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Making a Sawbench in 60 Minutes or Less (or More).”
These sawbenches have legs with a compound splay, but all the layout
is done with a steel square. If you can identify the numbers 5 and 21,
then you can do the geometry.
The hardest part of building these sawbenches was making my tools
work with the construction-grade lumber. My handsaw is tuned for dry
hardwoods. How do you then cut wet softwoods without jamming your saw?
(I found the trick. It’s cutting geometry, of course). Plus, I had to
figure out how to do everything with one saw, one plane and no real
workbench. This sawbench can be built on a kitchen countertop with the
help of two 5-gallon buckets.
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5 over 21 (rise over run) gives 13.4 deg. which seems a bit wide for my taste.
For a 10 deg angle, the closest numbers are 4 3/16 over 23 3/4 but if you want simple and close enough, 4 over 23 is 9.86 deg.
My first horses where made so that at their widest part, they fit
between 16″ O.C. studs so you could move them through stud walls easily.
One of them has a ripping slot down the middle so you can rip on the
horse.
–Brian
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http://youtu.be/lQWY7Pi4v-M
A basic workbench made with a few 2x4s and a sheet of plywood. It is very strong and can be customized in any number of ways.
Visit www.WoodworkingForMereMortals.com for losts more easy woodworking projects.
For a 10 deg angle, the closest numbers are 4 3/16 over 23 3/4 but if you want simple and close enough, 4 over 23 is 9.86 deg.
My first horses where made so that at their widest part, they fit between 16″ O.C. studs so you could move them through stud walls easily. One of them has a ripping slot down the middle so you can rip on the horse.
–Brian
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http://youtu.be/lQWY7Pi4v-M
A basic workbench made with a few 2x4s and a sheet of plywood. It is very strong and can be customized in any number of ways.
Visit www.WoodworkingForMereMortals.com for losts more easy woodworking projects.