Updating a Classic: a Massive Roubo Workbench with a Powerful Addition

Reimagining the Roubo Workbench: A massive maple and walnut workbench with a superpower. Materials: Hard Maple Tops and Black Walnut base. Most of the bench is made from 8/4 stock except the chop which was 12/4 ( 1/4“ of hard maple). Originally I was building a Hybrid Workbench, then I switched to a Roubo, then I designed the bench you see, so I had originally purchased around 180bd/ft of Hard Maple. When I scaled up the bench I decided to make the base out of Black Walnut and added another 150-180bd/ft. I can’t say exactly how much wood is in the bench but I can say there was very little waste as I originally selected specific walnut boards for each part of the bench. but I quickly ran short. As I had to use scraps, I got less picky. It was pretty interesting processing finding FAS black walnut with almost no heartwood, but that ended up on the cutting room floor. Dimensions: The bench-top is 27“ deep, 6“ thick, and 86.5“ long. The legs are 6“ by 5“ thick, an