Build an 18th-Century Workbench
The Workbench of Your Dreams    More than 35 minutes of step-by-step instruction    Complete & detailed plans    Tips on cutting the joints by hand    How to build a bench if you don't have a bench    Flatten the workbench's top    Tons of digital extras    One of the most important workbench plans ever published appeared in A.J. Roubo's 18th-century masterwork "L'Art Du Menuisier" (The Art of the Craftsman). Roubo's simple and hulking workbench offers everything that the modern woodworker needs in a bench, whether you use hand tools, power tools or both.    Roubo's bench is simpler than almost every other design out there - so it's easy to build - yet it excels at all of the workholding tasks in a woodshop.    In this DVD, Christopher Schwarz shows you how to build the Roubo workbench using only hand tools (though you can use power tools if you wish). Schwarz, the author of Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use (Popular Woodworking Books) also shares his insights into this influential workbench form, which he has been using exclusively since 2005.