Posted this a couple of days ago and was going to bump it so more could see it, but the original post seems to have dissappeared (at least I can’t find it).  Thought it should stay near the top of the discussion folder for a few days given the interest and currently active threads regarding bench construction

It’s regarding some design modifications that Jameel Abraham made on his reproduction of the Roubo bench.  Chris Schwarz wrote up an entry discussing Jameel’s modifications and provided a hyper-linked contents list that’s easy to navigate.  Take a look especially at “Leg Vise Rollers” and “Leg Vise Breakthrough” blog entries:

http://www.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/The+Deluxe+Roubo.aspx

Here’s a direct link to Jameel’s blog, though you will have to open the “May” archives to see the start of the process:

http://oudluthier.blogspot.com/2008/05/bench-3.html