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@csehszlovakze

9 ай бұрын

hope the ridge bring in enough money to have that drywall painted :P

The knot you tied in the back of your truck was a “truckers hitch”…. And the anchoring knot at the other end looked like a bowline… both great knots!!

@skippylippy547

9 ай бұрын

Yep! 👍

@evanaskins1773

9 ай бұрын

I've always referred to it as a "morning hitch" for easy removal of your boat from the dock, even when the line is soaking wet.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

I figured someone would come through for me in the comments! Thanks bro

@darodes

9 ай бұрын

This is knot what I was expecting

@turkeytrac1

9 ай бұрын

​@@evanaskins1773morning? Did you mean mooring?

Those two 4x4s are also a Moxon vise waiting to happen, if you eg. use two F clamps to sandwich your workpiece between them.

@JoJoJenkns

9 ай бұрын

Moxon vise!?!?! Wow brilliant! Better horse that doubles as a stallion!!

I like how you show how hand tools are such a practical way to do woodworking. Power tools are not always needed. I sometimes like to work at night and don't want to wake up my neighbors so hand tools are great.

@skippylippy547

9 ай бұрын

Great point! I like to work odd hours too. So I use hand tools. Very satisfying.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Very true!

You forgot to slap the load and say….that’s not going anywhere….lol😜

Refreshing to see a KZread woodworking video that does not go immediately to the table saw, planer, jointer, and surface sander. Many "woodworkers" are not true craftsmen because they don't have much skill beyond their ability to run wood through machines.

Adding the 4x4’s as a sliding work surface is brilliant. I made my sawhorses using the same design but added skirts to the sides to stabilize them. Next trip to the box store I’m going to pickup a few 4x4’s and add them. Thank you for sharing your design!

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@threeriversforge1997

8 ай бұрын

Another option it so use 2x4's for the top and instead of notching them out like with that 4x4, you can just screw on some shorter sections to the underside that fit around the sawhorse. In effect, you're making a laminated version so you don't have to chisel out a notch, and you lesson the risk of the wood twisting and warping over time.

Thanks for showing (and working through) the small mistakes and being mellow in your delivery. I do woodworking to relax and build cool or necessary stuff and don’t need to have super high intensity slick delivery all the time. 😃

I'd add one small thing: just a flip up stop block on the end of each I-beam. So that if your cross-beams are spread right to the ends, they won't walk off the side and end up on those bare toes 😅

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Good idea! 😅

The knot you tied at 1:50 is a Truckers Hitch, secured with a Quick Release. Good choice for secure on the load.

There's no doubting you, mate. You're bringing woodworking to the spuds like me. Well done, I am inspired!

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Right on man thanks

Made some horses like those many years back, but we were going to be using them to place a standing surface on (removing and replacing a room full of ceiling tiles; 10 foot ceilings) so added diagonal braces because those horses will rack!

That's a nice Trucker's Hitch knot. They are the handiest knot in my repertoire. They're great for holding down wood in the back of your truck, but also great for stringing up a clothesline or ridge line when you're camping.

Do what you want with the tools that make you feel crafty. I like the build as much as the end result.

“It came out great. Who cares if I got heat stroke?” You earned a subscriber!

I’ve made 3 sets of these sawhorses over the last few years. I love them

that overprice shoe string will work just fine so long as you say "yup, that ain't going anywhere"

I have heard my father call that "loop knot" a "Trucker's Hitch". He also told me that if you use three in a row it can snap a 1" Manila rope as if you were a block and tackle

Go around the 4x4s once with your rope/shoelace before continuing to the other side. In other words, instead of the rope simply laying on top and pressing them down, its looped around them, so when its tightened it's pinching them together and keeping them where they are left to right, guarunteeing they wont shift side to side.

Wow, so simple and versatile. I love how it stores easily too. You can break down a sheet of plywood or just sharpen your tools, awesome. Thanks for telling me to avoid center cut lumber too!

Seriously frank, I wish you did more video. I’m always happy when you come out a new video. Love your channel. Love the fact it’s all handtools and you not boring and that’s good! Continue your good work.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Thanks man I sure appreciate that!

@jimcarter4929

9 ай бұрын

@@FranksWorkbench Yea Frank quit goofing off.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Haha yeah all this earning a living business is really cramping my style

Very cool video. I just made one, super easy. I started priming the finished product and realized I should have painted it before assembly? The second one is cut and painted now. Thanks for a great video. Jim

Simple and easy build, yet so very helpful. Thanks for this.

