Looking to build folding sawgorses

Go to Google.
Type in *folding sawhorses*
when it comes up, click on *images*
You'll see a lot of various designs.

Smitty

Might look at Lowes as well. !5 or 16.00 galv metal. I have 4 we use
in a commercial shop operation and the are tough and easy to use
Kenneth
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:02:03 -0600, "Kate"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I have a set I bought at Home Depot several years ago.
>They fold up nice and neat and are height adjustable and even sport carrying
>handles.
>
>They're made of steel and at about $20 each, you can't build em for that.
>Have a look: http://tinyurl.com/2hrytu
>
>One thing that I did was bolt a length of 2x4 to the top of them so that if
>a saw accidently grazed one it wouldn't damage the saw blade or the
>sawhorse.
>
>Ahhh... a 50' sailboat.
>I have always wanted to learn how to sail.
>One of those things I suppose will never happen in this lifetime.
>
>Kate
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>Looking to build folding sawhorses
>
>
>
>I need about four sawhorses to lay my sailboat mast (50') horizontally while
>I am doing the preparation work in the spring.
>
>Ideally, I should be able to transport these four sawhorses in the trunk of
>my car from my house to the yacht club. Then bring them back home and store
>them for the rest of the season.
>
>So far, I have not been able to come up with a design that is foldable,
>strong, and easy to use and store.
>
>Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>
>
>
>TIA
>
>Denis
>

RE: Subject

These are for a sailor to support the mast during spring launch
season.

Must consider sailor mentality which is::

The wind is free and so should everything else.

As a sailor myself, would approach the problem as follows:

Build dedicated saw horses that are at least 36" high, which is a non
standard height for commercial saw horses.

Build them with a hole drilled thru them to pass a 1/4" link chain
thru it.

After launch, chain and lock the saw horses to the storage cradle for
the summer, then get a beer.

Lew

Tue, Dec 18, 2007, 10:45am (EST+1) [email protected]
(<[email protected]>) doth claimeth:
Looking to build folding sawhorses <snip>

Nah, you don't want folding sawgorses; you want take down sawgorses.
The folders are a real pain in the patooty (technical medical term for
those of you that don't know). Plenty of plans on line, free plans. A
little thought of plus is, when they're no longer reqired, you can cut
'em up and use the ply for small jigs, boxes, whatever.



JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso

On 20 Dec, 22:14, Puckdropper <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:13mljrmkj1fil66
> @corp.supernews.com:
>
> *snip*
>
>
>
> > After launch, chain and lock the saw horses to the storage cradle for
> > the summer, then get a beer.
>
> > Lew
>
> Ever thought of beer as a security feature? =A0Leave two cases of beer nex=
t
> to your stored valuables, where the criminal will see them first. =A0The
> criminal will then be tempted to take the beer, one case in each arm. =A0
> He'll have a couple and then think about your stuff again, at which
> point, hopefully he'll be too drunk to remember where it was.
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Marching to the beat of a different drum is great... unless you're in
> marching band.
>
> To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

Anyone who would be too drunk to remember something after having only
a couple of beers probably doesn't drink enough for the beer to have
been a temptation in the first place.

"DerbyDad03" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1eb9d96b-9141-4040-9bf4-6b54ea331477@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
On 20 Dec, 22:14, Puckdropper <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:13mljrmkj1fil66
> @corp.supernews.com:
>
> *snip*
>
>
>
> > After launch, chain and lock the saw horses to the storage cradle for
> > the summer, then get a beer.
>
> > Lew
>
> Ever thought of beer as a security feature? Leave two cases of beer next
> to your stored valuables, where the criminal will see them first. The
> criminal will then be tempted to take the beer, one case in each arm.
> He'll have a couple and then think about your stuff again, at which
> point, hopefully he'll be too drunk to remember where it was.
>
> Puckdropper
> --
> Marching to the beat of a different drum is great... unless you're in
> marching band.
>
> To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

Anyone who would be too drunk to remember something after having only
a couple of beers probably doesn't drink enough for the beer to have
been a temptation in the first place.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I appreciate the information. I
have a fair amount of 4/4 and 8/4 eastern white pine in my garage. At this
time, it is not too comfortable to work in my garage workshop because of the
cold Canadian winter. This will give me time to look around for the plastic
folding sawhorses.

