Hello everyone tonight
Hi craig
Your saw horse design is very unusual, but having said that it appears that you must have put a fair amount of thought into the final version I am sure.
My father instilled in me a fondness for good quality and well built saw horses, he always said that a tradesman's sawhorse along with the appearance and quality of his tools, reflected his capabilities and would reflect what his hands could produce
His sawhorses now nearing 80 years of age are still resting quite comfortably in the workshop
Comparing them to your design would be like comparing a shettland pony to a clydesdale
I guess my first impression of your horses is that they are sure heavy and well built for sure, I suppose to be used in a fairly permanent location, and for really heavy use.
The two levels could be quite usefull in some instances in timberwork, especially in a large shop, but might not be quite as handy for smaller undertakings
Moving a large timber from one level to the other might be challenging without machine help, but there is always a hitch with any design
My first impression on your design is that I believe the 6 by 8 timber size is overkill, and makes the whole unit quite unecessarily heavy, in my opinion i would like to see the size scaled back a bit to 4 by 6, but then again this is my idea
The historic sawhorses we used at UCV were copied from an early engraving of carpenters at work in england about the 1600's, and were of 3" by 3" materials. The engraving showed workmen working on heavy timbers doing mortise and tenant work.
they had a shelf built into them for the tools
Were your horses constructed using other design elements? it would be interesting to know
Well I have to go--good horses--thanks for posting
NH
