Comments on: A New Woodworking Parlor Trick from Christopher Schwarz

By: cbf123

cbf123 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:50:15 +0000

The link you posted does talk about using two sawbenches for long rips, so it would seem beneficial to be able to stack them.

I think red2erni’s main objections can be answered by the simple fact that this is a “quick and dirty” bench, and he should feel free to make any tweaks desired to improve grace and elegance.

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:16:56 +0000

It’s a sawbench, not a sawhorse, and the purpose for each of these appliances is quite different. There’s a reason for the height, leg splay, etc. You can read more about the sawbench, an important appliances for the hand-tool shop, here: http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/using-a-sawbench

By: red2erni

red2erni — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:48:20 +0000

I do see its hard to do something useful and sort of new all the
time, but it seems a waist of perfectly good low quality wood to
make poor design quality goods no matter how quickly. These
Horses don’t stack but with a little design and skilled work theycould have had legs and gussets inset and canted which would also improve weight bearing and even use double high to match a bench top. With an actual sketch “design” – up they might also be morticed so grain ends carry more weight than metal fasteners and the legs could be less “gout like” and over weight as even a freshman structural analysis of the offered structure would reveal. With just a smidgen addition of studied joinery, they might wear comley finish to advantage, escape winter duty under the dingy in the boathouse and enjoy employment as artisan support for a table or desk in some deco loft or professional office; a little less rushing around and much more beauty and utility please.