Well done that man! An easy to follow project that requires minimal tools, more videos should be like this.

@englishhomestead

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm very guilty of using my tools to make me as fast as possible to make a living, but with a project like this it's lovely to take it back to basics.

Fantastic to see you posting Kev - thoroughly enjoyed that

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Ah thank you! I'm always so nervous about putting videos up!

Saw this video a year ago, liked it, and came back yesterday to make my own. The result was amazing! Can't thank you enough! Greetings from Brazil!

@englishhomestead

Ай бұрын

Oh my god thats so cool! Thabk younfor letting me know. Could you email me a picture so I could put it on my blog? Be amazing I'd you could.

Great build and explanation. Thanks

@englishhomestead

22 күн бұрын

Ah thank you, they're so handy to have around. If you build some let me know!

Thanks for the great video. I have seen a similar saw horse being made but this one was easier to follow.

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. There's many ways to make them but I find this way so easy without all the complicated geometry. Easy to knock up on site.

Great lesson in compound carpentry for beginners too

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, its such a good project in so many ways for learning carpentry. Especially as they're so useful afterwards.

Enjoyed the video I am a retired old-school linoleum layer pattern or scribe most of my work. I like your approach to woodworking. I like how you use metric and imperial measurements I am in the process of teaching myself the metric system

@englishhomestead

7 ай бұрын

It's the way I was taught at school was metric,but dad was imperial (he has started to use metric more these days) and the guy who trained me used both. I love using either. If I had to pick metric would be my choice, but imperial works so well for bigger stuff. Thanks for watching. I've tried to do quite a few woodworking videos, you might like the one I did about making a carved trivet.

Many many thanks for a great video Kiv. Clearly explained every steps. I have been trying to make a saw horse for a long time but failed miserably in every attempt. Having watched your video, I think I am confident to give it another go. Thanks

@englishhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Ah thank you. I wasn't sure about putting such a long video out there but it was harder to get it shorter

@yoyomatafaka

10 ай бұрын

I feel your pain mate, tried to do the folding sawhorse as my first DIY and I've lost all my hair and gained a few wrinkles on my forehead. Gonna try out this one, the instructions are clear, even a dummy like me understands every step

Very informative video kev

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was worried with how long this video is people might loose interest, but for my little channel it's done pretty well.

Just home DIY when its needed. I planed some doors down today with an electric after it was required when new carpet laid. I bought saw horse from screwfix, plastic types. I had a clamp but In noticed not really able to on the horse. Pressure one hand and planer the other. Took a while as had 5 to do. The planer I have does not take down too much at once hence taking a while. But first time and enjoyed. Hence why watching this.

@englishhomestead

6 ай бұрын

I use plastic trestles all the time, they're ideal for some things like painting doors, but for using and tools I find them a little high. Saw horses are great as you can use your body as a clamp for hand tools.

Thank you! Many of us don't own a lot of power tools, so your instruction is extremely helpful!

@englishhomestead

8 ай бұрын

This is a great project for hand tools and one that will make every project thereafter easier. I always think they're the kind of thing you never regret building.

@Nilhilustfrederi

6 ай бұрын

a lot of it you have to do either way, like knowing where to cut, and a lot of the time hand tools are quicker and more convenient anyway

@englishhomestead

6 ай бұрын

@@Nilhilustfrederi yeah a healthy mix of both power tools and hand tools works well for a lot of carpentry and woodworking jobs.

Are sawhorses stronger if held together by screws or nice, interlocking joinery?

@englishhomestead

8 ай бұрын

These have a good mix of both, the housing joints help hold them together and the mechanical fixings pull it all up strong. My last set are 20 years old and I've had to wind a few more screws into them to firm them up, but otherwise they've been trouble free. It's also how much time you want to invest in something that is a work aid.

What would you use for the sacrificial top ?

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

I used a bit of 4x1 that I think came from a pallet. Anything really that's flat and not too thick. If it's free even better. I think my last horse had a bit of old fencing on it.

@barrytorrance6088

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, great instructions

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

@@barrytorrance6088 thank you! Honestly the right work holding is what makes carpentry more of a pleasure.

Chippies nowadays cant use hand tools, im a 55 year old chippy and i pull my hair out with how bad they are now, but they think they are good, you do that exactly how it should be done.

@englishhomestead

5 ай бұрын

I think I was lucky with hiw I was trained, first big job I went on was a barn conversion and we had no power there for ages. Cordless tools were only just coming in. I grew up around Ludlow and that town has always been ten years behind! Lol. Sometimes on site now, speed is valued too highly. Not sure if you've been on any new build lately, but my advice would be don't if you want to keep your sanity.

