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

Steve wrote:

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

Steve...

This one doubles as a small workbench:
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/pocket/kreg_horse.gif

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DeSoto, Iowa USA

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

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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Steve wrote:

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

Steve...

This one doubles as a small workbench:
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/pocket/kreg_horse.gif

Here's another
http://www.handymanusa.com/articles/sawhorse.html

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

Steve...

This one doubles as a small workbench:
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/pocket/kreg_horse.gif

And another
http://benchnotes.com/Wide%20top%20s.../sawhorses.htm

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Here's another
http://www.handymanusa.com/articles/sawhorse.html

Now how did that happen? Didn't mean to cross-post it here. Sorry!

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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

"Steve" wrote in message m...
I am looking for an easy sawhorse plan. Any ideas or plans would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

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

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

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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

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

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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"Bob Davis" wrote in message
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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.

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.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...,43 456,43388

"Bob Davis" wrote in message link.net...
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

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

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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"Bob Davis" wrote in message
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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.

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.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...,43 456,43388

Steve:

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

http://www.pbs.org/wws/howto/images/e2101sawhorse.pdf
(adobe reader required)

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.

"Steve" wrote in message m...
I am looking for an easy sawhorse plan. Any ideas or plans would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Upscale wrote:
"Bob Davis" wrote in message
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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.


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.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...,43 456,43388



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.

http://www.employees.org/~mbrna/shorse.html

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


"Bob Davis" wrobertdavis wrote in message
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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

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

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.

"Upscale" wrote in message
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of difference considering my height limitations. Can't ask for more than
that.


http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...,43 456,43388


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

It was a dead link when I tried it.


"phil" wrote in message
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Steve:

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

http://www.pbs.org/wws/howto/images/e2101sawhorse.pdf

They look like they all came out of the same Chinese factory to me, except
for color. Home depot orange just arrived. Lowe's are black. I can tell
you that HD and Lowe's are identical. They look just like the LV picture
and are very stout.

Bob

"Reyd" wrote in message
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are the Home Despot and Low's ones as good as the lee valley ones?


"Bob Davis" wrobertdavis wrote in message
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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

Easy to make

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

Sorry about posting this to a non binary news group
I sent to alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking and went
here as well, I'm using a new newsreader

"diesel_fuel" wrote in message
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Let me guess. You've trained the cat to guard the saw horse?

THAT'S MY CAT!!!! GIVE HIM BACK!! HIS NAME'S HITLER - What did you name my
cat? OH! Never mind, there he is now, laying on the heat vent.

LOL, it's a small world after all.

Pop

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It was a dead link when I tried it.


"phil" wrote in message
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Steve:

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

http://www.pbs.org/wws/howto/images/e2101sawhorse.pdf




Worked for me just now.

GJP

\
The internet routing to my part of the world must be rusty. Oh well.

Bob

The page loads up a .pdf file so if your Adobe Acrobat reader is rusty,
that could be a problem too.
j4

Bob Davis wrote:

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The internet routing to my part of the world must be rusty. Oh well.

Bob

"Bob Davis" wrote in
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The internet routing to my part of the world must be rusty. Oh well.

Bob



What version of Acrobat reader do you have...seems like some of the newer
PDF's lately require ver 5 or 6 to work correctly?

GJP

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:37:56 GMT, Bob Davis wrote:
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The internet routing to my part of the world must be rusty. Oh well.

Are you going through a proxy? www.pbs.org is one of the few sites
that doesn't work with my proxy.

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You know what? If you have an Ikea near you, you might want to check
out the section where they have their table legs. There they have
wooden "saw horses". They have one that can be adjusted for
height....and they're cheap. Or, use that as your idea for a saw horse
to make on your own.

Layne

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 06:47:44 GMT, "Steve"
wrote:

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

Here's the link. Unfortunately they don't sell these on the website.

http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...ts=10121*10391

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:48:42 -0700, Layne wrote:

You know what? If you have an Ikea near you, you might want to check
out the section where they have their table legs. There they have
wooden "saw horses". They have one that can be adjusted for
height....and they're cheap. Or, use that as your idea for a saw horse
to make on your own.

Layne

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 06:47:44 GMT, "Steve"
wrote:

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

I knew I had seen this plan somewhere, finally found it in an old notebook,
then found it on Woodworkers Workshop free plan list. I originally got it as
free plan of the month from Wood Magazine. It's simple, knockdown, uses 1
sheet of 3/4" plywood.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...837126-8073453

(watch out for the wrap)

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I knew I had seen this plan somewhere, finally found it in an old
notebook,
then found it on Woodworkers Workshop free plan list. I originally got it
as
free plan of the month from Wood Magazine. It's simple, knockdown, uses 1
sheet of 3/4" plywood.


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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

Kewl.. I went and got me some of those and like you said they are really
handy.Mine are already in use. Now I may need to get some more (grin)..

"RonB" wrote in message
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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
ink.net...
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