I am in the middle of a "mini hybrid roubo" style workbench build. In my self-created plans, I have a faux-split top where there is basically a cutout for a removable section. I drew this into the plan because it seemed cool. But now that I am in the middle of the build, I am questioning how useful it would be. In my typical (chaotic) workflow, I question whether I would use it for holding saws/chisels, but maybe I should. I was also thinking it might be nice to clamp stuff from the middle of the bench, but when am I ever going to do that?
So my question to anyone who made a split-top design roubo is do you ever use the split section? or would you have preferred a completely solid worksurface? Below is my sketchup rendering. The whole top would be glued as one solid (unlike a true split-top), but I was going to capture the essence with the cutout in the middle with a drop-in piece.
So my question to anyone who made a split-top design roubo is do you ever use the split section? or would you have preferred a completely solid worksurface? Below is my sketchup rendering. The whole top would be glued as one solid (unlike a true split-top), but I was going to capture the essence with the cutout in the middle with a drop-in piece.