Build a Hybrid Roubo Workbench
with John Tetreault

A Roubo bench with a timber-frame soul

Videos in This Series

	Available Now: Introduction (Now Playing) Build a hybrid Roubo workbench with a timber-frame soul.
	Mortises Learn how to easily cut three different mortise styles, including an angled wall mortise that's as handsome as it is strong.
	Tenons While these tenons may be oversized, the techniques used in cutting them remain the same. Learn how to tackle shoulders on the tablesaw and cheeks on the bandsaw.
	Base Assembly and Glue Up Lay the foundation for one heavy benchtop! Dry fit and assemble your workbench base.
	A Flat and Stable Top - Part I Learn how to tackle a large-scale top with slow-setting glue, plenty of patience, and an army of clamps.
	A Flat and Stable Top - Part II Learn how to marry benchtop to base with tight-fitting tenons and angled knee braces.
	Vises and Accessories Get the basics of bench vise installation and learn how to craft your own maple bench dogs, vise handles, and a sliding deadman.
	Finishing Touches Break out your handplanes for a dead-flat benchtop and apply a final finish.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
John Tetreault

Durham, Connecticut

For a woodworker who's had the parts for up to three disassembled barns stacked on his property at any one time, it's no surprise that John Tetreault would tackle a workbench of this size and scope. An avid collector, and user, of antique hand tools, Tetreault enjoys building with reclaimed lumber, wide boards, and oversized timbers. When not laying out the pages of Fine Woodworking as the magazine's associate art director, John enjoys painting, bronze sculpture, and raising his own chickens in a backyard coop.

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