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Saw Horses

Timber frame style saw horses from California redwood 4x4's machined to 3x3" actual
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Second Unit Assembly
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Second Unit Assembly

This is the second saw horse. Cut nails in the dovetails and pegs elsewhere. I used West System 2 part epoxy with some dye because I was told at the mill that California redwood can be trouble for regular wood glue unless the surface is newly cut (which mine were not).

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  • Stock for 2 sawhorses and a Roubo style workbench. After experiencing first hand the chipy/splintery behavior the lumber mill warned me about, I switched to an English Workbench with Douglas Fir aprons and top, leaving the redwood to the support bits underneath.
  • Using my SCM / MiniMax CU350 Smart combination joiner and thicknesser.
  • I have never cut mortises before, by hand or machine. So I practiced a bit on some off cuts. I learned a lot, including that my chisel was dull. Shiny, but dull.
  • First Mortise
  • Lapped Dovetail Joint
  • Before the TOp
  • Holes
  • All the Parts
  • Small holes for draw pegs, and I cut a bit out of the feet. One of my favorite Scientific American articles of all time was a paper about how a table with a finite number of feet could be rotated in place and always find stability. So, I gave it 4 3" square-ish feet.
  • Second Unit Assembly
  • My peg was insufficiently sharp, and I blasted out an enormous chunk on the back side. I filled it with The Resin of Shame. I also applied 3 coats of Waterlox, which is a tung oil with resin finish I plan to use on my bench. The dark areas on top were the redwoods reaction to an iron holdfast.
  • I have not cleaned up nor finished the second saw horse as I wanted to get on with my bench. Yes, those are badly laminated douglas fir 2x12's with some fill. The blank on top is a 5" square leg for the bench.
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