{"id":1223,"date":"2024-08-14T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/blog-new\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:04:30","slug":"sawhorse-crate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/blog-new\/sawhorse-crate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawhorse Crate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I made four Japanese-style sawhorses<\/a> several years ago, but I realized recently that I had no way to transport them except to toss the pieces into the trunk of my car or pile them in a wagon. Then, some friends of mine moved away and gifted me with a pile of lumber they had been using as storage shelving. I spent a few days at the 51st Pennsic War<\/a> medieval event constructing this 26″x16″x11.25″ crate using only hand tools, as a demo of Japanese style woodworking.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sawhorse Crate from Pine 1-by-12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I used a ryoba nokogiri <\/em>saw to do all the cutting of the pieces from the boards, and some of the joinery. I used oire nomi<\/em> chisels and a mawashibiki <\/em>saw to cut the remainder of the joinery and the handle cut-outs. A yotsume kiri<\/em> gimlet came in handy for pilot holes so that the wood didn’t split when I drove in the nails with a genno tsuchi<\/em> hammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to common belief, Japanese carpenters would not have used fancy joinery without nails to construct such a simple workman’s item. That kind of specialty carpentry was mostly used for devotional items or religious buildings. They probably would have used forged nails instead of wire nails, but I don’t have any of those handy. The big chunky box joints are seen a lot in shipping and storage boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The linen bag holds the wedges and pegs that hold the horses together when assembled. I wrapped the handle cut-outs with some of this great palm rope<\/a> from Hida Tools. I call it a crate instead of a box because there’s actually an opening in the floor because I just used two pieces of 1-by-12, leaving a 2-inch gap in the middle. This should let the sawdust and shavings out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The completed box plus sawhorse parts is pretty heavy, so I have to store it on a lower shelf instead of storing the loose pieces on the highest shelf in the garage. I might try to figure out a packing pattern for only one horse’s worth of pieces, then make 2 of those for the other 2 horses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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