the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. kzread.infoUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.

I was going to build one of these this week, but I checked the price of the wood and its cheaper for me to use the bonnet of my new BMW to cut on and then replace it after I'm done.

@rodneyhanson9884

2 жыл бұрын

And it's handy to have the legs together because we gonna Mark to one way into the other way because we need opposite the first thing I do is all marked the bevel straight down the middle of my pencil line and I rotate the timbers to 90° all the same way it is one space inBbb and then I'm going to do the bevel again skidmark transfer these marks I can say that when I found the timbers together and I'm gonna cut this so what have I got there a compound car it's the same table it's a single babble and this will form and sent my legs in the direction I want to go to the beauty of making yourself a small table board instead of holding a sliding bevel or a roofing square will have a device is that it is so much easier and it's so much more accurate you can just keep moving it around the work and it would always be true now I'm going to arrange these into sexes are two sets of four and the easiest way to do this is to make sure you've got all your points an opposite together looking for a set like this you can now see that when their flat and level at the top it's sending the legs in the angle that I want them to be so now I've got my legs prepared ready to be jointed I'm just going to mark the tops of the trestles up again with the same devil this is the single bevel Tressel I will measure in my case 150 into me and I'm gonna write top on here so you can see what's the top so using my single bed for now I'm going to take a mark on those lines here I'm working from the top out with WhatsApp mate little pain you've got it it's quite useful it's got a 6 mm shaft there see you can Bora hole through something and you can Skype with it like that but the best thing about is got the most smallest sharpener in the whole world on this little holder which a cripple new felt on your shirt pocket and it's tiny is like the smallest sharper in the whole world I still have a calm just pencil you know I've always got I've always got my car Mrs pencil we repeat the process on the other side I'm gonna take one of the legs

@colonynaut1627

2 жыл бұрын

I just rip apart pallets and use that wood for my sawhorses.

@chnacr2

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodneyhanson9884 That comment would set the world record for the longest incomprehensible sentence in history.

@mickieb74

2 жыл бұрын

@@chnacr2 For when the comment was left it says, 3 weeks ago till just now...

@MK-ne6sj

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodneyhanson9884 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

"Don't just blast straight through - we're gentlemen." Good advice for carpentry and life.

@londontrada

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, don't go too hard or you'll smash the back out of it.

@BillCarrIpswich

2 жыл бұрын

@@londontrada Beat me to it 😂

Never thought i could enjoy watching sawhorses be made so much. Thank you Robin!

There's peace and tranquility in the sound of the hand saw, plane iron and chisel being used to cut and shape the wood. :)

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

The problem is how do you teach an apprentice to appreciate such things? It took me 10 years to appreciate why a brush and shovel is so important 😳 Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Hahaha

I am a veteran carpenter and have to tell you, you're a pleasure to watch.

This is great - my son has just started his apprenticeship and this will be a practical test we'll do in the garage together. It was the same practical test I had to do when starting mine...........I might go do a dry run first so I don't embarrass myself.

I’m not a carpenter- I just grew up building houses and sheds with my dad. Every project started with making a pair or two of sawhorses - all very similar to this. “Gets you in the mood” my dad would say. Every project ended with breaking them up. Great video. Great memories.

It was nice to see you performing the strength test and what weight the saw horse is capable of handling. I made my first one of these over 42 years ago. We were taught that the saw horse is constructed in such a way that you're able to stand on the very end and the saw horse will not tip up. Not only is it incredibly strong it's also incredibly well balanced as well. Crazy thing is I was not allowed to take my saw horses on a construction site as they don't meet Health & Safety standards! The world's gone mad!!

@padraigdennehy3232

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, I'm courious where your not allowed to bring a decent set of trestles on site. I not surprised though with some of the bull health and safety come up with. I enjoy making french trestles with saint Andrews crosses etc and wonder what your supposed to use instead on site? I hope it's not those steel ones!

I built my trestle 39 years ago, still using it. Cheers Robin great work my dad would of loved the videos.

For my civil engineering degree we all had to make a model bridge out of wood, there were all sorts of fancy designs and the strongest one was just a simple triangle. Never forgot that lesson.

@tallswede80

Жыл бұрын

then you must have realized that this sawhorse in this video is unnecessarily complicated and weak.

When I started my Carpentry and Joiners course 30 years ago this was exactly how we were taught on how to make saw horses. They still serve me well to this day. Lovely video.

I absolutely loved this video. I'm a burgeoning carpenter in commercial construction where most workers care nothing about technique or craftsmanship; it's all about power tools, posturing, and leaving a mess behind. Compared to Robin, we're a bunch of blunt tools with expensive power tools.

