How To Make A Classic Carpenter's Sawhorse (By: Herrick Kimball)

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3 жыл бұрын

I've been making and using a Classic Carpenter's Sawhorse for over 40 years. In that span of time, I've developed a simple, step-by-step process for making this remarkable trestle without a lot of hassle. This video shows my system.
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@scottsmith7080 Жыл бұрын

Hedrick, I grew up in Newark Valley, and went to Alfred State - class of ‘87. I studied engineering science and went on to RIT for mechanical engineering. Brother went to ASC (class of ‘77) as did my father when he got back from WWII (class of ‘48). And my roommate studied building trades and drove to wellsville every day. Love the saw horses. I make one longer so they nest cleaner. Thanks for clear instructions. Scott, Vass, NC.

@otpyrcralphpierre1742 9 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing about the nesting part.

@GKganesan 6 ай бұрын

Excellent. Learnt a lot

@michaelallen5505 Жыл бұрын

My mind is now officially blown. I never considered reinforcing the ends of a board with screws to stop splitting. 18:40 Nice video!

@westcoaster3763 Жыл бұрын

I am not a very good carpenter, but watching your videos will help me improve, thanks

@sheldonmaurer6342 Жыл бұрын

I found you by accident, but I'm glad I did! It's very rare for me to run across people that think like me. You explain things clear and concisely. I will learn much. Thank you!

@danielstefan2459 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I learned wonderful things from you.

@outback3791 11 ай бұрын

Very nice!

@PaulyD0859 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! I'm old enough to remember when building a pair of sawhorses was a job application on the jobsite.

@psidvicious 7 ай бұрын

Yep and I remember being able to quantify a new-hires hourly wage by watching how and what style horses he would make.

@LogCabinHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see that you are still full of all kinds of "whizbang" idea's and projects Herrick! ~Russ

@jgarcia7322 7 ай бұрын

Good video, I didn't think I would see anyone using that table saw ever. I have one I purchased at a garage sale 40 years ago for $100. It's been a great table saw, still use it.

@dothanalabamawoodworker6766 Жыл бұрын

You're very good at this. I appreciate you taking the time to make the video. Well done. Darren

@rayparker1877 2 жыл бұрын

I typically don't like long videos but I watched this one with much interest from start to finish. Crafted just as nicely as your sawhorses, Herrick. Great job!

@herrickkimball 2 жыл бұрын

I sure do appreciate your comment, Ray. Thank you!

@garlicbuzz Жыл бұрын

Bravo! I'm enjoying learning from your videos. I've been building a long time, and like to call what i do scrapentry rather than carpentry. Using lots of salvage/found wood and materials, and employing lil tricks to make it faster. I love you methods, video presentation and these sawhorses are a beautiful introduction to compound angles that I will be recommending to anyone interested in the future. Thanks Herrick!

@jamesbain2791 5 ай бұрын

Great video, clearly explained and presented producing an outstanding saw horse.

@billgreen576 11 ай бұрын

Most enjoyable. Excellent crafstmanship with an explicit explanation. Thank you.

@TopCat2021 Жыл бұрын

That is one of the nicest sawhorses that I've ever seen. In my life I've been on numerous job sites and have never seen a sawhorse that nice, Great Job Sir! and now that I'm retired I'll make a set for myself to have around the shop.

@krishs718 Жыл бұрын

A marvelous sawhorse and perhaps the best one, I saw till date. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

@louislandi938 Жыл бұрын

Very nice. There are more versions of saw horses on KZfaq than we can count. Leah at See Jane Drill shows an I-Beam style that I’ve found to be great. Even contractors working on my house have used them. No complaints from anyone. They’re a simpler build and have many of your features.

@charlesfurlan1723 Жыл бұрын

Your video was flawless just like your sawhorses...Thank you for sharing...Charles

@madman432000 Жыл бұрын

Your outdoor table saw is exactly like mine.

@namewithheld8115 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you for all of the detail and advice.

@adama163 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed watching this and plan to build a couple. Thanks!

@MarkRayBeach 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. New subscriber. Looking forward to learning from you. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

@robertodebeers2551 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation.