This looks like a great project, and it begins to look better and better as I contemplate building it in cool, comfortable Michigan…

Fantastic project, Frank! Thanks a bunch for all the tips! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

The only thing I'd recommend changing would be the diameter of the rope you used. I know the parachute cord is more than strong enough, but it just looks better with a more substantial rope that you can really grab ahold of. Good to see someone else preaching the gospel of rope. I've long since gotten rid of all the ratchet straps and bungees because rope is just so much faster, easier, and more useful around the shop. As First Class Amateur often says on his channel, "rope will do what a ratchet strap does, but a ratchet strap won't do what rope does." That's a mighty big distinction when you think about it. Once you learn some basic knots, like the bowline and trucker's hitch, you'll be sold on rope.

When I make these sawhorses, I cut the tops and the bottoms of the legs flat, like 5-10 degrees or whatever applies. I also notch the bottom 2x4 so the leg has wobble when everything shrinks. I also pl or wood glue everything and screw it all together. If you need even more stability, using a 2x6 on the bottom spreads the legs out more and nesting a cross brace o the legs is never a bad move. An 8ft bed (also known as the appropriate size truck bed) on a truck eliminates the need to tie down small (8ft and under) lumber.

I think we do it because we CAN and its fun. Many are unable to use hand tools and rely heavily on power tools.

I made those same saw horses a few years back. Great use of reclaimed 2x4s. I like the 4x4 cross pieces, I'm going to make a few of those.

Always amazed that you aMuricans are fine to cage yourself into fence boxes 00:30 AKA out-off-office-cubicles. Priceless

Well it is nice to see you have gone old school with the hand saws, but good to see that you haven't gone so far back in time that you used a hand brace to drill the holes and a screwdriver to drive in the screws.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

😂

An elegant though simple solution. Genius.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Loop knot is called a trucker's hitch. Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your videos.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Fitting name!

Wow. THAT was really cool. and the comment about using clamps to make a vise? Man, I'm glad i stopped by!

The “usefulness to effort” ratio of this project is incredibly high. Very clever with the sliding beams. I look forward to watching you build out the space. Did I miss a video where you explained about your move? Is this permanent or temporary? Do you have your workbench and other tools there and are just not using them? Or are they stored somewhere?

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Agreed! It's temporary, we're in a rental house, my big bench and power tools will get a break for the next ~12 months

Inspirational! Thanks.

If you had a compound miter saw you could have turned and beveled each leg 22 1/2 degrees. They would have fit perfectly onto the I-beam and wold have stabilized the saw horse much better.

@danielnidan

8 ай бұрын

Not difficult to hand-cut the angle. Makes the horses much stronger.

Sharp tools are a must, and those are definitely sharp

A joy to watch this video. I admire your imagination to keep coming up with great ideas and sharing your passion for woodwork. Well done. One Handed Maker - Australia P.S have subscribed

Great sawhorses and the 4x4s are brilliant. Subscribed!

Awesome wallet and KeyCase 🔥

Love this idea, great video

Cool video Frank. You may have given me an idea for a Roubo bench upgrade!

First project ever was identical sawhorses to that, although didn't know that one screw levelling trick at the time, genius. Unfortunately my garage is so uneven all my levelling efforts were pointless anyway. I just kick a scrap wedge under the high leg on both. Need to do those cross supports ASAP though, just cut up a sheet of plywood on them and had to get help to support the off cuts

@Erik_The_Viking

9 ай бұрын

I keep offcuts of wood as shims because my garage is anything but level. They work great.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Dude I hear you this garage floor isn't close to flat either lol

@jimcarter4929

9 ай бұрын

@@FranksWorkbench Many garage floors are sloped to drain water in case of washing machine or water heater leak.

I have to downsize the work space to fit in a smaller location and found this video to be fantastic. I am going to copy your work.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Good job using basics.

Truckers Hitch is the name of the knot you used to secure the wood in the truck bed.

That's a great design. When you say it's nearly extinct, is there a history to it? Did I miss that?

Welp, I'm definitely making these this weekend.

So cool!

The loop knot is called a trucker's hitch.

If a person was lazier or wanted to be more expedient I suppose you could just add another two by to the top of your burro brand saw horse and accomplish the same thing. Or at job site.

I'm excited for you new hair brained scheme of starting minimal.

The 4X4s are a good idea.

I have a habit of running my cord all the way around my lumber. Prevents shifting. Oh, truckers hitch.

I am running an equivalent truck (Isuzu Dmax, very very close to the Chevrolet under and over the hood), 20 years, over 600 000KM and running very fine.

Why did you use a 4x4 for the sliding cross embers? Wouldn’t 3/8” slots cut into 2x4’s worked just as well? If not, why not?

I was hoping for hand drills & screwdrivers for the screws, but still a great effort 👌

Thanks brother, my Mag77 is my favorite powertool (though the lunchbox planer has saved me eons and so I’ll just call it ’the apprentice’). BTW, haven’t gotten the notifications at all the last two videos. I found them by checking in on your directly.

I was thinking of buying some contractor sawhorses that are about $49 I seen for 1. Then I seen your design and thought "I got the wood for this to make two already.". I think for now this is the better option.

