SHOPDOG Folding Sawhorses

mski—Could not agree more … they are excellent. Made mine of Douglas Fir.

—Gerry

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"

Was going that way but the fir here is wet wet wet, so I got White Wood whatever that is.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

The 2×10 and 2×12 stock at Menards stores (in Wisconsin, anyway) is kiln-dried Douglas Fir.

—Gerry

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"

The so called kiln dried Douglas Fir.here is so wet I had it drip when in the shop !

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

The plans for these are good, but they are not among the easier sawhorses to throw together. Mine came out not-quite level and requiring a lot more tension on the straps than I expected. I suspect that a CMS would have made a world of difference.

Yea this plan cured my dyslexia, I did alter the way the plans say , for instance, when you attach the horozontal braces, I just put 1 screw in the bottom of them ,put a top work holder in the horse, then on my TS I made sure everything was true , then one at a time I glued and screwed the cross members.
perfect leg sitting but a little gap here and there on the top where the 2×4 sits, still rock solid

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

I would have to agree with TheDane. Just don’t make them out of white pine they will crack right down the grain. Going to rebuilt out of Douglas Fir. At the present time I am building a new fangle workbench from Fine Woodworking found a good source of Doug fir.

I love these sawhorses. Here are mine hanging on my french cleats (in progress):

Odiferous: A compound miter saw (sliding if you have it) was invaluable in this project.

I’m tellen ya there great. Really a great design, well thought out !

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

These are a really good design. I do wonder if the 2×4 cross braces could be replaced with wider 1/8 plywood to stack much “thinner”? Perhaps dado in 1/8” slots for them to take up 0”. Thoughts?

I was thinking the same thing ratchet, make some let me know because I’m probably making another set

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL