Manufacture of a Saw Horse using Hand tools for my Building Construction Industry Trades Organization qualification.
In term 1 2021 I learned how to use hand tools to manufacture a Saw Horse to a specific size from a set of drawings. This took about 6 weeks (24 hrs) I will explain how to make a sawhorse in this blog post
Here is my finished project.
This project was made by using hand tools only. No powered tools were used apart from a battery-powered drill to drill the holes for the screws.
I enjoyed measuring the most because it taught me not to measure under the mark we needed because some people have mucked their sawhorse up because they didn't mark and measure it right
I found cutting the most difficult part. I overcame this by practicing with some of the offcuts out of the scrap box
In this assessment, these tools are required to make a sawhorse.
- Tenon saw
- engineered square
- pencil
- ruler
- Sliding bevel
- marking gauge
- hand plane
- copping saw
To make a sawhorse I carried out the following processes.
Marking out the top.
Cutting the joints
Hand sewing the leg ends.
Marking out / planing the legs
Fixing the legs
Attaching the end piece and support.
Do you think you could make one?
Hi Jack
ReplyDeleteWow this is an impressive saw horse! Your instructions are great but I don't know that I could make one half as good as yours. What do you mean by measuring under the mark? Is that when you cut the timber too short?
The joints on your horse look super tidy.
You look as though you have a natural talent for working with your hands:)
What's your next project going to be?