green wood saw buck with dry wood legs - PEP BB roundwood.sand.drypegsawbuck

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in round wood working.

This BB will be building a simple saw buck.


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(note that this image shows one acceptable alternative design)


A saw buck can be a very useful tool, and is similar to a saw horse, but has added top supports to hold wood even more steady while sawing or shaping the wood.

The dry pieces of wood should be the legs and the smaller top supports, fitting in to the main piece of green wood (freshly cut piece of wood). The idea is that the green wood will shrink and further tighten itself to the pieces of dried wood.

Holes are made in the green wood, and the dry leg and top support pieces are inserted into it.

The main piece of green wood is a bigger log cut in half with the flat top facing up, with the legs inserted into the bottom and the smaller supports inserted into the flat top.

This video shows a good design and step by step process of building it. It starts with the legs already inserted, but you can see that process in the video for the saw horse BB.



Be safe when using tools, work at your own risk, and enjoy building!

To get certified for this BB, post three pics.  

 - Your chunks of wood that you are starting with
 - Progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
 - Final product

Clarifications:
 - "Hand tools" means non-powered tools.  No battery/electrically powered drills
 - Log sections can be harvested with a chainsaw