Hello there. I too live in Texas. And yes it’s been a hot this summer. But it is summer! And it is Texas! Any how, my question is why didn’t you use yellow pine and glue up the parts that you made out of 4x4s?

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

I'm just lazy! 2x4 glue up could have saved a few bucks over a 4x4

loop knot is a slipknot check out a blackwall hitch if you want to make the trucker's hitch auto-locking

You are amazing bro I wish you good luck and success always 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Merci !

Make a third beam. That's a great practical build.

Not that the saw horses need to hold up a mack truck. But if you just add some 1x 4 or even 1x6 to the outside of those legs. It will keep those two lower screws on the bottom from getting elongated over time from all of the banging and moving around. Also i know you like the ease ability of sliding the 4x4. But widen them to just over twice as wide drill a hardwood dowell in all 4 groves and then add corresponding holes in the top of the horse say 6 in apart and then you have the option of not having to use a clamp but also have the option of making them still slidable. I know this just went from simple to a little more complicated but you never know.

thanks

Hi Frank the knot is known as a hitch , I in the uk Ashley Isles lives in the next village to me ,please Frank could you tell me about the handsaw they look fantastic, Pete

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Its from your neck of the woods too, Thomas Flinn saw

I'm not sure what skill was nearly extinct in this video, but I enjoyed it enough that it gets a thumbs up anyway.

@anonymousperson4363

8 ай бұрын

@AramisWyler I think he meant making sawhorses yourself instead of buying some.

What kinds of screws are you using?

Can u show how to build your lumber storage rack?

It’s been a while since you have added a video. I hope all is well!

How long should the deck screws be?

highly recommend saw horse design by Next Level Carpentry

That line may keep your 4x4’s down but laterally they’re going to shift dramatically at the first turn. D’oh! they’ll do it every time! If you can afford a $30K+ truck you should spend $25 on some proper tie straps.

@Firedog-ny3cq

9 ай бұрын

Another way to do it is to take your rope/cord over the top of your load, wrap it under your load, bring it back across the top of the load, and then fasten it on the other side of the truck bed. That way the loop around your load locks it in place because the two free ends are pulling in opposite directions when you tie them tight to the truck bed. There is no way the load can shift to either side when you go around corners.

Hi, Frank! You had your own workbench. Where did he go?

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Setting up shop from scratch here in the garage corner. I'll definitely be bringing back the beast once we move again

@jimcarter4929

9 ай бұрын

Watch previous video. He explains new pan.

Trucker's hitch. 👍👍

People think I’m crazy to use hand tools especially seeing as I own a circular saw .I actually enjoy sawing as close to the line as poss then out come the hand planes.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Nothin wrong with a little crazy!

but wait, didn't you just build a huge 7 footer workbench? where did it go? didn't you also have a nicholson style workbench?

Kauf dir erstmal ein paar Arbeitsschuhe. Stemmeisen und Sandalen. Alles klar. Easy.😅😅😅

Do you have a video on how you you that down

It's called a Trucker's Hitch. (That's probably already been answered.)

ha... 107 degrees F. this guy is a masochist! but this is a very helpful and informative video. thank you for sharing your process :)

Молодец уважаю ручной инструмен

Why all the extra work.. why not just use a few 2x4sjusr laid on top?

No need to saw on the floor when you got a truck. Drop the tailgate and you got a work surface.🤔

Merci pour la vidéo 👋🥵🍺

Good enough for government work 😂

But . . . You didn't paint it GREEN! 🤣😂

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

😂😂

My 07’ rado has 307k.

There is an old saying "It's not how fast you can make them, it's how fast can you fix them" Oops happen to us all.

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Love it! Thanks man

i've got a shorter finger too, it's okay

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

:)

Why? Heatstroke.

This guy is amazing, 107 F, and not a single drop of sweat? I don't get it.

If you are going to "tough it out" with a hand saw why not go all in and use a hand drill and regular screw driver? No half measures allowed. 🤣😂🤣

Your oopsie would not have happened IF you cut the kerfs on each board at the same time. They could be held together with clamps or just green tape .

If I am watching a wood working video and the influencer starts using a planer, drill press, table saw, etc., I immediately move on. I do not have the money or space for an array of stand alone power tools. That is why I subscribe to Paul Sellers, Rex Kreuger, and now your channel. Thank you for this video.

"forgotten technique"? "nearly extinct"? Slow your role partner

@FranksWorkbench

9 ай бұрын

Id say the ability to cut wood with a handsaw is fading even faster than the ability to write in cursive. They'll probably go out along with those born in the 20th century.

@sgtmcd

9 ай бұрын

I’m not hating. But I hate click bait. Great work though.

What skill are you claiming to have used which is "nearly extinct"? I saw nothing at all out of the ordinary.

Truckers hitch baby!