@tnekkc 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was still building homes in 1955 and had made those kind of saw horses.

@herrickkimball 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Clark, That's nice to know. I believe this horse design was once very common among carpenters and it was considered something of a "rite of passage" for an aspiring carpenter to make a set of horses like this. Mr. Burdick, my building trades teacher at Alfred State back in 1979, was an old-time carpenter. The other teachers in the program were much younger. I modified the horses we made back then by beveling the top 2x6 and by eliminating the shelf that was typically in the lower portion of the horse. Those modifications rendered a horse that is easier to make, lighter in weight, and more versatile. Thanks for the comment.

@tnekkc 3 жыл бұрын

@@herrickkimball My grandfather built with hip roofs in the 1950s. He got lumber by tearing down buildings in the 1920s and built chicken coops with it. In the 50s he turned his 5 acres into 1/4 acre lots and built homes out of the 100 year old lumber. He built homes with a hand saw and hand planes. In 1982 the wife and I built a super insulated solar home with power saws and no hip roofs. I made saw horses from plans in a Rodale publication. They were like yours in angles, but had a tool tray. They were heavy. If I had life to do over, I would copy your saw horses.

@johnfitzgerald4274 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@GKganesan 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I learnt a lot

@nmatthew7469 10 ай бұрын

New sub, excellent presentation, very thorough.

@OldJoe212 Жыл бұрын

A friend made me a similar horse years ago. He learned that style while in the union school in Chicago. One difference, his style has 1/4" plywood to make the middle braces into a tray.

@michaelkulman7095 9 ай бұрын

I like the video and appreciate the length and detail. Sawhorses may very well be the first thing many build. For a tray I prefer hardware cloth as it doesn't collect sawdust. I only use a tray on one for better stacking. To stack I make hoses differently from video and each other. Bottom horse has shorter flush ends, top horse is longer, braces and gussets inboard on bottom horse, outboard on top horse. Top horse is longer. This all makes them nest nicely. Also I don't rip the entire edges to get the angle just what I need, with a handsaw at ends.

@Jimmykimball 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! These truly are so handy

@user-hx4ju8xm6k 2 ай бұрын

Vielen Dank aus Deutschland. Wir in Deutschland, sagen dazu Böcke. Aber solch gute Qualität, wie in Deinem Video, gibt es die nicht zu kaufen. Also mache ich diesen mir jetzt selbst. In verschiedenen Höhen. in verschiedenen Stärken. Nochmals, vielen Dank.

@dlillianb1368 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I think I can smell the sawdust. Enjoyed this very much..

@artfulcoyote 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video and product. Thanks for sharing. Great saw horses!

@billmactiernan6304 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. It was a joy to watch. The only change that I would make is that I would glue every joint on the horse, not just the legs to the top.

@herrickkimball 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, Thanks for the positive feedback. Always nice to hear. 👍 And gluing everything is a fine way to do it.

@MatthewCuba 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, Herrick. The helper block is a valuable timesaver. Thanks for the video and the plans - looking forward to making some of these.

@michaelkulman7095 9 ай бұрын

@Robs-shop 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Nicest sawhorses I’ve used! Very sturdy and light weight.

@herrickkimball 3 жыл бұрын

And you would certainly know. 🙂 Thank you, Robert.

@davidsalmon4485 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant helper block.

@jimhuskins8506 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, Herrick. Wish I had seen it sooner. I need a pair of these. I only hope I can find some time to build them. Hope you and yours are well.

@herrickkimball 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, Nice of you to comment here. Thank you for the plans purchase. Best wishes. 👍

@biff1tannen 8 ай бұрын

Very nice job😊👍

@ronaldclobes9340 3 ай бұрын

Built 4 of these today only I didn't read carefully before I started. Thought the top 2x6 was 36 inches long. It is 33" in your plans so when I got to the long side braces, mine were cut too short. I could have moved the pieces up 3.5" but I decided to cut long side braces 34-9/16" and then used the scraps to make the end pieces for another 5 saw horses. I made all my angle cuts and mortises on a table saw and a cross cut sled. I screwed a strip of wood to the B angle and cut my legs and long side braces and mortices then repositioned the strip to the A angle and cut all my end pieces. The only other trick I use is to make screw hole layout tools by making one extra piece of all the pieces and screw in screws so they stick through by 1/16" or so and I can just line up my tool against the piece to be marked and I press the tool on and voila my next piece is instantly marked and center punched for drilling.

@herrickkimball 3 ай бұрын

Wow. That's a lotta sawhorses. Very nice! When I worked for a building contractor in the 1980s the whole crew (5 of us) got together on a Saturday and made these sawhorses for ourselves. Our boss paid for the wood and we made them on our own time. We also made a shorter version for the company and called them saw ponies. 👍

@lekahousein387 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, great tutorial

@ezerikdaswahreleben2715 3 ай бұрын

Awsome Video . Thx so much

@HomeIdeasYT 3 жыл бұрын

Great job

@brianmurray667 Жыл бұрын

Great instruction on a well designed horse.

@herrickkimball Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate that! 👍

@aerialrescuesolutions3277 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video, with very concise instructions. I bought the plans and have my A-B block all set, thank you for the miter angles. As the other comments mention, I made one wider so they stack perfectly. Jim

@emoyco 4 ай бұрын

How much wider?

@aerialrescuesolutions3277 4 ай бұрын

Enough so the top one will stack on the lower one.@@emoycoYou move the 2x4 in on one side on the lower one, and out on the upper one, then they stack nicely.

@ralphh4131 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful thank you

@christianpetersen1782 6 ай бұрын

Hello Herrick from the other side of ‘the pond’. Well done in explaining so beautifully slowly and clearly. You make me want to make this just for the joy of making it even though I don’t need one! Just one question if I may, how did you decide 29” is good for you? Is it a proportion of your personal height, perfect for working on you ceiling or something? Many thanks and. Best wishes from 🇬🇧.

@peterbarlow8912 Жыл бұрын

Been building 42” PT horses with bull nose legs gusseted square at the end and collared with PT plywood with no lower stretchers. With the last pair I built I made one shorter and narrower so they nest tight top rail to top rail. Longer horses make handling plywood easier. Gorilla glue has too short a shelf life.

@psidvicious 7 ай бұрын

These were always my preferred horses, if I had a little extra time. Otherwise, if you need to “hit the ground running”, just go with the standard upside down T-top style (not an I-beam). These will take an extra ~20 minutes with the ripping and notching. Unless the horses were going to need to support a ton of weight, I would always go with a single stretcher, instead of both sides. It just makes them a little more comfortable to carry, when moving your set-up (especially if you’re wearing shorts.) The leg splay (A), is 15°. The leg angle (B), relative to the top, is 10°. I know you’re not supposed to do it, but they do make a handy (and relatively comfortable) short scaffold. Just don’t use them for that when the safety director or OSHA is on site 😜.

@gregorymacneil2836 Жыл бұрын

The chisel is good for cleaning up the notch BUT a Farriers rasp is better!

@Marine-iu3ev Жыл бұрын

I am a new subscriber. Where is the PDF file? Good job

@herrickkimball Жыл бұрын

Thanks for asking. You can get there from here... www.planetwhizbang.com/worshop

@RG-ru3ux 10 ай бұрын

Hey: I watched your video, and I really liked the content, detail, and description documenting how to build carpenter's sawhorses...very well done. I am in need of a pair of extra heavy duty sawhorses. Do you have any construction plans for supersizing these sawhorses? Many thanks.

@herrickkimball 10 ай бұрын

No. These are as strong as any carpenter would ever need. I’ve put enormous amounts of weight on them at times and they have never failed. There are other KZfaq videos showing how to make heavy sawhorses. Thanks for the question.

@bernardlozar4413 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! How can I get a specification package or pdf mentioned in the video?

@justinlane6959 3 ай бұрын

This is a great video. My only nit-picking comment is that there is no "th" in height. I don't know why, but that drives me nuts. In all seriousness, though, I loved this video.