Hi All,
For years I have worked off of saw horses, often using 2X10 or 2X12 planks to make a workbench of sorts.
I have seen a lot on saw benches, and from what I can see, they are used virtually exactly like I use saw horses, for sawing, etc. In his book "The Anarchists Tool Chest" Schwarz describes the use of saw benches exactly in the same way I use saw horses, even exactly the same body positions for sawing etc.
One difference is that a lot of the times, especially for short pieces of lumber, I will use a plank on the horses to stabilize the lumber, and if it unhandy to put a knee on, will use clamps to hold it dead steady for sawing, so I can concentrate on staying on the line with the saw.
My questions is: what is the advantage of saw benches over the saw horses I have used for years? (I guess it's the carpenter work I did years ago, and still do on occasion, is still manifesting itself, hard to get it out of your blood.)
Stew
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