How to Use a Sawhorse

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Jon on behalf of Expert Village. In this video clip I will be showing you how to use your sawhorses. You want to position your sawhorses so that the material you are cutting hangs off a little bit on each side. You want the cut end of your material to drop off of one side so that when you run the saw down here, it will fall off the side on to the ground. What you don't want to do is be cutting your material in the middle of both of your sawhorses, because when you get almost the way through, the end is just going to break and fall in the center and you could potentially get injured. Another nice thing about sawhorses is because there are lots of ledges on the different boards, you can easily clamp your work piece to the sawhorse to help secure it. Another tip that you can do to help secure material, is to take a screw and put it through your material into your sawhorse. Since your sawhorse is made of wood, you can easily screw that in and secure it. "