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The scratch awl that I use I made from a round file like a chain saw file, I ground it to a very fine point and inserted it in a fancy round wood end that I turned out on my late. Here again this tool will out perform any that you can buy and is cheap to manufacture.
The sawhorses that I used for many years for timberframing were made from a design that I copied from an early 18th century sketch of workmen timberframing in an English setting.
I wasn't hard to come up with appropiate measurements because of the close proximity to the workmen and their tools and timbers.
These saw horses I made out of good quality white pine, and the cross section dimensions of the segments was 3" square material ie the top, and legs.
The sawhorses are about 40" long and 21" high and the legs are mortised slightly into the top piece to make them very strong.
The legs are placed vertical and right at the ends of the horse and the legs are splayed about 20" from one another with a spanner (2") square mortised in between them down about 12" from the top
The unique thing that over the years presented itself and which was extremely handy was a 1" pine board the was fitted on top of the spanners as the horse was assembled. It was an excellent place to lay your sharp chisels mallets and other necessary framing tools
WE abused these horse immensely and subjected them to 12" square timbers up to forty feet long turning them from side to side as the framing progressed.
I hope that you enjoy this information and wish you the best of luck with your life in the timberframing world as much as I did!!
NH