@MartsTravel

5 ай бұрын

Yes unfortunately i site manage and see these guys with £10k worth of power tools but they dont understand the basics of carpentry, but the worst thing is you cant tell them, they think they know it all. I fitted out a Costa Coffee in Ludlow about 15 years ago, its a strange place on the night time😮 . I have taught in colleges for the last 10 years on and off and they need to learn to do it by hand aswell as with power tools

@englishhomestead

5 ай бұрын

@@MartsTravel I was a deputy site manager for a while in my 20s and a finishing foreman. I fell out with more than one supposed carpenter. But they're all price monsters, not one cares about the job, even when we had guys that could make £450 a day on a job (talking 15 years ago here) they'd still want to make more and moan when I'd get them back to put something right. Used to drive me mad "I'm only doing one snag list" they'd say, then wouldn't do anything on the list. I had a guts full in a very short time of new build. Hope I never have to go back to those jobs, but never say never and all that.

Thought the chickens were about to break out then

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

Most of the year they wonder about the place as I'm here all the time. Just locked up at the moment due to avian flu restrictions.

I like to throw a shelf on my sawhorses.

@englishhomestead

8 ай бұрын

You know - Andy who trained me to be a carpenter had one with a shelf on it, still has I think. But it would forever collect sawdust, it was handy when we'd use them as hop-ups as it was like having an extra step to get up there!

Nice tutorial, great little hand tool primer for someone looking to get a taste of woodworking old school! Thanks

@englishhomestead

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I always think a saw horse is such an essential tool for hand tool woodworking as well. Once you have a pair it makes everything so much easier.

@danielgeng2306

2 ай бұрын

@@englishhomestead I built a set 40 years ago and still use them today, a different style but just as handy. I think I’ll build a set of these as well.

@englishhomestead

2 ай бұрын

@danielgeng2306 mine are about 20 years old now, and used so often. They've held up well but it's nice tk have some new ones which are a bit nearer the start of their life! Such a handy tool. Tomorrow I'm splicing a door frame and I know I'll take one with me to work off.

What is the length of the legs 🦵?

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

If you cut them roughly to just over 2ft (600mm) then trim them to a length that works for you when they're all on that should be about right. Finished height (from the floor to the top of the sawhorse I set for about 520mm.

@ifeellikeiminthematrixagai9720

Жыл бұрын

@@englishhomestead ok thanks buddy

@ifeellikeiminthematrixagai9720

Жыл бұрын

What is the easiest solution to fix cut on bottom of legs I had it pretty good fooled with it and ended up with it rocking now I want to try and get it right 🤦‍♂️other than that worked out really well

@englishhomestead

Жыл бұрын

@@ifeellikeiminthematrixagai9720 so I'd find a flat surface, get some wedges of packers and then shim it so it measures evenly to the floor both ends and looks flat across the top. Then get a piece of wood that is big enough to mark right round the bottom of the legs and hold a pencil level with it, mark each leg. Then cut along those lines making sure it's a compound cut and follows the marks right round each leg.

@Savior-Faire

11 ай бұрын

@@englishhomestead in my case the flat surface was the kitchen island...just don't tell my wife 🙂I started with 26" pieces for the legs, but given what I cut off for 21" finished height, could have gone with 25". Thanks for posting this video!

Okay, hold on: you said without maths. Measuring from a ruler or tape measure is actually math. You can't do it without math. Perhaps you meant without using complicated math, and a whole lot of figuring.

@englishhomestead

8 ай бұрын

I mean you're right, but even if I said the legs were the lenght of your shin bone you'd still have to count four of them. Even my breakfast involves maths, counting the piece of toast and number of eggs. You are right though, because everything involves maths, but there's no complicated joinery. Unfortunately maybe I've gone for a "grabby" title to get some views, but I liek to think the maths is all pretty basic, and easy to remember.

@patriciajrs46

8 ай бұрын

@@englishhomestead It's okay. I'm just picky. I'm sorry for that.

@MartsTravel

5 ай бұрын

Maths not Math

@patriciajrs46

5 ай бұрын

@@MartsTravel what, exactly, does your answer mean?

@MartsTravel

5 ай бұрын

@@patriciajrs46 it means the correct way of saying the shortened version of Mathematics is Maths, not Math, which is wrong.

Who is using hand saws 🤔

@englishhomestead

9 ай бұрын

I mean I'm a professional carpenter and although I use them less than I did they're still an important part of the kit. Especially ideal for a project like this so it can shoe people you don't need to spend a fortune on kit to get stuff done.

@patriciajrs46

8 ай бұрын

People who love working with hand toolsg; or people who can't afford power tools.

@englishhomestead

8 ай бұрын

@@patriciajrs46 even as a carpenter of 20 year I still love getting the handsaw out. I certainly don't use it as much as I did though!

@danielgeng2306

2 ай бұрын

People with advanced skills;)

Too much talking - difficult to understand w/your brogue. The presentation appears mor ad hoc than well-organized.

@englishhomestead

4 ай бұрын

We're not all from california and and having an English and Herefordshire accent is something I'm proud of. Sorry you didn't like it.

@seeingthepattern

4 ай бұрын

@notcharles What a ridiculous thing to say about his accent. You need to get out more.

@vickypins3034

4 ай бұрын

Kev speaks good English with a clear, clean speaking voice and minimal accent.

@englishhomestead

4 ай бұрын

@vickypins3034 thank you 🙏

@DeanFlintstone

Ай бұрын

Hey Smart ass , why don't you post us a video on how to do it and we'll offer you some constructive criticism