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24th January 2014, 01:45 PM #1
Saw Horse vs Saw Bench..
Saw Horse vs Saw Bench..
After watching Mr Underhill and Chris S. They call what I have always known as a Saw Horse a Saw Bench. To my point of view they are identical with the exception of a small vee cut out in one end.
Is this just a case of regional naming or is there more to it, not so obvious to the untrained eye??…..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands
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24th January 2014, 01:49 PM #2
Saw Bench
Saw Horse
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24th January 2014, 02:10 PM #3
I always thought that they are the same. The purpose is to cut wood, support long piece to use as a table for ones elaborate lunch or somewhere to sit.
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24th January 2014, 07:01 PM #4
Times do change. When I arrived here 30+ years ago I was politely informed that a saw horse was a stool, a table saw was a saw bench, cope/stick was scribe/ counter scribe and now dull is creeping up on blunt. I'm not even native born and I miss the old terms.
Cheers, Bill
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25th January 2014, 07:32 AM #5
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25th January 2014, 09:24 AM #6
Growing up during Dad building the house he always called them "saw horses" but when I started my Carpentry Apprenticeship my colleagues called them "saw Stools". I now refer to them as "saw stools"
Just a comment on the design of the stools in the photos...The legs don't seem to be splayed back! If you were to mount the stool and stand at one end you run the risk of being "bucked off" due to the leverage of you past the point of leg support. I don't like the Yanks design of their stools
This is my idea of a stool. Well its a two in one. But you can see the main shape of the stool I mean.
The attached Doc is the article I wrote for Australian Woodwork Magazine that they published a while backJust do it!
Kind regards Rod
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25th January 2014, 12:30 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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My take is the saw horse has a narrow top and is fairly high, circa 600+mm, with a wide leg splay in 2 directions. The saw bench is lower, around 450mm for a person of average height, so one can kneel on the board. The top is wide, say 250mm+, and the legs less splayed. In some cases, like the Ron Herman bench, there are no legs, but solid vertical ends https://www.google.com.au/search?q=r...%3B2400%3B1600.
The purposes are different I suspect - the horse used mainly for sheet goods, and for power tools. The bench used for hand saws and mortising. My shave horse is 450mm high to be the same as my saw bench when made, I do use the shave horse as a saw bench on occasion.
Cheers
Peter
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25th January 2014, 03:47 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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As a child I used the term saw horse(as per Dad), upon doing my carpentry apprenticeship they became saw stools.
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25th January 2014, 06:14 PM #9
Oh no. Not this ol' chessnut. Last time it nearly came to blows.
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25th January 2014, 07:40 PM #10
I like this variant - clicky
seems to be perfect for rippingregards
Nick
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