Why do people put a thumbs down for these kind of videos. It is an education video. It isn't political or derogatory. The only reason I can imagine these people would give these videos a thumb down is probably their own KZread channel as only got 10 subscribers and 2 views lol.

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

Darren B It is not necessary or even desireable to please all the people all of the time and when you put something out for public consumption it is to be expected.

@tanja8907

3 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder its thumbs down from cnc companies 🤣

I have great respect for this gentleman. He packs so much info in such a short time. Very addictive .

I have an incredibly battered old saw-horse in my garage that belonged to my dear old dad. He was a time served joiner born in 1924 so he will have made it anything up to 80 years ago. I had a look at it this morning and guess what? The design is almost identical and it has a notch in one end which I now know the purpose of. I intend to build a joiner’s bench this winter and I’m going to need a pair of trestles, so thanks for posting, Robin.

@starofdavid9919

3 жыл бұрын

Carpenter of 30 yrs, we couldn't hold a candle to your Dads generation. Take care.

This solidifies you as the No.1 craftsman still crafting your trade haha I’ve seen a lot of saw horses made in my time but not one made to this standard, but this isn’t a one off thing where you do things this tedious, every single job you do is absolutely spot on

I'm a chippy from way back ...I use the half inch method , pretty much identical method Good to see someone who loves the industry as much as I do Nick Bell in Australia P.S did my time in a Joiners shop in UK ,built houses for 15 years then went into pub refurbishments and my own projects Still a builder in Australia at the ripe old age of 57 and still going strong A big thumbs up from me :)

watching Robin share his skills and using tools without power is a huge joy .... more please!

Robin.......you've forced this enthusiastic DIYER to raise his game. You and Roger inspire me to do better. Thanks for taking the trouble to show us lesser mortals. Best Dave

HI Robin. When I was a young apprentice (70 now) what is now called a saw horse was called a carpenter's stool back then. A saw horse was something entirely different. It consisted of a waist-high wooden vice long enough to keep a saw firmly secured while sharpening each tooth. Every carpenter made his own. As nobody sharpens saws any more it went out of use long ago. For some reason, probably because it vaguely resembles a horse, the stool has commandeered the name and is now known as a saw horse. Anyone else remembers?

@wm6204

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bren, the name might change from area to area. I've heard arguments about it all my life. The correct angle, height....I'm a 3rd generation carpenter and we used Carpenters Threstle to describe them. I was told a Stool was 3 legs. I've always got great satisfaction from making them since I was 14 yoa with Dad watching on sitting on a chair while I made them, telling me how to stand, and hold the saw. Best of memories.

I made lots of those in 1979 when i started out as a apprentice joiner, the forman had a template for the legs 👍👍

15:37 "Take the first leg, push it into the housing, and then we need to screw that up." Lucky for me, screwing things up is my specialty.

Absolutely delightful. More of these please Robin!

Something very relaxing about watching simple joints cut, chiseled and pared in almost real time. A simple tool, beautifully made with just the working needed, no bells etc and it doesn't need it. Top video Robin.

Does KZread need any more saw-horse / trestle build content? Clearly yes. Great little project, great filming, sound and production. Even the setting and the workbench complete the effect. Think I could probably do with refreshing my motley collection of saw-horses now.

Always in awe of your skills Robin, your attention to detail, the passion and love of what you do only adds to my enjoyment of these inspiring videos... Keep them coming 😁👍

I used to call mine Sharon after a bird I used to know. The legs were set at 180 degrees

@zaneta3880

2 жыл бұрын

PMSL

@tonyalways7174

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

@zaneta3880

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What a craftsman, love watching you work Robin. Keep up the great content mate.

I’m a site joiner with every power tool imaginable,I think it’s time to go old School and refresh my hand tool skills 😆 cheers Robin👍🍻

@kagejujutsuss

3 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling lol

One thing seen in this video that should be impressed upon carpenters in training is; let everything you build be your best work. If you learn your craft you’ll find it’s no harder to do everything accurately and precisely than to slap things together because it’s only temporary. If you build precisely you’re practicing your skills, if you don’t you’re practicing your bad habits. 😎👍

Thoroughly enjoyed it thanks Robin. So therapeutic to watch a true master craftsman at work. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

It's a joy to watch someone who loves their work 🙏

the amount of information and skill in robins head is amazing truley a master of his trade and a great teacher

A pleasure to watch this Robin.

AWESOME! Robin Clevett is an incredible carpenter. Love the way he thinks and works.

