This. This is the type of vid i want. If you wondered what style / format i prefer and just wish folks would straight up tell you, well you're in luck, i'm telling you. This was a GREAT Stumpy Nubs vid in every way (except for the audio).
Late to the program, and working my way back through the Stumpy Nub videos. While a great video and very educational, it is also fun to see the changes in your style. Of particular note is how you kind of 'bounced around' a lot (physically) in this and other older videos. Your presentation has evolved in a very positive way. I still enjoyed this one a great deal.
Excellent videos! I have watched several TH-camrs bench videos and this is the only one that shows the face vise, inner jaw, being flush with the bench. Very well done! Thank you so much for what you do! Only improvement to suggest is the link to vises article is broke.
Our shop has one 24’ x 36” x 6” at 32” high.. the second is just over 40’ long on 12” x 12” timbers cut on our mill and dried for a year in our kiln. This is double width with a 16” valley for tool and materials.. several people can work this bench at once. We’re expanding again but this time to include leather design and sewing stations as well as a drying room.
Been back to this video a couple of times since originally posted. Great video and humorous as usual! Have since built a recycled lumber hybrid Mini Roubo/ Nicholson (4 1/2' x 18" top with a 6" tray) bench and remembered your demo when I flattened it. Took an old crappy Challenger 5 1/4 equivalent jack plane that I got at a yard sale for $5 and made it into a scrub using your "HF technique." Thanks for the great content!
17:45 Those casters work great, and are still available today (2021). I used a set on my bench but I got the optional mounting plates that let you slip the casters on and off so they are not hanging out there ready to snag your foot when working. Plus if you get another set of mounting plates you can use the casters on a second (or third) bench.
Stumpy I agree with the Roubo being a utilitarian bench. I to do love to see the beautiful benches being created today. The time, exotic wood and fine joinery are awe inspiring. But in Roubos time the benches would have been built out of scraps and cheaper stock. Granted there cheaper stock would have been one solid piece where we have to do massive glue-ups. It is a tool meant to be used and refreshed to square with planes. A wonderful show full of all kinds of great information. Carry on my friend. You are doing a fine job!
i loved the lesson on history also the bench was great- watched it yesterday but didn`t have time for comments, more time today have fun you deserve it
Best bench build I have seen! Very practical, sturdy and unpretentious, I will definitely use this design, thanks 😊 for the great tips and entertaining video, woodwork should be fun!
Stumpy, I'm 75 and I will need to build a new workbench next year, after moving. I like this design and I will most likely build the bench as per your plans, however for flattening the top what are your thoughts on using an electric planer and belt sander to do that job. I doubt that my old shoulders are up to the task of hand planing for several hours. I also have a thickness planer with a helical head so I would start out by planing the top in 2 halves, then finally glue and clamp the 2 halves together, then do any flattening if needed. I think that the helical planer will likely give me a suitable bench top right away but I wont know until I get to that point.
Great video! Going to incorporate some of these ideas into my work bench and can I just say that I really enjoy the all of the videos you publish but I especially like the OTW videos, keep it up!
As I have got older the width of my bench has gotten narrower. I was first concerned that my arms were getting shorter requiring a narrower bench to reach my tools. But the wife informed me it was my belly was getting bigger. Something to plan ahead for.
Excellent as usual Stumpy, a lot of good info. I have a 14" section of bowling ally that I cut in half and temporarily joined together to use for now. (basically 3'x7') Its 2 1/4" thick, quarter sawn, hard maple and I've been patiently waiting for the last 2 years so I can rebuild it into something that will suit my needs. You have provided a lot of good info, tips and ideas and for that I say "Thank-you". Mike PS Go Packers ; )
I love this bench. I've built 2; my first was built outside 2 years ago and I recently finished another smaller one for the garage. Both are great. Keep up the good work!
how much moisture content do you think is ok to start building? and do you think running a couple of dowels through instead of the threaded rod would work?
I'm going to be making a workbench, so I've been watching a lot of videos. One thing that I haven't seen mentioned, at least not explicitly, is that most people need both a workbench (narrow - usually about 2' wide) and an assembly surface (as wide as you can manage). Given that most workbenches have a "front" (with the vise) and a back, I'm planning to put a fold-up assembly addition on the back - just 3/4" plywood. Thoughts?
No complaints here, except about how long it is going to take me to develop a similar level of skill. Really enjoy the effort and encouragement you give to us all. You really deserve a cold one too!
Hello Stumpy - nice job on this! Thinking this is the bench route I am going to go, even though I plan to get some help from my power tools. Is the bench drawer vid going to be published, along with plans for those? Would really like to incorporate. Thanks, and please keep bringing us the entertaining and informative videos!
