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The Best Sawhorse In The World! - dwgs/
By:mike allen
Date: 6/22/1999, 9:07 pm

Well maybe, but I just realized that 90% of us are using them so here is mine for your review:

I took a weedend last summer to help a friend who was building his house. On the first day he had to leave for 3 or 4 hours, so to pass the time I designed and built a pair of rigid sawhorses similar with some of the characteristics shown below. A week or so later, he told be that he had to keep an eagle eye out on site as the subcontractors regarded them with envy.

Later as I was about to design a 17 to 19 foot sea kayak, I decided to jump ahead and build the strongback and sawhorses first as I was itchin' to get going. Because I have limited space, I decided to make them fold. And then as I was starting surfyak, the addition of casters was a natural as only one horse is used - I just pick up the front of the yak (attached to horse), and wheel the whole ass'y around! - real handy for getting it out of the way.

Anyway, if you haven't started building yet here is a sawhorse with the following great features:

1/ Strong & Stable - you can walk and climb all over it

2/ Flat Top - A mini work surface for tools, a beer, and Nick's book ( not nec. in that order!)

3/ Bottom Shelf - lots of space for stuff without having to bend too far

4/ Electrical Power ea/ End - Really, really handy. One extension cord plugs in 4 tools where you need 'em or you can plug in a whole series of horses in a row with only the one cord.

5/ Folding - folds up for better storage, or bottom shelf folds up so one can store on top of the other, etc etc

6/ Casters - Its absolutely stable and yet when you lift one end it will roll wherever you desire - espec. when loaded!(I mean the horse.)

7/ Quick Setup - Lift the bottom shelf and it collapses - drop the bottom shelf and its locked in place

Incidentally you can see a photo of it in the few 'Strongback' posts I did a few weeks back.

So here I was working away last night on surfyak, with a couple of lights and a glue gun plugged in, with a brew, pliers and assorted tools on the top, with the bottom shelf loaded with clamps and even with surfyak tipped right over I easily rolled it over a bit in order to work on the other side. And over in the corner I saw the other sawhorse folded up but ready to go. And I gotta admit - I smiled.

So here it is - and if you build one or two - I think you'll smile too.

Messages In This Thread

The Best Sawhorse In The World! - dwgs/
mike allen -- 6/22/1999, 9:07 pm
Re: The Best Sawhorse In The World! - dwgs/
Ross Leidy -- 6/24/1999, 2:46 pm
Re: The Best Sawhorse In The World! - dwgs/
mike allen -- 6/24/1999, 4:14 pm
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Ross Leidy -- 6/24/1999, 5:13 pm
"dam the scatches, full speed ahead" :-)
Greg Steeves -- 6/24/1999, 6:48 pm