Saw Horse City!

wow…i am so jealous of all you guys that live out with the space…and the opportunity for fallen logs…that is a lot of saw horses!!! The dog looks happy!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...

Looks like a great operation. What other types of projects do you lay out like that?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I have a number of benches, wall cabinets and small free standing book cases that all take about an hour to cut and assemble. I could never do it all in my shop so I spread out when the weather is nice. Sometimes I will set up at remote locations where I am milling lumber and make items that can be assembled with green or partly dry wood. About half of the salvage logs I mill are mostly dry and can be used right away or need only a week or so to dry.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

That is great Ron. A nice place to work, beautiful scenery, and plenty of room. Sounds like you have quite the operation going on there!

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Holy smokes! That’s a lot of horses! I like those toolboxes/totes on the right and that’s cool how they fit under the saw horses! (Is that what you meant by “tool storage under the top?” – Or something else?)

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

I saw these on Craigslist Ron. They look great.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Nice horses and a nice profit, too. Who are these people in Twain Harte California that need so many saw horses? Doesn’t matter as long as they keep buying, right? Way to go, Ron.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Now thats a workshop, with a clear blue cieling! Those kind of shops can go on for miles.

Great workspace! The ceiling color looks so natural!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I’m going to have to drive up and see the shop before long. See if there is any lumber I cannot live without while I’m there. : ^ )

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Looks like you get to keep busy for a long time. Great Jobs on the sawhorses.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Dorje, I also have around twenty small wooden tool boxes that you can see to the right of the photo. They do fit under the saw horses (not planed) and they can stack to about four high, very handy for the portable shop. I have a shelf in the short sawhorse that will hold tools, it is kind of like a small portable work bench used singly or in pairs.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Hi Ron;
—-ha!....I just love all those sawhorses and then what makes it better is the setting up shop under the sky of blue.

Great shop site you have there.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

That is a great work site ya got there! You use the dog for herding all them horses?

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Ron – thanks for the response. How do you secure the handles on the toolboxes?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Dorje, I use quarter inch crown staples and glue. I will mill some 3/8” X 6”, 8” and 10” widths and do the production line thing and make a mess o boxes all at once leaving it rough sawn.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

got it! Keep it cranking…

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Great way to make a living Ron. Enjoy it while you can. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

I wish you were closer. $25.00 a pair is a great price. I need some sawhorses badly…my shop is also the great outdoors and I need to set up a similar system. Looks like I’ll have to make some. These look quick, simple and sturdy.

Speaking of which. I’ll have 4 hollow core doors soon for worktable tops. Are they worth keeping for that? Should I add to them (glue plywood, etc..). I’m going to make 8 sawhorses. 2 to match my table saw height as outfeed support and 6 lower general purpose.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Bob, Your doors should work good for work surfaces. I have used some doors in the past and am hard on my gluing tables so they need to replaced every so often.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3