Christopher Schwarz Saw Bench

Building one of these saw benches designed by chris schwarz was one of my first woodworking projects it is also one the most useful things i have ever made.

Christopher schwarz saw bench.

And i avoid the shlep. In addition it doubles as extra seating and step stool for reaching high things in the shop. Ok set the depth of cut for the table saw at about 2 1 4 and set the fence for a 6 wide cut. In this vintage popular woodworking video follow along with christopher schwarz as he builds a roubo workbench using a lot of hand tools and a little bit o.

Then i d have hooked the table saw up to the dust collector. 1 top 1 1 4 x 6 3 4 x 32. I have a nice big well equipped machine shop just behind the studio here. Working in a small shop with long stock really bites.

The dovetail and tenon saws see a quite a bit of daylight as they are bench saws. With the sawbench upside down on your bench place the shelf pieces against the lower braces. Great saw bench chris. The only slightly tricky thing is cutting the feet so the sawbench sits flat on the floor.

Now how i really did it was like this. 4 legs 1 1 4 x 2 1 2 x 21. I made one a few years ago and find that i use it all the time in my shop. Glue and screw the braces to the legs using three 8 x 2 wood screws in each leg.

So a small panel saw seems to be. 2 long stretchers 1 1 4 x 2 1 2 x 26. The varnish is plenty tough so using poly just makes the process a little more difficult because you have sand more to ensure the next layer of finish will bond well. The personal site of christopher schwarz a woodworker writer and publisher at lost art press.

Here is a picture of mine. If you want to add a shelf first rip a 10 bevel on the shelf braces and cut the ends of the shelf pieces at 10. A pair of benches makes the use of panel saws and full size handsaws efficient and comfortable when crosscutting and ripping boards. I also use them for drilling finishing helping brace.

76 fine woodworking photos this page top bottom right. Chris schwarz handwork a saw bench is not simply a low sawhorse. Unclamp the braces and saw each one to shape. But it s a bit of a shlep.

I could go to the table saw rather than pick up a tenon saw but i am probably quicker with a tenon saw. This is great fun to do once you know the trick. February 18 2008 at 1 47 pm craig poly will work it s just harder than regular varnish and doesn t bond to previous layers of finish as readily. I clamped the stock to my saw bench with a gramercy holdfast.