I love your channel and really enjoyed watching the bench build episodes. I was wondering about the hold downs. Do they dent the wood? I mean if you use them as you do as opposed to someone who just wails on it trying to cause damage. Thanks for your time and keep the good information flowing. Ken
OK Stumpy, I have watched a lot of Roubo videos and am ready to make my own bench. Here is the issue i am struggling with. Do i make it with 2x4s or 2x6s? I have decided it all comes down to the hold-fasts. So my question to you is: Do hold-fasts work better in a 2x4 or 2x6 hole? If they hold better using a 2x6 then i would make my top out of 2x6s. If they hold better in a 2x4 they i see no reason not to make it out of 2x4s. Is there a difference?
I can't believe how every TH-cam video on planing shows people putting their planes down resting on the blades. In my formative years nobody did that, they put their planes down on their sides so the blade tips didn't hold up the plane's weight.
According to you own dimensions the bench top is 24 inches from front to back. Yet in your links you provided the end vice is actually only a 12 inch end vice. Did you swap out the factory internal faces with longer ones to match your 24 inch width?
+Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) Thanks for the reply. A vice is something I have never purchased before and was unaware of this feature. Thanks for clearing this up. I'm currently shopping for vices for my upcoming Roubo bench build. I was originally looking at a leg vice for the front face but I'm thinking a quick release vice like you have used here would be much nicer to use. Tnx agn.
People do use a jig that spans the workbench and holds a router that slides back and forth. I doubt you would be saving time. But if you don't have those planers already... There are plenty of examples on the interwebs. Try googling router sled flatten
Not all cast iron is the same. The vise on your bench wasn't forged, either. It was cast. And the cast iron holdfasts I am using in this video have lasted for many years.
That's strange. The music and voice audio is balanced on my end. Could you try it on a different PC or with some headphones and let me know if that changes things?
It was on an uneven floor. I hadn't shimmed it yet. The bench won't rack at all, so the only issue would be weight. With a loaded tool chest in it I can not move the bench by myself. It's plenty stable.
Pleasure to listen to a broadly educated expert in his field with a wicked sense of humor. I don't even work wood and I enjoy your stuff James.
I have an old No. 6 that I converted to a scrub with a wider mouth and cambered iron. Works like a charm.
"Until then, sit back, have yourself a cold one, cuz you've earned it, my friend." I really do miss it.
I like this! Work benches are for WORK, not show. I really really don’t want to worry about putting a scratch in my fancy smancy bench!
Very good info on the Roubo workbench. That is one nice bench and it won't break the bank.
Thanks Stumpy.
Roland
I designed a Roubo bench for myself nearly 30 years ago. I added a board jack and vises.
Love the background information. I'm a fan after this one. Love the research it took to do this one.
This. This is the type of vid i want. If you wondered what style / format i prefer and just wish folks would straight up tell you, well you're in luck, i'm telling you. This was a GREAT Stumpy Nubs vid in every way (except for the audio).
Late to the program, and working my way back through the Stumpy Nub videos. While a great video and very educational, it is also fun to see the changes in your style. Of particular note is how you kind of 'bounced around' a lot (physically) in this and other older videos. Your presentation has evolved in a very positive way. I still enjoyed this one a great deal.
IMO, this got to be one of the best videos you ever made. Lots of details.
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Oh, how I wish the current Stumpy vids incorporated puns and humor to the degree this one does. Such a good video!!
Excellent videos! I have watched several TH-camrs bench videos and this is the only one that shows the face vise, inner jaw, being flush with the bench. Very well done! Thank you so much for what you do! Only improvement to suggest is the link to vises article is broke.
Thank God for "new timey" machinery. I throw the bench top on the CNC and surface plane it. Great video as always.
Finally. The best show ever on youtube
The caster problem has been one of the biggest things stopping me from doing a project like this. Thank you so much!
Our shop has one 24’ x 36” x 6” at 32” high.. the second is just over 40’ long on 12” x 12” timbers cut on our mill and dried for a year in our kiln. This is double width with a 16” valley for tool and materials.. several people can work this bench at once. We’re expanding again but this time to include leather design and sewing stations as well as a drying room.
Been back to this video a couple of times since originally posted. Great video and humorous as usual! Have since built a recycled lumber hybrid Mini Roubo/ Nicholson (4 1/2' x 18" top with a 6" tray) bench and remembered your demo when I flattened it. Took an old crappy Challenger 5 1/4 equivalent jack plane that I got at a yard sale for $5 and made it into a scrub using your "HF technique." Thanks for the great content!
