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This is probably the first project I built using my newly constructed shop jigs. These include I-beam construction for the main beam as well as full support on each leg. There are 2 sawhorses in the picture at 47” and 49” widths so they can be stacked as shown. Each are built to 32” heights to make them more comfortable for me. All the wood is taken from standard 8’ 2×4’s. It took a total of nine to build both.

-- Tom, Charlotte, North Carolina




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RobS

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#1 posted 2000 days ago

Looks like they will last a lifetime or two and should support a car. Well done.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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DrSawdust

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#2 posted 2000 days ago

Wow!! Excellent work. Very Heavy Duty. I’m sure those Sawhorses will be around for many years to come.

Welcome to LJ’s, Tom. This is the greatest woodworking site on the Internet.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

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Bob A in NJ

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#3 posted 2000 days ago

TJ
I love the I beam design feature. Say again how long it took to build these. Why didn’t you use angled cuts to join the legs to the base? A shelf between the legs on one of them would also be a useful design feature so you could lay some marking tools or a sawthere. Nice work on table saw jigs, nice collection, those cross cut sleds are very handy. Best wishes to you and your new hobby.

-- Bob A in NJ

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Karson

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#4 posted 2000 days ago

Great sawhorses. It’s always nice to have stacking ones, because they take up a lot of room otherwise. And a full 48” wide also. nice job.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Grumpy

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#5 posted 2000 days ago

Very sturdy sawhorses. Should last you a long time.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Jiri Parkman

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#6 posted 2000 days ago

I’m planing to build something similar. This is very inspirable for me.

-- Jiri

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tjscott

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#7 posted 2000 days ago

To Bob A in NJ:

Thanks for the kudos. My father helped me build them as he was visiting last week. It took the two of us about 90 minutes to build them. Very, very simple plan. Plus, I had specific instructions with measurements so there was no guessing about what to do.

Frankly, I didn’t angle the cuts on the legs because the plan didn’t call for it. I thought about it, but thought maybe the full depth of the 2×4 would help to distribute the weight of the I-beam. Having four screws (2 in I-beam top and 2 in bottom) in that joint probably helps anyway.

I could add shelves to the horses, but I believe that will take away the ability to stack them and I prefer to have that feature as my space is limited.

-- Tom, Charlotte, North Carolina

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CharlieM1958

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#8 posted 1999 days ago

I like the idea of the different lengths so they can be stacked. That’s the kind of touch I usually think of after the project is complete.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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jockmike2

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#9 posted 1996 days ago

Good well thought out design. ‘they’ll take up less room a big plus. makes better use of space. three cheers. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

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rikkor

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#10 posted 1996 days ago

Great project that you will find very useful. They look about as strong as the rock of Gibraltar.

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jeanmarc

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#11 posted 1783 days ago

Excellent work.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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baniels

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#12 posted 1301 days ago

I followed identical plans to make almost identical horses. Very sturdy and the stacking is a nice feature. The only thing I did that was not in the plans was to cut put an angled cut on the foot-end of the legs so that they would be flat on the ground.

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Beginningwoodworker

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#13 posted 906 days ago

Those are some nice sawhorses.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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