Merry Christmas

On Dec 18, 8:45 am, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking to build folding sawhorses
>
> I need about four sawhorses to lay my sailboat mast (50') horizontally while
> I am doing the preparation work in the spring.
>
> Ideally, I should be able to transport these four sawhorses in the trunk of
> my car from my house to the yacht club. Then bring them back home and store
> them for the rest of the season.
>
> So far, I have not been able to come up with a design that is foldable,
> strong, and easy to use and store.
>
> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Denis

Drop by Lowes or Home Depot. They have folding sawhorses that should
meet your needs.

DonkeyHody
"A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two"

On Dec 19, 7:11 am, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have 8 of the black and yellow Stanley versions and >have to agree.
> Unless I needed different dimensions, I wouldn't bother >making them.

Couldn't agree more. I was so used to making my own that I balked at
the price. Then I sat down and figured out just how much time and
material went into making them. Ouch.

I have a pair that is about six years old and are just now broken in
enough places to need to replace them. After all these years of being
used and abused, they have well been worth the money.

Robert

On 18 Dec, 14:45, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking to build folding sawhorses


IMHO, don't bother with folders. Once you have more than a couple,
stacking is just as good. It's also simpler and more rigid.

Easy way to make them stack is to make each one of a group slightly
longer (by two leg thicknesses). This saves the need for all those
clever nesting approaches.

Plywood skins make good diagonalisation and rigidity. Much easier than
lots of mortices too.

There was a design posted round here a while ago for three-legged
sawhorses that nested very neatly. Not the most rigid things in the
world (I sometimes work 12" square oak), but they'd support something
the weight of a mast for light working on it. Tripod bases also work
better on lumpy floors. I like the set I built, I just don't use them
for framing work.

For car-portable trestles where I do need folders, I bought them. =A36
each from Lidl, in 1" square steel tube. If I need them that small,
steel beats timber.

"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:13mljrmkj1fil66
@corp.supernews.com:

*snip*

>
> After launch, chain and lock the saw horses to the storage cradle for
> the summer, then get a beer.
>
> Lew
>

Ever thought of beer as a security feature? Leave two cases of beer next
to your stored valuables, where the criminal will see them first. The
criminal will then be tempted to take the beer, one case in each arm.
He'll have a couple and then think about your stuff again, at which
point, hopefully he'll be too drunk to remember where it was.


Puckdropper
--
Marching to the beat of a different drum is great... unless you're in
marching band.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

DerbyDad03 wrote:
>
> As mentioned by Don Quixote's cousin, the HD brand folding saw horses
> are quite servicable.

I have 8 of the black and yellow Stanley versions and have to agree.
Unless I needed different dimensions, I wouldn't bother making them.

Every so often, the no-frills Stanley horses go on sale for ~ $12 each.

I have a set I bought at Home Depot several years ago.
They fold up nice and neat and are height adjustable and even sport carrying
handles.

They're made of steel and at about $20 each, you can't build em for that.
Have a look: http://tinyurl.com/2hrytu

One thing that I did was bolt a length of 2x4 to the top of them so that if
a saw accidently grazed one it wouldn't damage the saw blade or the
sawhorse.

Ahhh... a 50' sailboat.
I have always wanted to learn how to sail.
One of those things I suppose will never happen in this lifetime.

Kate

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Looking to build folding sawhorses



I need about four sawhorses to lay my sailboat mast (50') horizontally while
I am doing the preparation work in the spring.

Ideally, I should be able to transport these four sawhorses in the trunk of
my car from my house to the yacht club. Then bring them back home and store
them for the rest of the season.

So far, I have not been able to come up with a design that is foldable,
strong, and easy to use and store.

Any suggestion will be appreciated.



TIA

Denis

Puckdropper wrote:
>
>
> Ever thought of beer as a security feature? Leave two cases of beer next
> to your stored valuables, where the criminal will see them first.

Beer _is_ a valuable!

On 18 Dec, 09:45, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking to build folding sawhorses
>
> I need about four sawhorses to lay my sailboat mast (50') horizontally while
> I am doing the preparation work in the spring.
>
> Ideally, I should be able to transport these four sawhorses in the trunk of
> my car from my house to the yacht club. Then bring them back home and store
> them for the rest of the season.
>
> So far, I have not been able to come up with a design that is foldable,
> strong, and easy to use and store.
>
> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Denis

As mentioned by Don Quixote's cousin, the HD brand folding saw horses
are quite servicable. I use 2 to hold Soap Box Derby cars that weigh
up to 255 lbs, driver included. Look for the style with the locking
shelf on the bottom which supplies a lot of rigidity and a place to
lay your tools.