WOW!!! You really made it, I had given up all hope of ever seeing this video.
Thanks Stumpy.
I realy like your 2x6 Roubo bench, and hope to make it some day. Nice job explaining the intended use of the vises, dogs and hooks.
17:45 Those casters work great, and are still available today (2021). I used a set on my bench but I got the optional mounting plates that let you slip the casters on and off so they are not hanging out there ready to snag your foot when working. Plus if you get another set of mounting plates you can use the casters on a second (or third) bench.
Stumpy I agree with the Roubo being a utilitarian bench. I to do love to see the beautiful benches being created today. The time, exotic wood and fine joinery are awe inspiring. But in Roubos time the benches would have been built out of scraps and cheaper stock. Granted there cheaper stock would have been one solid piece where we have to do massive glue-ups. It is a tool meant to be used and refreshed to square with planes.
A wonderful show full of all kinds of great information.
Carry on my friend. You are doing a fine job!
Lots of lightbulb moments here for me. Thanks!
i loved the lesson on history also the bench was great- watched it yesterday but didn`t have time for comments, more time today have fun you deserve it
Awesome, part 2!
Very informative and entertaining; a win-win in my book! Thanks!
Informative, clear, detailed, and enjoyable. Nice video!
Outstanding episode.
Thanks!
One of your best videos!
Best bench build I have seen! Very practical, sturdy and unpretentious, I will definitely use this design, thanks 😊 for the great tips and entertaining video, woodwork should be fun!
Stumpy, I'm 75 and I will need to build a new workbench next year, after moving. I like this design and I will most likely build the bench as per your plans, however for flattening the top what are your thoughts on using an electric planer and belt sander to do that job. I doubt that my old shoulders are up to the task of hand planing for several hours.
I also have a thickness planer with a helical head so I would start out by planing the top in 2 halves, then finally glue and clamp the 2 halves together, then do any flattening if needed. I think that the helical planer will likely give me a suitable bench top right away but I wont know until I get to that point.
You can use a belt sander or electric planer, just be careful. Use your winding sticks and take your time.
Great video Mr. Stumpy.
Very informative.
how did you keep a 100% straight face when saying Miami vices? :D I really had a good laugh!
Awesome! Was looking forward to the next episode of OTW 😄
I LOVE your Old Timey Woodworking episodes! Please let us have more and more frequently! :)
this is a great series! Thanks very much, enjoying your videos.
Excellent Thank you
Great video! Going to incorporate some of these ideas into my work bench and can I just say that I really enjoy the all of the videos you publish but I especially like the OTW videos, keep it up!
As I have got older the width of my bench has gotten narrower. I was first concerned that my arms were getting shorter requiring a narrower bench to reach my tools. But the wife informed me it was my belly was getting bigger. Something to plan ahead for.
Excellent as usual Stumpy, a lot of good info. I have a 14" section of bowling ally that I cut in half and temporarily joined together to use for now. (basically 3'x7') Its 2 1/4" thick, quarter sawn, hard maple and I've been patiently waiting for the last 2 years so I can rebuild it into something that will suit my needs. You have provided a lot of good info, tips and ideas and for that I say "Thank-you". Mike
PS Go Packers ; )
I love this bench. I've built 2; my first was built outside 2 years ago and I recently finished another smaller one for the garage. Both are great. Keep up the good work!
how much moisture content do you think is ok to start building? and do you think running a couple of dowels through instead of the threaded rod would work?
I wish there was a link a link to the video mentioned at the end of this one, or a way to find it on the website.
The hat makes you look very distinguished. 👍
I'm going to be making a workbench, so I've been watching a lot of videos. One thing that I haven't seen mentioned, at least not explicitly, is that most people need both a workbench (narrow - usually about 2' wide) and an assembly surface (as wide as you can manage). Given that most workbenches have a "front" (with the vise) and a back, I'm planning to put a fold-up assembly addition on the back - just 3/4" plywood. Thoughts?
Workbenches are traditionally narrow so you can reach across it from one side. But I see no reason why a fold-up/fold-down could not be added.
Great show! Looking forward to more!
Love the humor!
Personally I find that “a good vice” is essential to any wood shop...or its occupant...
some good ad vice in this video
Excellent video. Did you ever make the crochet hook bench attachment video? I couldn’t find in your list of videos.
No complaints here, except about how long it is going to take me to develop a similar level of skill.
Really enjoy the effort and encouragement you give to us all. You really deserve a cold one too!
Thanks for the nice comment!
Hey stumpy does your plan include the full video walkthrough similar to these but in greater detail?
Cool hat Dude1
Mr. Nubs, what do you think about the Stanley 12-404 No. 4 adjustable bench plane with 2-Inch cutter?
