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Do They Take Woodworking A Little More Serious In Japan?

Japanese style saw horses

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These Are Traditional Japanese Floor Horses

Some tasks are just better to do when your work piece is only elevated up a foot or so.

This type of horse is seldom seen on the work sites or in the shops around North America.

Yet the Japanese recognized the need and versatility of these short horses and they are quite common with Japanese craftsmen.

Japanese Floor horses 2

 

And here is how the joint between the feet and beam is made.

The low horse foot to beam joint

 

The source of these images and an article that goes into great detail with more images on the making of these horses.

 

On The Next Page there are more saw horse images

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