extreme sawhorse

[charlie]

Chris, here's my sawhorse:

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Disclaimers:
To avoid having to hand-cut mortices and sliding dovetails when replacing the sacrificial top, I just screwed it to the top beam.
I used round pegs throughout, though I like the square pegs and will use them in my next sawhorse.

I did the diagonal brace to post connection as in the original version, i.e. without a thru tenon and with a flat, parallel-to-floor bottom:

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The diagonal to top beam connection:

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Here's the diagonal brace crossing under construction:

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I did the post bottom and bottom brace connections per the original scheme, i.e. with double intersecting tenons. I lost a bit of wood inside the feet trying to get all those mortices in there, but once together it seems pretty solid. Unfortunately, I got so engrossed in the work I forgot to take pics.

Another fun, informative project. Thanks.
Looking forward to the next one.

[Chris Hall]

Charlie,

clean job and well done on seeing it though! Glad you enjoyed the challenge. We'll see what I can come up with to stretch you on the next project. Or, maybe we'll do something less 'extreme'.

~C