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I just posted a video showing how I assemble a saw horse design that I use.

Here is the link:

http://youtu.be/T9msLbvwNsc

Jim Rogers

Nice video Jim. I liked that design from the class you taught. It was light, easy to build and very strong.

Matt

Thanks for sharing Jim gonna make a couple today

Thanks for sharing Jim.  I appreciate all your posts.

On another topic...  since I observed it in your video... I see so many people triggering their screw gun on an off through a drive operation.  Why is that?  Does it work better?    I use a hitachi impact and I pull the trigger once until the screw is set.

To me, it's almost like the guy who feels compelled to "saw" his chainsaw back and forth while using it to cut through a log.   Doesn't make sense to me.

Todd (crawling back in my hole now...  ;)  ) 

Quote from: tburch on August 07, 2015, 03:54:21 PM
I see so many people triggering their screw gun on an off through a drive operation.  Why is that?  Does it work better?   

I don't know why others do it.
I don't know why I do it.
I just think I do it so that I can watch the wood and if I see it start to crack I could stop and drill a pilot hole.

Jim Rogers

PS. And I don't know if it's better or not. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Great use of your  extra lower grade boards!

I noticed it too, I thought it was different than how I use my drill!  don't judge me and I won't judge you!  Cause we all get judged in the end!

Thanks Jim for this sawhorse design.  It is much different than any that I have ever seen.  I like it.

Last weekend, while I was assembling two at a weekend workshop, Matt (Upinatree) asked me how many of them have I made. He estimated at least 100. I said it was most likely more like 50.

I have almost a dozen here now. And I make them just about every where I go. I know Steve Smith as some as well as VictorH.

I'm sure I'll be making some more in Kansas next week. I don't seem to ever have enough to put everything together.

Ponies are nice for using the boring machine and or chain mortiser.

Same design just shorter legs.

Jim Rogers

PS. free plan for anyone who needs a copy. Just email me or pm me your email address and I'll send you the drawing(s).
I believe I have posted them here before. But I don't know what thread they are in.

Using my 15 pairs of timberframing sawhorses last week and this coming week to stain T&G.  After the first day I realized that I could double my saw horse capacity simply by screwing 8ft 2x4's to the top of the horses.

Very nice. now I need to make a few pairs.

QuoteI see so many people triggering their screw gun on an off through a drive operation.  Why is that?

When applying torque to a screw, the drive bit will begin to torque out of the screw head.  If you watch the video again, in the beginning Jim "cams" the screw a couple of times and then increases the stop-start frequency.  Afterwards the "cam" problem stopped.

When you stop your drill, the drive bit will reseat itself into the bottom of the screw head.

People don't do this with impact drives because the drill is doing the start-stop cycle 100's of times a minutes.  That's one of the great benefits of impact drivers.

Jim just had to get himself calibrated to the stop-start frequency he needed.  Most people do this without know why they are doing it.

Thanks for the post Jim.

Made me some Jimmy horses today, thanks.

You're welcome.

Jim Rogers

Well, I woke up this morning, and on my quick and dirty list was making some more saw horses for the shop and around the mill.  It started raining early, so it got pushed off until tomorrow.

And then I saw your video......thank you very much.  I like your design better than the ones I made before.  Yours seems much stronger.

Jeff   ;)

I made two, and they are great.  I made them from some ash that I just sawed over the weekend.  I'm gonna make some more this weekend.

Thanks for posting this.  It takes about 20 minutes to screw it all together with no helping hands.

I made a bunch of them.  Some out of 5/4 and 6/4 for added sturdiness

Thanks Jim,

I have 8 of these saw horses following your design and they are very strong and are very durable.  I ended up building mine out of discontinued deck boards from my local box store and using any scrap lumber I could find in the garage for the gussets which consisted of plywood shelving, osb scrap and some 2 x 6 pressure treated as well as the discontinued deck boards.  They are great saw horses and I got the cost to build down to three for around $20.

-Stu

Mr. Rogers,

A question about the timberframe saw horse. Suppose I wanted to make the top longer than three feet, how much should I move the mortise?

Greg

Quote from: PineHill4488 on June 01, 2016, 05:00:11 PM
Mr. Rogers,

A question about the timberframe saw horse. Suppose I wanted to make the top longer than three feet, how much should I move the mortise?

Greg

Greg:
Which saw horse design are you using?

Jim Rogers

Heavy Duty Trestle Style Saw Horse

Keep the mortises the same distance from the ends just add wood in between.

Jim Rogers

Thank you!  :)