The Saw Horse - An Apprentice Carpenter Test 

And it's handy to have the legs together because we gonna Mark to one way into the other way because we need opposite the first thing I do is all marked the bevel straight down the middle of my pencil line and I rotate the timbers to 90° all the same way it is one space inBbb and then I'm going to do the bevel again skidmark transfer these marks I can say that when I found the timbers together and I'm gonna cut this so what have I got there a compound car it's the same table it's a single babble and this will form and sent my legs in the direction I want to go to the beauty of making yourself a small table board instead of holding a sliding bevel or a roofing square will have a device is that it is so much easier and it's so much more accurate you can just keep moving it around the work and it would always be true now I'm going to arrange these into sexes are two sets of four and the easiest way to do this is to make sure you've got all your points an opposite together looking for a set like this you can now see that when their flat and level at the top it's sending the legs in the angle that I want them to be so now I've got my legs prepared ready to be jointed I'm just going to mark the tops of the trestles up again with the same devil this is the single bevel Tressel I will measure in my case 150 into me and I'm gonna write top on here so you can see what's the top so using my single bed for now I'm going to take a mark on those lines here I'm working from the top out with WhatsApp mate little pain you've got it it's quite useful it's got a 6 mm shaft there see you can Bora hole through something and you can Skype with it like that but the best thing about is got the most smallest sharpener in the whole world on this little holder which a cripple new felt on your shirt pocket and it's tiny is like the smallest sharper in the whole world I still have a calm just pencil you know I've always got I've always got my car Mrs pencil we repeat the process on the other side I'm gonna take one of the legs

I just rip apart pallets and use that wood for my sawhorses.

@@rodneyhanson9884 That comment would set the world record for the longest incomprehensible sentence in history.

@@chnacr2 For when the comment was left it says, 3 weeks ago till just now...

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Yes, don't go too hard or you'll smash the back out of it.

@@londontrada Beat me to it 😂

The problem is how do you teach an apprentice to appreciate such things? It took me 10 years to appreciate why a brush and shovel is so important 😳 Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Hahaha

Hi Paul, I'm courious where your not allowed to bring a decent set of trestles on site. I not surprised though with some of the bull health and safety come up with. I enjoy making french trestles with saint Andrews crosses etc and wonder what your supposed to use instead on site? I hope it's not those steel ones!

then you must have realized that this sawhorse in this video is unnecessarily complicated and weak.

Carpenter of 30 yrs, we couldn't hold a candle to your Dads generation. Take care.

Most accurate thing I’ve read

ATOMIK_NITROUS_160 !! This is so true, I have been learning carpentry on jobs from an expert roofing chippie who really is excellent and for the past two years, our bosses have always been rush rush and trying to pass work through quick and to just an okay standard so I’m nowhere near as skilled as I could be if I was given the time to learn and practice properly. Watching this video made me sad because I can build wardrobes and hang doors and what not but considering this is an apprentice test; I’d have to apply a lot of thinking where as robin just knocked it together masterfully in probably an hour

Thants just not the case, I started 47 years ago and its always been rush rush rush on site especially back then as there were very few power tools, on site was tricks to get quicker. .(no one had time to teach for example it was considered normal to fit 6 internal pine doors with furniture in a day with no electical tools at all. The day or block release in college was were you learnt stuff . Day release started at 8.30 and finished at 9 at night . block release which was 10 weeks straight started at 8.30 and finished at 6 . The city and guilds craft (now what they tell you is a leave 2 NVQ but they lie) had a half day technical drawing exam. one day with two exams on general building two one day exams on carpentry and joiner and a 5 day trade test half on a crpentery and half on joinery , you cut every thing by hand you lost marks if you had to plane it true and they used a rizla paper to see if the joints were tight! Its the lack of good colleges that has buggered things up .

I think that there is a lack of apprentices that care enough to listen and make an effort, if someone wants to learn they jump out of the van with you,

@@teewithey5879 learning is on you, expecting to be told everything won't make you more skilled, if you want to be better then you have to push yourself, a trade is more than a job, jobs are 9 to 5, a trade is a permanent part of who you are.

I recently replaced a pair a made in 97....😁👍

Nicely put Mike. I like your appreciation for craftsmanship

Steven Harrison Sadly all to rare nowadays Steven. Mike

80 years old, and only had the legs replaced 3 times, and the tops replaced twice! 😆 Sorry, I couldn't resist. 🧹

Sally Ward Actually still original Sally. They are a bit cut about on the top though.

@@sally6457 I got it. 😂 Very good

I know the feeling lol

PMSL

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Hi Bren, the name might change from area to area. I've heard arguments about it all my life. The correct angle, height....I'm a 3rd generation carpenter and we used Carpenters Threstle to describe them. I was told a Stool was 3 legs. I've always got great satisfaction from making them since I was 14 yoa with Dad watching on sitting on a chair while I made them, telling me how to stand, and hold the saw. Best of memories.

Darren B It is not necessary or even desireable to please all the people all of the time and when you put something out for public consumption it is to be expected.

@@SkillBuilder its thumbs down from cnc companies 🤣

Agreed. Always facinqting watching skilled craftsmen.

harley hawk wow! They don’t make anything like that now!

@Muckin 4on Blood, paint, caulk, silicone, probably some glue, somehow oil, maybe some condiments from the time you put some not quite big enough ply to make a table

I don't use this design as I prefer folding horses (small van see?). I make them to my own design and keep them fairly lightweight and so they need replacing from time-to-time. I always do that in the middle of a job; never turn up for a new job where no one knows you, carrying brand spanking new unused horses - makes a bad impression!

@@Maltloaflegrande, similar to the reason pro golfers don’t wear the hat issued by the tournament they are playing in, they wear the hat from one or two tourneys earlier in the tour. C’mon now, don’t tease. Tell us how your horses are made, won’t you?

@@dotChrollo and don't forget a splash of tea.

You didn't have cars in the 1950s?

@@z.w.7292 no ... car ownership in the UK was quite rare for the working classes. I look at picture taken back then of our street and there's not one parked car; this was typical. Public transport or by foot was the norm. Look at these streets now and they're double parked 24/7.

Did he want ones like these or was the modern 2x4 quicky but goodie alright with him?

@Muckin 4on you forgot to blame the decorator for making it look bad!

@@elliotwilliams7421 I don't want to offend you but sparks( and plumbers) do more structural damage to buildings than hurricane Katrina, Correct me if I'm wrong but have you any idea What the "neutral axis" is? I'm yet to meet a spark that owns a brace n bit?

@@elliotwilliams7421 we prefer the term "wood butcher" hahaha

@@elliotwilliams7421 yes I do, and I know how to calculate the relative zs values, BS7671 18th edition. Didn't mean anything personal sorry, All my gear is regularly PAT tested by qualified electricians. But let's leave it there and join forces against the plasterers! Hahaha!

@@elliotwilliams7421 only difference is I can cut sirloin and and make sausages. Each to their own. It's easy to find faults. To be fair I've never seen an electrician produce "Sparks". Nor do I know any electrician who has been electrocuted. Myself I've had a few "Belts" and I have ruined a couple of VDE tools. I assure you it's not nice. I know I'm lucky to still be alive, your trade deserves the highest level of respect. Skill builder has it right, working together across all trades is the best way to achieve the best possible service.

Thank you!!

@James Dyas, I would love to see such a design. Could you oblige in any way?

Well, damn ! I thought step ladders were obtained by stealing mine !

That is a great tip. Thank you