Assessment piece-Wood work

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.