saw-horses – An Englishman in Colombia

Woodwork

It was only a simple project, but even so it was great to be working with wood again, albeit a couple of pieces of common pine. With no sign of Jaimie and his Team returning, I was worried about some of my timber, most of which had been placed on top of my workbench inContinue reading “Woodwork”

Work Continues

Having stood to restore the hand plane, I decided I could at least continue with varnishing the chairs, so using my two saw-horses and a piece of sheet timber I had, I created a mid height table, and got to work. I managed to get another two chairs varnished before the sponge I had, disintegrated,Continue reading “Work Continues”

Honest…I did make two!

Because in my last post, I only showed one saw-horse, I have been asked if I did make two, the answer to that is yes, I just hadn\’t finished it off, However now I have cut two removable top rails from mahogany, so they will last longer, and added the rope stretcher. In the photo,Continue reading “Honest…I did make two!”

Saw-Horses!

I have some work to do at my Mother in law\’s house, and need to take my tools between here and there, but I don\’t want to have to take my trailer unless it is necessary, one of the things I will need are saw-horses. I therefore decided to make two folding saw-horses, I foundContinue reading “Saw-Horses!”

Back to Work

What I thought would take at least all morning, took two minutes, so I was soon back to work, cutting plywood sheets. Firstly I needed to cut to approximate and a workable size. This I have made easier, by adding rails to my two saw-horses and making them into a panel cutter, I did thisContinue reading “Back to Work”

Simple Solution to a Bigger Problem

One of my biggest headaches, is cutting down plywood sheets, most of the time when I go to Homecenter, I ask them to be cut, and I will get some feeble response that they are too busy, but will have it ready for tomorrow, I am certainly not making two trips, with time, petrol andContinue reading “Simple Solution to a Bigger Problem”