WTO Rite of Passage: Roubo Build Thread


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Looks fantastic. I'm entertaining the idea of doing a roubo myself, and was wondering what a project like this runs you price-wise from start to finish.

All said and done, wood/vise hardware/various bits and doodads my bench was about $2000

Yup, I'm about the same as Tom.  I bought the cast hardware instead of machined (which I regret, only because the machined is so so so sexy).  Lumber cost me about $700.  And yeah, by the time you add in router/drill bits, holdfasts, etc. I was probably in the 1750-2000 range.  

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I did about 3/4"

 

Yeah I did about 2". It doesn't really affect anything. As long as the two crisscross mortises line up and you have some meat below the mortise on the chop side you can do whatever you want with regard to floor clearance. 

Did you guys shift up the whole mortise that amount or just the bottom by that much? Since I'm doing standard bench height I didn't know if I could actually shorten the mortise. 

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