No Excuses Sawbench

Looks cool, definetly a contrast in style from the beefy one. Well done.

Nice, RG. I like how you shaped the legs—I thought they were made from dowels! This one should be nice and light for portability. Still, that heavy one is a dream. :-)

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Strong and wonderful. Love the tennon.

-- The works of evil people are not the problem. It is the "Good" people standing by and watching not speaking up. Dubsaloon

you can never have to many!!

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Ha ha, thats a good looking bench RG! I like the proportions of the top and the thicker legs.

I see you went with an Oak top, I was afraid of eventual splitting so I thought pine would be ideal. Yours looks pretty solid though.

Thanks for the shout out! (the link to my project is a little off by the way).

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

Thanks Shane, the two should still work very well together. to make sure they ended up the same height, after I flattened the top, I clamped this bench upside-down on my workbench with the legs just touching the top of my other sawbench, I used a dovetail saw sliding on a playing card pressed against the top of my reference bench to transfer layout kerfs to my new benches legs. The card keeps the old top from getting scratched up and gives enough room to adjust for set…the the end the height was dead on.

Brandon, the legs were a treat, the scrub did the work of getting everything round and to a mild taper…the spokeshave did the fitting of the joint.

Dubbsaloon, Thank you very much I was pretty impressed with how well the through tenons came out….wedges work wonders.

Mauricio…of course I did the shout out on your bench, I have wanted a second for a long while and I kep coming up with reasons why I was not making it (lack of time, lack of tools…bla bla bla). I saw yours and said “I am now shamed into making a sawbench”. Truth be told I had the splitting thought too, but I think with the thickness and the round tenon it should be OK….I’ll let you know if it ends up otherwise. I only went with oak because I had the right scraps on hand, as it turns out I had the tools and the materials I just needed a bit of motivation; thanks for supplying it.

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DON. You are correct fine sir…Why the heck did I skip you the first time? I still want to make CS 5.95 sawbench…mostly so I can play with my rasp shaping the mouth.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Very nice, I like it. Great hand tool build

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Thanks Philip…I cheated with the drill press, but that is one power tool I can give a pass…it come sin handy for things like this too ofter to write off.

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Fine looking work

-- Don, Royersford, PA

SCORE!!!!! I like them both. You know it works when the kids can balance on it…..

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Don and KTMM…Thank you very much. All my kids have hooves…but maybe the goats would not mind a few of these to play on….hmmmn.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Both ends of the spectrum caught in the first photo. Walnut for the wedges? Very handsome bench RG. Well done!

-- ~Tony

I always have scrap black walnut on hand, it seemed like a good contrast and I like medium density woods like walnut and cherry for wedges since they compress a bit and fill any gaps caused by the slightly irregular kerf of the saw. Thanks Tony, can’t wait to see your sawbench when it’s done.

Also note how I don’t need a ripping notch since I can nest these two benchs so tightly together….

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

I did not mean to sound as though I was second guessing your choice on the wedge. Rather, I liked it and wanted to know what contrasted so nicely with the oak.

The notch had not occurred to me.. nice added bonus.

-- ~Tony

I did not figure you were. I was just giving one of my typical rambling responses.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan