Ever want to do a quick simple project of 30 minutes to 1 hour and it turns into 3 hours?
I ordered two pairs of legs for a saw horse These and have had them for a couple of weeks. Late this afternoon, I decided to make them into saw horses good enough to use as a second set-up table when building things.
I pulled a couple of 6 ft 2X8 tongue and groove boards out of about 20 that have been stored for 20 years at least. These were rejects because of knots or edges. I wanted my saw horses to be a tad longer than 36 inches so I cut them at 38 inches long and ripped the T&G off and decided 5 1/2 inches would be wide enough. Routed the edges with 1/4 in roundover.
Built the first and set it up. Then the 2nd, and it didn’t set evenly on the concrete floor. Checked the board and it had a very slight warp/twist. Missed that when selecting the board!
I loosed one side of the legs and added a shim. Sits with all 4 feet now!
WAIT a mintue! I wanted two saw horses that could double as a table for building projects!. A warped board even 1/8 inch over 38 inches can cause a project to be out of alignment too!
Back to the wood shed and look for another board, and check for flat/level, not warped or twisted. I went through all of the boards before getting the right one. Take it to cut, rip and rout. Put it together and a couple of good heavy storable saw horses.
In the midst of all of this, I had to hunt for my cordless drill and my impact driver. Now where did I last use them? Oh finally found them in the trunk of my car!
IF I learned one thing about saw horses, it was "choose your wood carefully." If you are using them to rest wood on for cutting, close enough might be good enough, but if you want something to rest projects on and use as a second work table occasionally, the quality of wood chosen for the saw horse will reveal itself in the squareness of each project.
I ordered two pairs of legs for a saw horse These and have had them for a couple of weeks. Late this afternoon, I decided to make them into saw horses good enough to use as a second set-up table when building things.
I pulled a couple of 6 ft 2X8 tongue and groove boards out of about 20 that have been stored for 20 years at least. These were rejects because of knots or edges. I wanted my saw horses to be a tad longer than 36 inches so I cut them at 38 inches long and ripped the T&G off and decided 5 1/2 inches would be wide enough. Routed the edges with 1/4 in roundover.
Built the first and set it up. Then the 2nd, and it didn’t set evenly on the concrete floor. Checked the board and it had a very slight warp/twist. Missed that when selecting the board!
I loosed one side of the legs and added a shim. Sits with all 4 feet now!
WAIT a mintue! I wanted two saw horses that could double as a table for building projects!. A warped board even 1/8 inch over 38 inches can cause a project to be out of alignment too!
Back to the wood shed and look for another board, and check for flat/level, not warped or twisted. I went through all of the boards before getting the right one. Take it to cut, rip and rout. Put it together and a couple of good heavy storable saw horses.
In the midst of all of this, I had to hunt for my cordless drill and my impact driver. Now where did I last use them? Oh finally found them in the trunk of my car!
IF I learned one thing about saw horses, it was "choose your wood carefully." If you are using them to rest wood on for cutting, close enough might be good enough, but if you want something to rest projects on and use as a second work table occasionally, the quality of wood chosen for the saw horse will reveal itself in the squareness of each project.
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