Manufacture of a Sawhorse using Hand tools for my Building Construction Industry Trades Organization qualification.
In Term 1 of 2021, I learned how to use hand tools to manufacture a Saw Horse to a specific size from a set of drawings. This took about 6 weeks (24 hrs) I will explain how to make a sawhorse in this blog post
Here are the parts of my finished project.
To make a sawhorse I carried out the following processes.
- This project was made by using hand tools only. No powered tools were used apart from a battery-powered drill to drill the holes for the screws.
- We followed a printed out instruction manual so that we could create our sawhorse project.
- We were given a 600mm piece of wood for the top of the Saw-Horse.
- We then marked out the joints for the legs which were 150mm in from the ends and then at a 15* angle we marked out to the outer edge of the piece for the joint.
- We repeated this process for the other 3 joints.
- The width of the joints was 55mm at the bottom and 45mm at the top.
- The joints were then cut out into sections using a saw and then we cut out the joints using a chisel.
- We used a chisel to smooth out the joints to make them flat.
- We marked out the legs using a pencil and a sliding bevel and cut and planed them down to the correct size.
- We replicated this process for the other 3 legs.
- The position of the screws was then marked on the legs.
- We then screwed the legs into the joints using a screwdriver and a power drill.
- Supports were then cut for the 2 ends and the plates to support the legs and the short beam underneath and were screwed to the sawhorse.
In this assessment, the tools we needed to use to make a sawhorse were:
- Tenon saw
- engineered square
- pencil
- ruler
- Sliding bevel
- marking gauge
- hand plane
I carried out the following processes to make my sawhorse
Marking out the top.
Cutting the joints
Hand sewing the leg ends.
Marking out / planing the legs
Fixing the legs
Attaching the end piece and supports.
I enjoyed learning about new tools and ways to create new things to help in the future.
I found creating the hole for the joints the most difficult part. I overcame this by asking for some help and guidance.