I bought a set of the heavy duty folders from Home Depot too, and love them.
The legs adjust to about four different heights and their load capacity
varies depending on the height (1,200 lb. at lowest setting, deduct 200 lb
for each upward adjustment). You can screw 2x to the top to allow nailing,
clamping or screw down of projects.

I set these up during a couple of remodel projects with a 12" miter saw
mounted on 8' 2x6's on one side and an old hollow core door on the other
side. The door held up my jig saw and a small sanding station and still
provided about 3-4' of portable work space. The whole thing sets up in
about 20 minutes and is as solid as a rock.

I also use them to hold up a "quick and dirty" plywood bench in my garage.
I throw the 2x4 edged 4' x 4' plywood surface on top of the folders to
provide temporary work space in about two minutes.

Considering cost and utlity provided by the folders, it is hard to justify
building sawhorses. Lowe's has them too. They are usually painted bright
yellow, have a side handle, and are fairly heavy.

"Bob Davis" wrote in message
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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