Ultimate Folding Saw Horses

Nice saw horse, could you show a picture of it folded up?

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Looks great.. would love to see the plans (although I get the jist from the pics)

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Great idea. I would like to see plans on this also. With the minimum area I have to work, anything helps.

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Wow that is a neat idea for sure. I bet with the top piece clamped like that it is very stable.

How did you mount the strap??

If you used thinner material for the cross pieces, would be even thinner folded; 1x or 3/4 ply would get you down to 5” you might be able to drop more by putting cross pieces in dadoes would work ok on the inner set of legs, if you did the outer would need to dado inner ones for clearance. (if I am making any sense)

-- Fred, Springfield, Ma

Sweet! Now I feel like a sucker for paying $30 for an overly-heavy metal one from the big box.

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

That’s a very cool design! Great job

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

This is a nice design. I can see a lot of possibilities in this project.

Wonderful job.

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Nice design. You have solved my pet peeve of saw horses – how do you effectively store them.

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Save $$ here, spend more on tools, and supplies! Woo Hoo

Carlyle

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Nice saw horses! Is it the angle cut on the top of the legs that determines the spread at the bottom? If so, what is the angle cut at the top? (Really, really nice design!!)

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

Rich,

I can’t recall the angle off the top of my head, but all the cuts are compound angles and to top has two compound angle in each notch.

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Nice horses…... I’m like everyone else, I’d love to see the plans.
JJ

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I too would like more info. I’m curious about folding it up due to the splay of the legs angle. Doesn’t it pinch a bit? I can see how it would not if the frame was square …..

notch the 2×4s that cross the piece in 1 1/2” and you can fold it up to a 3” clearance. When I was in rough carpentry we built many saw horses but none as efficient as this one. Great planning on your part.

-- JJohn

looks great

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These horses look great. Simple, easy to build and space saving. Nice design

Very nice design. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

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very creative…I can see the interchangeable top as being very helpful…you could use it to attach a lot of different set-ups…

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Thats a great looking sawhorse. It’s always nice to have something that is portable and also easy to use.

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