Hello Stumpy - nice job on this! Thinking this is the bench route I am going to go, even though I plan to get some help from my power tools. Is the bench drawer vid going to be published, along with plans for those? Would really like to incorporate. Thanks, and please keep bringing us the entertaining and informative videos!
The man!
Could you post a link to the follow up video about the Chisel Rack and Crochet Hook, Thanks
thank you sir
Where did you get that apron. I really like it
Miami vises....:)
I love your channel and really enjoyed watching the bench build episodes. I was wondering about the hold downs. Do they dent the wood? I mean if you use them as you do as opposed to someone who just wails on it trying to cause damage. Thanks for your time and keep the good information flowing. Ken
The holdfasts can/will dent the wood. You can put a piece of scrap between the holdfast and the piece you are working on.
Jim Weisgram thanks for the tip.
Great video's Mate. now go pull yourself a cold Bevvy, you deserve it. "Bottom's up"
OK Stumpy, I have watched a lot of Roubo videos and am ready to make my own bench. Here is the issue i am struggling with. Do i make it with 2x4s or 2x6s? I have decided it all comes down to the hold-fasts. So my question to you is: Do hold-fasts work better in a 2x4 or 2x6 hole?
If they hold better using a 2x6 then i would make my top out of 2x6s. If they hold better in a 2x4 they i see no reason not to make it out of 2x4s. Is there a difference?
I'll sub just because you named the channel Stumpy Nubs lol
I can't believe how every TH-cam video on planing shows people putting their planes down resting on the blades. In my formative years nobody did that, they put their planes down on their sides so the blade tips didn't hold up the plane's weight.
According to you own dimensions the bench top is 24 inches from front to back. Yet in your links you provided the end vice is actually only a 12 inch end vice. Did you swap out the factory internal faces with longer ones to match your 24 inch width?
+Chris2 Realnice2 - Woodworking vises are designed so that you add a wooden face (chop) to them. You can make that at wide as you like.
+Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) Thanks for the reply. A vice is something I have never purchased before and was unaware of this feature. Thanks for clearing this up. I'm currently shopping for vices for my upcoming Roubo bench build. I was originally looking at a leg vice for the front face but I'm thinking a quick release vice like you have used here would be much nicer to use. Tnx agn.
Where do you get all those beautiful ole times planes?
NAVRET yard sales, flee markets, Craig’s list, market place on FB.
Hi, Where can non American's get the shorter Hold fast that you have described here?
Face in a vice hahahaja
Chisel and Forge? Couldn't find a site.
is it possible to flatten the bench top without planes?
People do use a jig that spans the workbench and holds a router that slides back and forth. I doubt you would be saving time. But if you don't have those planers already...
There are plenty of examples on the interwebs. Try googling router sled flatten
if you order a hold fast make sure it ISNT cast iron, it must be forged and much more expensive.
Not all cast iron is the same. The vise on your bench wasn't forged, either. It was cast. And the cast iron holdfasts I am using in this video have lasted for many years.
@@StumpyNubs yes, but my bench vise is 100 years old. How can I tell if the cast hold fast won't break in just a few months?
@@glenlongstreet7 Mine didn't break.
Good history lesson. Unfortunately, your spoken audio is really low. Had to crank the volume, then the music came in and had to crank it way down.
That's strange. The music and voice audio is balanced on my end. Could you try it on a different PC or with some headphones and let me know if that changes things?
It's about the same with headphones.
Stumpy Nubs
It's the same for me as it is for Cactus.
The voice and music were fairly balanced here, the voice maybe just a tad low.
Agreed. But i could hardly hear voice with the volume turned all the way up.
Hi I can't find part 3.
I thought you were going to say that the most important thing was cap choice.
Cool, except for all the wobbles...(cf. 5:17 )
Floor isn't flat. Have to shim it.
where is the follow up to this
Plans does not have cabinet detail
Your bench is slanted downwards to your left
Your screen is tilted.
The tale tell of a great bench is how much jiggling movement you get,like when you were using the scrub plane.yours movees to much for me.
It was on an uneven floor. I hadn't shimmed it yet. The bench won't rack at all, so the only issue would be weight. With a loaded tool chest in it I can not move the bench by myself. It's plenty stable.
do you make anything
Stumpy, thanks for the great videos. You'll appreciate this bench, check it out. th-cam.com/video/uqieHIWuaRY/w-d-xo.html
Your bench is moving an awful lot, there, stumpy...
Chris G The floor under it wasn't level. I've fixed it since.
Great info and production, but there are just to many jokes, the humour is OK but not ever 45sec.