This was my first carpentry project. My second was an old fashioned english joiners bench. Both are still in my garden workshop 25 years later.

i think this really shows the diference between now and years ago. years ago trades would take the time and money to show aprentices things like this . there was no rush and teaching skills was no 1 . now the boss wouldnt give you the time to take them out of the van

@atomik_nitrous_1606

3 жыл бұрын

Most accurate thing I’ve read

@teewithey5879

3 жыл бұрын

ATOMIK_NITROUS_160 !! This is so true, I have been learning carpentry on jobs from an expert roofing chippie who really is excellent and for the past two years, our bosses have always been rush rush and trying to pass work through quick and to just an okay standard so I’m nowhere near as skilled as I could be if I was given the time to learn and practice properly. Watching this video made me sad because I can build wardrobes and hang doors and what not but considering this is an apprentice test; I’d have to apply a lot of thinking where as robin just knocked it together masterfully in probably an hour

@kevindesilva1311

3 жыл бұрын

Thants just not the case, I started 47 years ago and its always been rush rush rush on site especially back then as there were very few power tools, on site was tricks to get quicker. .(no one had time to teach for example it was considered normal to fit 6 internal pine doors with furniture in a day with no electical tools at all. The day or block release in college was were you learnt stuff . Day release started at 8.30 and finished at 9 at night . block release which was 10 weeks straight started at 8.30 and finished at 6 . The city and guilds craft (now what they tell you is a leave 2 NVQ but they lie) had a half day technical drawing exam. one day with two exams on general building two one day exams on carpentry and joiner and a 5 day trade test half on a crpentery and half on joinery , you cut every thing by hand you lost marks if you had to plane it true and they used a rizla paper to see if the joints were tight! Its the lack of good colleges that has buggered things up .

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

I think that there is a lack of apprentices that care enough to listen and make an effort, if someone wants to learn they jump out of the van with you,

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@@teewithey5879 learning is on you, expecting to be told everything won't make you more skilled, if you want to be better then you have to push yourself, a trade is more than a job, jobs are 9 to 5, a trade is a permanent part of who you are.

Absolutely loved watching true craftsmen @ work, the carpenter & the cameraman. Well done both of you another classic Skillbuilder production

Watching Robin work is so good for mental health. I'd love to see more small projects like this if possible

Thanks for that Robin,i'm in my 66th year & that just took me way back to my 17th when I started out on site. It's a joy watching you work mate,a joy! Recently l had to replace a pair of 'horses' which were 25years old,using the same method,lol. Regards, Chris.

@jdjones4825

3 жыл бұрын

I recently replaced a pair a made in 97....😁👍

Great trick when cutting the 4 legs flat !! Thanks for sharing !!

Love the sound of sharp tools being used on wood...👍

We just watched some serious manual sawing skills! You wedded function and form perfectly. Nicely done!

It’s been a privilege to watch such excellence. So rare today. A true artisan. Thank-you.

@johnspencer3994

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Always facinqting watching skilled craftsmen.

That was almost meditative. Really enjoyed that!

Well done. Robin, Brings memories back at college. Making horses. Also I had to make push sticks for table saw. Anyway great stuff .so much has changed since 1987.still love my job as a chippy.

Wonderful video. Love the q&a throughout. I’m going to make these this week, no doubt a it. Thanks robin and Dylan 👌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏼

Nice job 👏 👍. Very relaxing & a great sense of achievement just using hand tools. Many thanks 😉😁 Regards Tim

Nice relaxing video, I was with you all the way even when I had to adjust the cushion I'm leaning on. 🐝👍

Wonderful production.... Informative, well detailed, brisk pace and a woodworking pro who loves the act of adapting (sculpting) wood to achieve structural ends.

The last trick... spot on

Wow!! bring back memories I haven’t made those more than 25 years or more. Well done good tutorial.

Sometimes it's going back to basics give you the most pleasure. I have been making my daughter some wooden toys like my grandfather used to make for me. Gives me great pleasure. Thanks for sharing

."measure twice ..cut once" was a motto that was drilled into me so many, many years ago Robin !

Hi Robin, I have a pair of small ones which were made more than 80 years ago by a carpenter who became the porter at our flat in Chelsea. He gave them to my father who bought his tools when he left in about 1958 and I have them now still in use in France. Sadly the tools including a set of moulding planes were sold when my mother moved from the cottage to which they retired in about 1964. I remember Albert Marshall who made the trestles every time I use them. They are still rock solid. Lovely to see you at work on this apparently simple task which needs a lot more skill than one might think. Mike

@stevenharrison1213

3 жыл бұрын

Nicely put Mike. I like your appreciation for craftsmanship

@katabrontes

3 жыл бұрын

Steven Harrison Sadly all to rare nowadays Steven. Mike

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

80 years old, and only had the legs replaced 3 times, and the tops replaced twice! 😆 Sorry, I couldn't resist. 🧹

@katabrontes

3 жыл бұрын

Sally Ward Actually still original Sally. They are a bit cut about on the top though.

