I have a mix of a roubo and an anarchist bench. I use the leg vise way more than I ever thought I would, and bench dogs are king for me. The tail vise gets a fair amount of use too. I didn’t add a sliding deadman to mine, and I regret it (I have some dog holes in the right leg, but want some closer for smaller stuff). Its my first bench, so I’ve learned a bit making it as well as using it, so maybe in 5 years I’ll make an updated one (which should go easier since I’d have a bench to build the bench on lol)

Yeah, that’s exactly it. Even if is made of saw dust, it’s (at least in part) real wood in some sense. I would agree that’s nonsense.

Yeah, when I build stuff, I always just say the timber it’s made out of, but I was talking with someone about an old dresser. They mentioned it was “solid wood”, but the case was made out of an old press board. Which led to this question. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t confused.

Someone else may be, but I was/am genuinely curious as to what others thought. I have a pretty “purist” view myself and wanted to see if I was in the minority or not.

Having those and holdfasts are a game changer. Going from building my workbench on some saw horses and plywood with misc clamps to a proper bench with dog holes for bench dogs and holdfasts (with vises too) literally felt like easy mode on my next project lol

Either a nice fish dinner or one of the call of duty games. Hard to say

I’ve honestly never had a problem with grain direction, but I’ve also had pretty good luck being able to select good boards to avoid wonky grain when I need to use the plow. Having both handed versions would certainly be a luxury, but I definitely don’t think it is necessary, personally

Between the two, I would get their combo plane personally. I won a plow plane in a raffle and I’ve used it a fair amount, but wish I could do more with it. I can’t really justify having that and the combo, so I’m sticking with it for now. Maybe some day I’ll sell it and just get the combo personally too

Thanks, and good to know! I’m honestly waiting for the spring to build some boxes (that I should just build this fall). I should just prep the area and get started now :/

I’m way behind on starting my gardening journey, but I plan on starting in the spring myself, and I’ll give this a shot too

Reading through the main page for it, it seems more like a smart journal. You’d enter your crops, and enter info about water/treatment information, and it’ll send notifications as reminders to do tasks, but it doesn’t determine water and care schedules for you, that’s something the user sets up (from what I understand at least).