Excellent shop horses. I have no doubt that they will support several tons of weight, if needed, and serve you well in the shop for decades. Thanks! P.S. L-fences are great, too. Safe and very useful.
Thanks Jerry, I’m not so sure they’ll be quite that strong given the quality of the materials, but definitely more than enough for anything I’ll be putting on them!
I watched your show today, July 10th, nice design. I was concerned about 2 things; first, why would you use the table saw fence with the miter gauge? Would that not cause the possibility of major kick back? And isn't the miter gauge enough to hold the piece of wood you are cutting straight? Second, why would you not clamp the stretcher to your tendering gig? I would think at the least for safety and injury prevention. I do like how you explain everything and your plans are first rate. Joe, Ohio.
Thanks for your kind words Joe, i’m glad that you enjoyed the video. I use the miter gauge well indexing the end of the stretcher against the fence primarily as a backer for the cut to avoid blowout. The risk of kickback occurs when the cutoff piece bonds between the fence and the saw blade. I showed two ways to avoid this in the video, the first was rough cutting the waste shorter with my Japanese saw, the second was using the “L” auxiliary fence. I like the directness and accuracy achieved when referencing the end of the tenon or dovetail right off the fence to create nice shoulder parallel to the end...and my miter gauge is much too inaccurate to give me the same results. Hope that is helpful! All the best and thanks for watching! Tom
Hi Tom, like I said in the live stream chat, the saw horse will last a life time, strong as a horse. I noticed the platform in front of the table saw, I did not know you had a platform until last night. Is it helpful, how much taller does it make you? What is the height of the platform? I am about 5'-10" you look about the same as me, I think. Looking forward to SNL next week, can't wait to see the finished saw horse and new project build.
Hi Steve, Yes, I like that “strong as a horse” comment...that was my older sister Patty who gave you the “Dad joke” credit 😎 I don’t usually haven the platform at the table saw but had it there from class last week. I keep my tablesaw on a 4” high mobile base all the time, which is fine for me without the platform (I’m 6’ 2”), but I like to cancel the added height of the roller base with height of the platform for the class as it can be a reach when using the tenoning jig. Thanks for watching as usual!! Tom
Excellent shop horses. I have no doubt that they will support several tons of weight, if needed, and serve you well in the shop for decades. Thanks!
P.S. L-fences are great, too. Safe and very useful.
Thanks Jerry, I’m not so sure they’ll be quite that strong given the quality of the materials, but definitely more than enough for anything I’ll be putting on them!
I watched your show today, July 10th, nice design. I was concerned about 2 things; first, why would you use the table saw fence with the miter gauge? Would that not cause the possibility of major kick back? And isn't the miter gauge enough to hold the piece of wood you are cutting straight? Second, why would you not clamp the stretcher to your tendering gig? I would think at the least for safety and injury prevention. I do like how you explain everything and your plans are first rate. Joe, Ohio.
Thanks for your kind words Joe, i’m glad that you enjoyed the video. I use the miter gauge well indexing the end of the stretcher against the fence primarily as a backer for the cut to avoid blowout. The risk of kickback occurs when the cutoff piece bonds between the fence and the saw blade. I showed two ways to avoid this in the video, the first was rough cutting the waste shorter with my Japanese saw, the second was using the “L” auxiliary fence. I like the directness and accuracy achieved when referencing the end of the tenon or dovetail right off the fence to create nice shoulder parallel to the end...and my miter gauge is much too inaccurate to give me the same results. Hope that is helpful! All the best and thanks for watching! Tom
Hi Tom, like I said in the live stream chat, the saw horse will last a life time, strong as a horse. I noticed the platform in front of the table saw, I did not know you had a platform until last night. Is it helpful, how much taller does it make you? What is the height of the platform? I am about 5'-10" you look about the same as me, I think. Looking forward to SNL next week, can't wait to see the finished saw horse and new project build.
Hi Steve,
Yes, I like that “strong as a horse” comment...that was my older sister Patty who gave you the “Dad joke” credit 😎
I don’t usually haven the platform at the table saw but had it there from class last week. I keep my tablesaw on a 4” high mobile base all the time, which is fine for me without the platform (I’m 6’ 2”), but I like to cancel the added height of the roller base with height of the platform for the class as it can be a reach when using the tenoning jig.
Thanks for watching as usual!! Tom
Hi Tom! Your great, but drop what ever your holding in your pocket, and look at your (wife)? the camera...
Huh?...Sorry I’m not sure what you are referring to. Can you clarify?