@stevenharrison1213

3 жыл бұрын

@@sally6457 I got it. 😂 Very good

Brilliant , Shared with my college students.

Brings back memories of my early carpentry days most enjoyable.

Best saw horse video online!thank you👍👍

remember first thing my class had to make in school wood shop. was a 3 piece wooden book shelf. a Dado joint and a foot underneath making in lean. I really proud of that bookshelf as a young boy.

@thecuttingsark5094

3 жыл бұрын

harley hawk wow! They don’t make anything like that now!

Great craftsmanship also good camera work- all the right details close up

Excellent video. It reminds me of being at school 55 years ago in the Woodworking class. 👍👍

Great to see this. My first job as an apprentice carpenter 37 years ago!

My Grandfather was a construction foreman. When a new carpenter came on site looking for work, he would tell them to make him a saw horse. He based their ability on how they made their saw horses. Needless to say when I visited my Grandfather, we would have saw horses everywhere. haha

@Hoellewood_Solutions

Жыл бұрын

Did he want ones like these or was the modern 2x4 quicky but goodie alright with him?

The best thing about Skill Builder is that it will spark the enthusiasm and joy that is inherent in so many to go out and learn to build...........and avoid those damned useless office jobs...

Super. When the weather improves, I'm out and about making my pair of single bevel trestles. 👍

Im now a Carpentry Tutor at a College after being on the tools for 35 years, i love the use of the gauge and the handsaw etc, the worse students are apprentices who only use trim saws, tracksaws, etc on site with the guys they works for, and have never learned or been taught how to cut anything by hand or how important it is to use a gauge for example. Its a daily battle with them. 🤣

Top notch instruction. Cheers.

Thank you for that well-presented lesson.

This is a really nice job. You make hand sawing a straight line with a panel saw look easy. Great chisel work.

Bloody hell, better joinery than what was done in my loft conversation. I'm a refrigeration engineer by trade but trade but really enjoy watching Robin, and his passion and skill. A true craftsman, a rarity now days.👍

It's doing my head in seeing those looking so new and shiny. I thought they only came in dull grey and battered!

@dotChrollo

3 жыл бұрын

@Muckin 4on Blood, paint, caulk, silicone, probably some glue, somehow oil, maybe some condiments from the time you put some not quite big enough ply to make a table

@Maltloaflegrande

3 жыл бұрын

I don't use this design as I prefer folding horses (small van see?). I make them to my own design and keep them fairly lightweight and so they need replacing from time-to-time. I always do that in the middle of a job; never turn up for a new job where no one knows you, carrying brand spanking new unused horses - makes a bad impression!

@leehaelters6182

3 жыл бұрын

@@Maltloaflegrande, similar to the reason pro golfers don’t wear the hat issued by the tournament they are playing in, they wear the hat from one or two tourneys earlier in the tour. C’mon now, don’t tease. Tell us how your horses are made, won’t you?

@jamieshannon9809

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotChrollo and don't forget a splash of tea.

Nice video. Just because it’s a saw horse, doesn’t mean it has to be thrown together. One of the great things I love about wood working is making the tools, templates etc.. needed to make the job much easier. Work smart not hard

Its satisfying just watching you cut these angles that fit together, let alone doing it myself. thanks robin.

I built one of those nearly 30 years ago, still have it today, good video.

I remember when hand made step ladders were common. Not all that long ago about 30 years I think. Gate hinges and sash chord. Excellent videos thanks.

@leehaelters6182

3 жыл бұрын

@James Dyas, I would love to see such a design. Could you oblige in any way?

@CrimeVid

3 жыл бұрын

Well, damn ! I thought step ladders were obtained by stealing mine !

If Carlsberg made saw horses they still wouldn't be as good as Robin's. Cracking work gents

I’m 43 and I mad3 these at college,I also have the pair my grandad made when he was a young man.! Fantastic video and thanks for bringing back some fond memories

I’m 54 been in the window fitting game since I left school and over the years I’ve inherited one or two of these work horses but I’ve never seen them made b4,really enjoyed the video Rob

A true Craftsman. .. We salute these skilled people . Always neat mr R.C

Loved this, I’m a cabinet maker , I recently started out on my own. I love watching how the apprentices were taught. I think there is a lot missing these days. Love to see you make a step ladder . Thank for the great video

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@Muckin 4on you forgot to blame the decorator for making it look bad!

