Did you build one?

[lowell holmes]

A saw bench that is. I did, it looks a lot like this one. I would not be without it.

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[Phil Mueller]

It's my next project Lowell. I've convinced myself sawing at bench height isn't doing me any favors. And my wife thinks I'm nuts when she finds me perched on top of my bench
I'm considering a similar design, or the split top one.

[Kenneth Fisher]

Just finished a bench and bent based on Vic Tesolin's Minimalist Woodworker. Fun and quick to build, I still need to actually use them. In any event, I'm sure they're better than the bucket and board bench I've been using

[Brent Cutshall]

I actually prefer a sawbuck with a couple personal touches to it, it's one of the best things I've ever made.

[Jim Koepke]

I would love to see pictures folks.

Here are a couple of my saw benches:

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The little one on the right stays in the house and is mostly used as a foot stool. The excess wood at the joints on the top has been removed.

Here is my build thread on building a saw bench:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...-Table-Project

I built what I call a bucking horse for sawing limbs and firewood. It is at the front right in my last image in the thread.

Whether one prefers straight legs or splayed legs it is good practice for the joinery and a useful addition to the shop. Mine get used for sitting almost as often as for sawing.

jtk

[Kurt Cady]

I built three of the Schwarz style. Love them. I don't have a picture, but they are all varying sizes and stack/nest together and fit under the short bench overhang

[steven c newman]

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Build this about 2 years ago......comes in handy.

[Kenneth Fisher]

My saw bench and bent
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[Eric Schubert]

My interest is piqued! I've never run across a bent before. For what are they typically used?

I could definitely make use of a saw bench in the future. It's on my to-do list. Just need to finish my work bench first...

[lowell holmes]

My interest is piqued! I've never run across a bent before. For what are they typically used?

I could definitely make use of a saw bench in the future. It's on my to-do list. Just need to finish my work bench first...

You will find plans for the bent in an article "Sawhorses" in the November/December 2009 issue of Fine Woodworking.

[steven c newman]

I have used this one for a few years. It stays on the back porch year round. I even test out a few saws..
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And I also use it to break down full sheets of plywood. Makes it easier to carry the sawn pieces down the steps to the Dungeon Shop.

[Mike Holbrook]

So we are going to talk serious hand saw stations then:

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Sometimes this even comes in handy:

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[lowell holmes]

It sure looks like a shave horse to me. I've used them to build windsor chairs.

[Mike Holbrook]

Right Lowell, now that I have mine reworked as a dumb head, I find I can use it for other things as well. One of those other chores being holding small objects for sawing, say a tool handle I am shaving into shape. Another being holding odd shaped objects for sharpening, try positioning a scorp while you sharpen it. The advantage being that I can position and reposition the object I am sawing or sharpening quickly and precisely on the PDQ. As always YMMV.

[Robert Engel]

Ala Schwarz. His design is faulty the legs need to be attached to top with screws/plugs or dowels because it is a xgrain glue. Or use epoxy.
I built have another except one without a notch.

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