Any Sawhorse Plans?

I am looking for an easy sawhorse plan. Any ideas or plans would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

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Steve...

This one doubles as a small workbench:

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Morris Dovey

Check out Aldren Watson's book _Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings_. In it is a simple design for a sawhorse that also serves for ripping boards. It's easy to make and it consists mostly of

2x4's. It can easily be modified to suit your own needs.

FWIW, if you are at all interested in using handtools, this book is a must-read.

Chuck Vance

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Norman D. Crow

Haven't got a plan, but here's a suggestion to go along with almost all the recommendations, especially the one from Morris Dovey comes closest to what I'm talking about.

Make the top so it's sort of a mini-bench as suggested, but also make the top a tray for holding parts. In Morris' pic, widen the top just a bit and then put a thin sheet of 1/4" underneath the vertical 2x4's d(or whatever). Be sure to put in accesses in case rain, spills of whatever, sawdust, dirt etc can be dropped thru for cleaning.

Another thought: These special horses sometimes turn out rather on the heavy side & when you're disabled as I am that extra weight can be a problem. I've found that 2x2's, even 1x3's glued together at right angles can make near equal-strength legs. You can't skimp on the cross pieces though unless you know something smaller will work.

Just my t bucks' worth

Pop

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Pop Rivet

I've built several different styles of sawhorses. I found that no matter what style or size I chose, I was constantly battling the balance between stability, size and storage space. When you go for foldup or collapsable styles, you begin giving up stability, in my experience.

Recently, Home depot and Lowe's started carrying a collapsable steel sawhorse that is absolutely marvelous in how little space it takes, yet is very stable. I decided I could not do better than a pair of these. They cost about $19/each, have adjustable height, and measure 2" x 6" x 38" when folded up. You can bolt a wood work surface to the top.

Bob

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Bob Davis

Yep... Used the steel ones for past 10 years. Excellent units and stow very efficiently.

Recently, I bought a pair of the new Skill plastic ones due to the weight of the steel ones getting heavier and heavier as I progress in years. I love them... light as a feather and I can't believe how much load they take. Only $20 bucks for a pair. At that price and considering the cost of wood these days, how can you go wrong? Try'em, you'll love'em!

I still got the others but only use them when I have help... Just too dang heavy at my age.

Bubba

Bob

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007

Do you really need plans? Anyway, the plans Crow indiciated in his first message are pretty standard. but don't need braces except the end pieces. Make sawhorses for the size you need, not some standard sizes and use light pine. I made 3 small sawhorses (20" high and 24" long) of 2x4s with end braces 1" by 6 inch deep for supporting a plattform for painting my house; work perfectly. Thirty years ago I made two 28" high by 36' long saw horses using 2x6s with 1" end pieces about 8 inches high that I still use for cutting larger sheets of material. Keep it simple and light weight.

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George E. Cawthon

Don't post in html please.

There were some plans for sawhorses in a fairly recent issue of FWW which were designed by Chris Becksvoort.

I built the low one as I like to place my foot on the board to be cut without giving myself a hernia ;)

I drew it up in CAD and I can send you the drawing as dxf or dwg if you like.

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Frank Shute

I bought these ones from Lee Valley Tools about 10 years ago. Mine were fixed height and shortly after I'd bought them, the adjustable height ones came out. Contacted Lee Valley support and they exchanged a pair of new adjustable height ones for my used fixed height pair. And it's made a world of difference considering my height limitations. Can't ask for more than that.

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I got a pair of these myself. They are wonderful... Once setup. Does anyone have a better idea for quick assembly and disassembly to replace the &*$%! wing nuts that are standard? My meat hooks fumble around with these things too much. I tried looking for a cauter(sp?) pin, but couldn't find one that would work right. Maybe some kind of quick-release nut that doesn't require spinning.

Or, I could just suck it up and stop bitching :)

Jay

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Those adjustable ones are nice, but $100+ is pretty steep for what you're getting. If you get a non-adjustable type, you might consider the $10 Homier set. They're pretty stable and fold up easily. Go to Homier.com and search for item 04377.

H.

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Steve:

If your local PBS station carries the WoodWright's Shop TV show with Roy = Underhill:

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The TV show that featured this, had one tricky part which was to get the legs to splay out and remain even.

Hope this helps Phil S.

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Here are simple yet sturdy horses. No real plans, only pics. Make them out of 2 x 4 material, with an optional 2 x 6 top plate.

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mikey

are the Home Despot and Low's ones as good as the lee valley ones?

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Reyd

FWW #161 (February 2003) pp. 36-41

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I think the ones in HD and Lowe's are identical, including the adjustable legs. But they are $38/pair instead of $115. Every once in a while LV just charges way too much.

Bob

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It was a dead link when I tried it.

If your local PBS station carries the WoodWright's Shop TV show with Roy Underhill:

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