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@@elliotwilliams7421 I don't want to offend you but sparks( and plumbers) do more structural damage to buildings than hurricane Katrina, Correct me if I'm wrong but have you any idea What the "neutral axis" is? I'm yet to meet a spark that owns a brace n bit?

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@@elliotwilliams7421 we prefer the term "wood butcher" hahaha

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@@elliotwilliams7421 yes I do, and I know how to calculate the relative zs values, BS7671 18th edition. Didn't mean anything personal sorry, All my gear is regularly PAT tested by qualified electricians. But let's leave it there and join forces against the plasterers! Hahaha!

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@@elliotwilliams7421 only difference is I can cut sirloin and and make sausages. Each to their own. It's easy to find faults. To be fair I've never seen an electrician produce "Sparks". Nor do I know any electrician who has been electrocuted. Myself I've had a few "Belts" and I have ruined a couple of VDE tools. I assure you it's not nice. I know I'm lucky to still be alive, your trade deserves the highest level of respect. Skill builder has it right, working together across all trades is the best way to achieve the best possible service.

His work is always top notch!

Wonderful craftsmanship and beautiful saw horse.

For me this goes back to my early carpentry days of the 1950s and yes it was the first thing learnt. First thing I taught my granson. Back then we didn't have cars and everything had to be lumped to site at the beginning. On start of a new big job the young lads had to make up fresh ones for the whole site and they were binned or taken home at the end of the contract. A little addition was to add a lipped shelf underneath for tools and maybe a hook for a saw. Or a taller one with a fitted 3/4 or 1" ply top for the main joiner or 'setter outerer' with the architect drawing. One bloke even added doors and shelves and made it a toolbox. With a few stoppers you can quickly knock batches of them out fast on a radial arm saw. Made a load of benches for my daughter's wedding using the same design but bigger bits of timber. One very small thing you missed out saying was they don't tip. Because the top is inside the vertical line above the feet you can stand right on the very end without it tipping... really handy for tacking ceilings. Greatt video ; brought back loads of old memories. Cheers.

@z.w.7292

3 жыл бұрын

You didn't have cars in the 1950s?

@portoutstarboardhome

3 жыл бұрын

@@z.w.7292 no ... car ownership in the UK was quite rare for the working classes. I look at picture taken back then of our street and there's not one parked car; this was typical. Public transport or by foot was the norm. Look at these streets now and they're double parked 24/7.

Also made loads in my working life .little tip allways give a good 6"overhaul at each end.tip 2puncture with gauge at finish line,when you run gauge it will stop at puncture line, general joinery technique

@SkillBuilder

3 жыл бұрын

That is a great tip. Thank you

Going to link this to my apprentices, amazing video, so calm and patient. Just watching it is therapy.

Great work Robin. A real pleasure to watch a craftsman at work. Thank you.

This is great info, sharing knowledge outside of the 'tribe' makes everybody who learns it better! I do think the lesson with the mini excavator was pretty far off lol, two points don't equally share the weight of an object unless the COG is equal between them, the COG for that mini excavator was not at the arm.

I like my mates variation on these. His top is 2 pieces of 3x2 side by side and joined together underneath by two butt hinges, so that they fold flat when you pick them up. Much easier to store in the van, but don't pinch your fingers when you open them out!

I love this channel, I love the sharing of skills, the time to make things and enjoying the pleasure of the materials used. For example, the dinky little plane, in big hands, yet it was respected and gently caressed across the wood. It’s like anything in life, if it’s treated with respect there is no negative outcome. My that was deep…anyways, I’m now off to make a trestle, with the skills I’ve just learnt, thank you all.

I can't fully express how much I enjoyed this. thank you for sharing. you are appreciated. be blessed🙏🏽 and know love❤️

Liked, subscribed, and commented .. well done Sir, thank you very much. I think i will learn to build that too. Greetings from germany

Class act Robin,a man who loves every bit of carpentry it’s not just a job to him he lives and breathes it.We are privileged he shares his vast amount of knowledge on here.

From South Africa,its always a pleasure seeing a craftsman at work, we are a breed on our own

The reason why you love this work , all by hand and no MDf , great job

👍👍👍 nice informative video and trestles. Better legs than the Mrs! 🤪

oh god how I remember this from college, I struggled with a learilning difficulty but I got there eventually 🖖

@CorruptGovernment

3 жыл бұрын

Seems you still have said learning difficulty

Another great video from a true craftsman, thanks Robin 😉

Really lovely work Robin, on the to do list to help improve my joinery.

The old guy i did my apprenticeship with did his at 22.5 deg. I was always knocking my toes on the legs. So i did mine at a 15 degs too. Im 60, i buy mine now 🤣