Timber Framing Sawhorses

Nice job, purpuss built, and look good what more could you ask for.
Nothing worse than a wobbly saw horse, and as you had the timber why not.

A question: I notice a lot of your machines have wheels on them but they are solidly ducted, being a bit curious I tried to look in your workshop window but could not see anything!

These look great. Never seen an angled mortise/tenon like that, does it increase strength?

Hi Ron, "his" name is Roi; he won t be very happy to hear that haha

- WoodWheeler

LOL! Please extend my apology to Roi.

- Ron Aylor

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Haha, no worries Ron, I've passed on your apology to Roi. He was… indifferent .

Thanks guys! They are definitely bulky and like some of you have stated will likely be beneficial for stability but at the expense of my back when moving around! Hopefully I appreciate the stability more than lament the weight.

Cheers,

Dom

A question: I notice a lot of your machines have wheels on them but they are solidly ducted, being a bit curious I tried to look in your workshop window but could not see anything!

- robscastle

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Hi Rob,

Yeah, I have all the big machines on wheels so that I can move them if ever required. They rarely get moved around, but if I need to move them to make space I can. The ducting can be disconnected with minimal effort. I'll take some photos and upload to my workshop window when I get some time.

These look great. Never seen an angled mortise/tenon like that, does it increase strength?

- bobasaurus

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Allen, the angled mortise and tenon is a shouldered, wedged, half-dovetail mortise and tenon - basically it's a good tension joint as the shear area becomes the length and thickness of the tenon as in order for the joint to fail in tension the half-dovetail part of the tenon would need to shear off. If you just used a regular M&T in a tension joint (not the case here anyway) you only have the shear area of the pegs stopping the joint coming apart - this is assuming no glue which is the case for timber-framing. I intend on using this joint for my Tie-Beam to Post joinery in my mini timber-frame build, which will be in tension from the rafters trying to push the posts apart, so figured I would try it out here. Not sure if that makes sense.

Cheers,

Dom

Haha, no worries Ron, I ve passed on your apology to Roi. He was… indifferent .

- WoodWheeler

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As always, I'm sure … LOL!

Beautiful! Not too "chunky" at all…

That is a nice set of horses, look very sturdy. Did you design your own or are these from a set of plans. Looking to build a set for a project I want to start this year.