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This is the first project I did after my workbench. They are a pair of shopmade sawhorses or 'bents'. I have Tom Figden's book & have really enjoyed it. These are based closely off of his design.

The wood came from a scrap poplar board I had lying about, and from some cherry scrap boards I found in a clearance pile at the local hardwood dealer. They were finished in BLO.

Joinery is mortise and tenon for the feet and the lower stretcher. The top stretchers are in a kind of saddle, protrude slightly above the top of the legs & are also doweled into place. The mortises were also pinned/doweled.

The bottom of the feet are coved in the middle; I used a spokeshave plane to do this, and it added a tremendous amount of stability.

These things are small and so much lighter than my old sawhorses, but MUCH stronger and more stable. Go figure what better craftmanship will get you….

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I made smaller one as an outfeed from my sawbench, but I want to make full size ones too. The cove on the feet for stability seems like a solid idea.

Good work!
 

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Very nice bents! I've wanted to build a pair ever since I read tom's book as well. Maybe after I finish my workbench I'll get to them.
 

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Nice work. I just finished a pair of these myself. I based mine on a Krenov design I saw in FWW. They've already been extremely useful and I've been kicking myself for not building them sooner.
 

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Great job Richard- I can't imagine my shop without them. I still use them daily and they're always stacked!! sometimes I think they'll break under the weight of some of my projects ( an exterior oak door ) I've stored on them but after three years they're still rock solid.
thanks for posting!
 

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they look great! I made some from Krenov's plans in FWW and love them. I use them all the time. now I am building my bench.
 
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