After my original post to abpw I got a couple of e-mails asking about
the strange top on this thing. I've added some photos to the web page
(link below) that should help to answer those questions.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/SH_Project.html

Morris Dovey wrote:
After my original post to abpw I got a couple of e-mails asking about
the strange top on this thing. I've added some photos to the web page
(link below) that should help to answer those questions.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/SH_Project.html

Great idea! My only question is where do you buy furniture grade
construction lumber?

RayV (in ) said:

| Morris Dovey wrote:
|| After my original post to abpw I got a couple of e-mails asking
|| about the strange top on this thing. I've added some photos to the
|| web page (link below) that should help to answer those questions.
|
| Great idea! My only question is where do you buy furniture grade
| construction lumber?

Thanks. The two-by SPF came from my local Menards. I dug through the
pile to find decent boards, then ran 'em thru the jointer and planer
when I got back to the shop. After assembly I spent about ten minutes
running a 1/4 sheet sander over the surfaces I cared about.
Construction grade doesn't _need_ to look ugly. :-)

BTW, it is important to joint the top edges of the 2x4 top supports to
ensure that the 2x6 tops make a flat surface. DAMHIKT

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/SH_Project.html

"Morris Dovey" wrote

After my original post to abpw I got a couple of e-mails asking about
the strange top on this thing. I've added some photos to the web page
(link below) that should help to answer those questions.


Those sawhorses are smarter than some of my cousins!

Looks good Morris.

Do they stack too?

Morris Dovey wrote:
Construction grade doesn't _need_ to look ugly. :-)

You should see the Queen Anne jewelry armoire I made out of 2x's.

PS: OK, I was kidding, but now I feel a strange impulse to try it.

Lee Michaels (in ) said:

| Do they stack too?

They do; but each horse adds 5" to the stack - so you probably
wouldn't very many in a stack. Other than to verify that they're
stackable, I've never actually done that - most of mine end up as tool
stands when the project I've built 'em for is done (all of the others
except the two my ex burned up [don't ask] have ended up as gifts).

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Morris Dovey wrote:
except the two my ex burned up [don't ask]

com'on entertain us

Morris:

These are great! How about sharing some rough idea of the angles used,
etc. Or even
just a quick sketch?

Thanks for posting!

MJ Wallace

(in
) said:

| These are great! How about sharing some rough idea of the angles
| used, etc. Or even just a quick sketch?

All angles are either 80 or 90 degrees. All parts except the front leg
started out cut square at 30 inches. The front leg I cut a bit long
and trimmed flush with my PC690 router after assembly.

Adjust the leg length so that the overall height is comfortable for
you. Adjust the length of the top to suit the intended purpose. I have
a disk sander atop one of these and a 1" belt sander on another; and
may build another pair about 2" taller and 10" or so shorter. While
building the most recent pair of horses, I discovered that pocket
joinery works really well - it allows leaving the top surface free of
screws (nice for planes and chisels). I drove #8 x 2 1/2" washer-head
square drive screws with coarse thread and twisted 'em really tight
with a hand driver.

The idea of making all those photos was to avoid having to make a
sketch. If enough people want/need plans, I'll make them available for
purchase or barter - 'cause that's a lot like work for me.

I'll warn that there's a certain amount of challenge in the assembly
of these things - they're perfectly simple and incredibly useful; but
the people who build these will either laugh with me or swear at me
while the first one goes together. After the first it becomes easier,
I promise. :-)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Well Morris, I was just putting the finishing touches on the plans when the
computer froze up. Of course, I hadn't saved in a significant amount of
time. Will have to start over. When I'm done, I'll send them to you if you
want to post them on your site.

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
...
(in
) said:

| These are great! How about sharing some rough idea of the angles
| used, etc. Or even just a quick sketch?

All angles are either 80 or 90 degrees. All parts except the front leg
started out cut square at 30 inches. The front leg I cut a bit long
and trimmed flush with my PC690 router after assembly.

Adjust the leg length so that the overall height is comfortable for
you. Adjust the length of the top to suit the intended purpose. I have
a disk sander atop one of these and a 1" belt sander on another; and
may build another pair about 2" taller and 10" or so shorter. While
building the most recent pair of horses, I discovered that pocket
joinery works really well - it allows leaving the top surface free of
screws (nice for planes and chisels). I drove #8 x 2 1/2" washer-head
square drive screws with coarse thread and twisted 'em really tight
with a hand driver.

The idea of making all those photos was to avoid having to make a
sketch. If enough people want/need plans, I'll make them available for
purchase or barter - 'cause that's a lot like work for me.

I'll warn that there's a certain amount of challenge in the assembly
of these things - they're perfectly simple and incredibly useful; but
the people who build these will either laugh with me or swear at me
while the first one goes together. After the first it becomes easier,
I promise. :-)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

I just opened my last save before the crash. A blank template titled "Dovey
Sawbench". At least I got it named.

"CW" wrote in message
ink.net...
Well Morris, I was just putting the finishing touches on the plans when
the
computer froze up. Of course, I hadn't saved in a significant amount of
time. Will have to start over. When I'm done, I'll send them to you if you
want to post them on your site.

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
...
(in
) said:

| These are great! How about sharing some rough idea of the angles
| used, etc. Or even just a quick sketch?

All angles are either 80 or 90 degrees. All parts except the front leg
started out cut square at 30 inches. The front leg I cut a bit long
and trimmed flush with my PC690 router after assembly.

CW (in et) said:

| Well Morris, I was just putting the finishing touches on the plans
| when the computer froze up. Of course, I hadn't saved in a
| significant amount of time. Will have to start over. When I'm done,
| I'll send them to you if you want to post them on your site.

Good - thanks! I'll gladly post yours until I'm shamed into posting
one of my own. It occurred to me (belatedly) that it might be helpful
if I combined plans with photos of each step of the assembly proocess.

[ When I built my first, I knew exactly what I wanted to end up with -
and I had all the parts cut correctly - but I felt like I was acting
out the Abbott and Costello ironing board skit when I tried to put
those pieces together... ]

I suspect that it'd be best to post the plan as a GIF or JPG - so
people without CAD packages can use them.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

"CW" told this tale of woe

I just opened my last save before the crash. A blank template titled "Dovey
Sawbench". At least I got it named.

That is what we call a work in progress.

I can relate.