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Christopher Schwarz just posted on his Lost Art Press blog about his latest parlor trick: “Making a Sawbench in 60 Minutes or Less (or More).” He’ll be doing this on stage (I believe it’s a metaphorical stage, but he’s tall enough to make it seem as if he’s on a riser, at least) at Woodworking in America 2012, in both locations. And after each session, he’ll be giving the freshly built sawbench to a lucky audience member.
And if you haven’t yet signed up, it’s not too late. We’ll be taking registrations on site at the Pasadena Convention Center (Oct. 12-14), and you can still sign up for the Greater Cincinnati event (Nov. 2-4) on the conference web site.
Hmmm…I’d best start working on a woodworking party trick for Cincinnati. Let’s see…I’ll bet I can destroy a sawbench in 5 minutes, or less, if I can get my hands on one of those nifty Wetterlings Axes Lie-Nielsen just posted about on its Facebook page.
p.s. If you’re interested in learning how to build a more traditional-looking sawbench (and getting good practice with your saw and chisels), I recommend the DVD “Build a Sawbench with Christopher Schwarz.”
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I do see its hard to do something useful and sort of new all the
time, but it seems a waist of perfectly good low quality wood to
make poor design quality goods no matter how quickly. These
Horses don’t stack but with a little design and skilled work theycould have had legs and gussets inset and canted which would also improve weight bearing and even use double high to match a bench top. With an actual sketch “design” – up they might also be morticed so grain ends carry more weight than metal fasteners and the legs could be less “gout like” and over weight as even a freshman structural analysis of the offered structure would reveal. With just a smidgen addition of studied joinery, they might wear comley finish to advantage, escape winter duty under the dingy in the boathouse and enjoy employment as artisan support for a table or desk in some deco loft or professional office; a little less rushing around and much more beauty and utility please.