7 Day Workbench Class

The workbench is the heart of your shop. In this class you'll build the workbench of your dreams and the last one you'll ever need (unless you decide you want more than one). Over the course of 7 days, with the help of some heavy duty machines and basic hand tool techniques, you'll build Plate 11 Split-Top Roubo with a Dovetailed End Cap and Benchcrafted hardware. When your bench is complete you'll get a jump start on making a set of basic accessories for your bench including the Gap-Stop and Sliding Deadman.

This is a physically demanding class, but the effort will be well worth it. Here's what you'll learn:

- Preparing boards to create large laminations

- Hand and power tool methods for cutting large scale dovetails

- Drawbored mortise and tenon construction

- Planning for wood movement