Been thinking of rebuilding a solid base for it because the top is fairly decent. Maybe put some decent vices on it. But after dismantling and cleaning 40 years of grime off the original vices, they work better than I ever remember. I’ll keep thinking about it, though. I’ve said before you add a tremendous value to even us truly novice woodworkers. Even if all I do is sit and think through your woodworking projects (sometimes that all I feel like), you’ve added a lot of value to my days. Please keep being you. Thank you.
I agree that Rob Cosman’s Purple Heart Project is a very worthy beneficiary for your bench auction proceeds. I’m a volunteer member of the PHP Bench Brigade and thank you for your support of the project or prOject.
Thanks for the video. While this looks like a nice workbench in its own right, giving up the other one would be a tough sell for me. You put a lot of good work into it, and I am sure a lot of good work has gone into the new one too. Replacing the center board with a solid one to fix the fall through issues would have been a quick hitter video and you would still have the 'Cadillac" workbench...LOL. Take care.
@@woodwhisperer that's great to hear. Like everyone else I always like your shop projects. I have been thinking about retiring my '50's era steel case desk and table to make room for a "proper" woodworking bench. Maybe this will be the project that brings me to the Guild.
Super excited for this one! I bought the Roubo project a few years back and enjoyed watching, but never started due to all the reasons mentioned (cost, size, weight, intimidation factor, features I didn’t need). The one fits what I had in my mind so so much better, and fits my work, shop and life so much better. Thank you!! Can’t wait for it to start!
Marc, you could not have picked a better charity. What Rob does for the veteran community is so amazing. If anyone watches his lives, it’s easy to see how much passion he has in the Purple Heart Project. I’ve seen (on more than occasion) Rob getting choked up when talking about a specific veteran or when somebody has made a donation. He is such an amazing person and it warms my heart that you will be donating the proceeds to the Project. Damn I love this community! Way to go Marc. Way to go! ❤️
