There are a lot of different ways you can make a sawhorse; it seems everyone has his own preferred method. Here is a pair you can easily make in less that an hour, using five 2x4s. I used my miter saw for all cuts.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Build a really simple pair of sawhorses
There are a lot of different ways you can make a sawhorse; it seems everyone has his own preferred method. Here is a pair you can easily make in less that an hour, using five 2x4s. I used my miter saw for all cuts.
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Could you use a wider board on top of the saw horse?
ReplyDeleteYes.
DeleteI hit replay to watch the commercial 3 times.. that how ads should be. Oh ya nice saw horses. How about a MM stackable version?
ReplyDeleteSteve, Long time lurker and fan. I've done most of your projects.. Also, I agree saw horses are handy. It's the first thing I built with my first power tool, a used circular saw long ago. However I've built many many horses since them and the design always improves. Yours are a quick, cheap and decent set. Great project for any beginner. And thats what I've always appreciated about your show. You like most of us, are a mere mortal and not pretentious. You give us projects that we can do without expensive tools, laser precision, or years worth of developing knacks. I was glad to see you get back to your roots, great video, great project.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw the commercial, I thought, "holy crap that looks like Steve!" Then it set in that, "holy crap that is Steve!"
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the commercial, I laughed, I cried, I peed my pants. Well OK I just laughed. Oh yeah, I think there was something about sawhorses...
Seriously, I'm guessing that you didn't glue the top because then you can remove it when it gets cut up, but why didn't you glue the stretcher? So you can change the width? or you forgot?
Yeah, that's exactly why I didn't glue the top. As for the stretcher...I just got lazy I think. I really don't think any of the project actually needs glue.
ReplyDeleteI like this one with the pair of parallel top pieces in the middle of this picture better:
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As that picture documents I was on a saw horse kick for a little while once.
Yeah! strong stuff for stong man´s isn´t it Steve? :D
ReplyDeleteGreets from Holland.
Haye
Hey Steve. I just finished a set of your sawhorses. My only mods were making the overall height 34" so when I add 1/2" plywood it can be used as an outfeed table for my TS. Also, just to be different I attached the bottom rail on the under side. These are MUCH better the the old stamped sheetmetal clamp style sawhorses that I used to have!
ReplyDeleteI made a pair of sawhorses exactly like this about a year ago. While they were very sturdy and seemed to be all I needed, after a few months I found they began to exhibit left and right wobble. I no longer use them to cut a board due to their excessive wobble. Now they just hold molding when I want to paint them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr Stevin, simple and fast.
ReplyDeleteMarcos A. Vasconcelos
Guarulhos - SP - Brasil
www.ston.com.br
I was looking for different ideas on building some saw horses. I saw allot of "I-Beam" type and did not have enough wood to do that then I came across your video on YouTube I said "I can do that!" The only thing I added was couple of square blocks screwed into the top angled part of the legs right under the top they helped in lining up the top piece and made the saw horse more stable. I like the fact that I can use the bottom to keep wood off the ground and still use the top for anything else that needs to get done. Big "Mahalo" (Thank You) from Hawaii. Yeah we need saw horses in Hawaii too!
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