Sawbench Complete

I completed construction of a traditional sawbench this weekend based on a plan from Chris Schwarz in the new "Popular Woodworking Hand Tool Essentials" book.   I made the bench out of scrap construction grade 2x10 material with plywood braces.   I drilled a hole in the top for my Gramercy Tools holdfast. It was a quick and easy project (except for cutting my thumb on my flush-cup handsaw while cutting the hardwood pegs...just because the saw is a hand tool does not mean that it is not really sharp!)

I like the design and utility of the bench.  Its primary feature is that it is 20" high,  a very good height for using traditional western saws.  Not too high, not too short.   The "V" in one end of the top allows a thin workpiece to be supported on both side of a cut.

I will be using this bench to experiment with a couple of old Disston saws that I recently purchased on eBay.    Eventually, I want to learn to sharpen hand saws, but that is a project for later.

Comments

[Rookster]

Hi Matt,

Have you had a chance to use this? What do you think now that it has been in the shop for a while? And do you think one is enough?

Cheers!

[msanfilippo]

Hi Karl,
I have used it and I like it a lot. It is a strong design and can take a beating.

I think that one is enough. I use a different design (folding) for saw-horses to save space, and reserve this for cutting, etc.

Matt

[Rookster]

Thanks. I'd been planning to build one of these in the near future.

BTW: I'm back to blogging after an extended absence. Thanks for having me listed in your interesting sites!

[Rookster]

Thanks Matt. I'm planning to build one of these in the near future.

BTW: I'm back to blogging after an extended break (mostly because the shop was in such bad shape). Thanks for having my on your list of interesting sites!