extreme sawhorse
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:50 pm
Chris, here's my sawhorse:
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: The diagonal to top beam connection: Here's the diagonal brace crossing under construction: 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.
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: The diagonal to top beam connection: Here's the diagonal brace crossing under construction: 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.