On Thoroughbred Saw Horses
On Then With the Thoroughbred Saw Horses
The vertical cut lines you scribe on either side of the leg must be joined along the top of the leg to give you a direct saw line to cut the face to.
More shortly.
This series is great! I’ve been searching for a sturdy sawhorse for some weeks and now this shows up as an answer to my prayers.
Regards
I think it is needed. The craft making it will be preserved by everyone out there making it. That’s what’s happening with my Joiner’s workbench. This is real woodworking!
This is great Paul ! Just finishing my bench and this will go nicely with it!… Will you be filming making the sawhorses after the blog posts as you did do for the spoon carving?
Thanks again for all of this 🙂
That’s our general plan.
Hi Paul what was the depth of the recess? I can’t seem to see it in the previous posts.
Best wishes.
The depth is 1/2″. Sorry if I missed this.
Great, thank you.
So why do you use a 3/8″ chisel for the offset? That leaves the legs proud of the sides of the top surely?
“This gives you the lines you the vertical cuts that seat against the side of the beam when the joint is completed. ”
Would someone correct (clarify) this please?
Is there a youtube video on this?
Paul a simple question with many modern day glues do you have a preferences for 1 general purpose or many different types dependant on the conditions, I’m a simple joiner and use gorilla type ova rapid adhesives indoor and out, I like to read you blog like a morning paper in bed that’s the beauty of being retired cheers
Hello Charlie, I am settled for most all my work on PVA glue. I have used it for 50 years now and it has always served me well. I do use epoxy on some hardwoods that are oily and don’t work compatibly with PVA. I have never really liked polyurethane glues or contact cement but `i will use them when needed.
Hello Paul.
I am currently at the point of using the 9inch stock to elevate the legs and to give them the correct angle and i dont want to make any mistake!!! hehe . My question is this: Does this 9ich stock refer to 26” legs? Is this correct? From the video, the legs are 26”.
However, i have followed the cut list and it refers to 29” legs and i have cut them so initially.
I guess this has to do with each individual’s height so it can be compatible to many individuals?
So if someone would want something different than 26” do they have to adjust the 9inch to something bigger or smaller correspondingly? hence, maintaining the angle you end up with the 9″ stock and 26″ legs? or does it not matter so much??
Thanks Paul for such a wonderful video.
You have two options: Use the 9″ stick 26 inches down which will give you the same angle but for a taller legged sawhorse, or move it to the end and have the same footprint but steeper splay. I believe both will work fine.
Thanks so much Paul. Im laughing my head of….. I Didnt think of stopping at 26” to put the 9” stick !! tsk tsk tsk. My goodness..
Thanks again!