I had one hit by a full size car (drunken driver) and other than a 3"
chip on one leg, the saw horse just folded up and bounced down the
road.

There are cheaper version available at the X-Marts and Mr. Second's,
but I would avoid them.

On 18 Dec, 16:17, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
> Tue, Dec 18, 2007, 10:45am (EST+1) [email protected]
> (<[email protected]>) doth claimeth:
> Looking to build folding sawhorses <snip>
>
> Nah, you don't want folding sawgorses; you want take down sawgorses.
> The folders are a real pain in the patooty (technical medical term for
> those of you that don't know). Plenty of plans on line, free plans. A
> little thought of plus is, when they're no longer reqired, you can cut
> 'em up and use the ply for small jigs, boxes, whatever.
>
> JOAT
> I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
> them.
> - Picasso

re: The folders are a real pain in the patooty

Just curious as to why you have that feeling?

I have to load my sawhorses in and out of a trailer for Derby racing,
as well as move them around a lot as we work on the cars. One finger
in a hole in the shelf unlocks and folds them in essentially one move
and then they slip into just about any free space in the trailer,
either vertical or horizontal. I (or the kids) can carry 2 of these
and set them up in an instant, when can be important when we're
holding a 175 lb Derby car. I have a sliding tray system in the
trailer for transporting the Derby cars and use a folding sawhorse to
support the front end of a shelf after it is extended from the
trailer. I can position the folder with one hand while supporting the
loaded tray with the other.

If the type of take down saw horses you are referring to are like
these, I would find it a real PITP to take these down and put them
into trailer every time I needed them. Moving them around as often as
I have to also seems like it would be inconvenient.

http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/etip030815sn.html

On Dec 18, 9:45 am, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking to build folding sawhorses
>
> I need about four sawhorses to lay my sailboat mast (50') horizontally while
> I am doing the preparation work in the spring.
>
> Ideally, I should be able to transport these four sawhorses in the trunk of
> my car from my house to the yacht club. Then bring them back home and store
> them for the rest of the season.
>
> So far, I have not been able to come up with a design that is foldable,
> strong, and easy to use and store.
>
> Any suggestion will be appreciated.

You don't want the mast falling and snapping. No way to
fix it, even if rot doesn't start creeping in. Better to lay the
mast across several 2 ft blocks of 6 x 6.

DerbyDad03 wrote:
> On 18 Dec, 16:17, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
>> Tue, Dec 18, 2007, 10:45am (EST+1) [email protected]
>> (<[email protected]>) doth claimeth:
>> Looking to build folding sawhorses <snip>
>>
>> Nah, you don't want folding sawgorses; you want take down
>> sawgorses. The folders are a real pain in the patooty (technical
>> medical term for those of you that don't know). Plenty of plans on
>> line, free plans. A little thought of plus is, when they're no
>> longer reqired, you can cut 'em up and use the ply for small jigs,
>> boxes, whatever.
>>
>> JOAT
>> I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
>> them.
>> - Picasso
>
> re: The folders are a real pain in the patooty
>
> Just curious as to why you have that feeling?
>
> I have to load my sawhorses in and out of a trailer for Derby
> racing,
> as well as move them around a lot as we work on the cars. One finger
> in a hole in the shelf unlocks and folds them in essentially one
> move
> and then they slip into just about any free space in the trailer,
> either vertical or horizontal. I (or the kids) can carry 2 of these
> and set them up in an instant, when can be important when we're
> holding a 175 lb Derby car. I have a sliding tray system in the
> trailer for transporting the Derby cars and use a folding sawhorse
> to
> support the front end of a shelf after it is extended from the
> trailer. I can position the folder with one hand while supporting
> the
> loaded tray with the other.
>
> If the type of take down saw horses you are referring to are like
> these, I would find it a real PITP to take these down and put them
> into trailer every time I needed them. Moving them around as often
> as
> I have to also seems like it would be inconvenient.
>
> http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/etip030815sn.html

Was in Home Despot today and took a look at what they had in the way
of sawhorses with this discussion in mind.

I'd advise the OP to go by and take a look. They have some steel
folders that aren't much bigger when folded than a length of 2x4.
Might not be what he's looking for but if it is and the price is right
it saves some work.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Looking to build folding sawhorses
>
>
>
> I need about four sawhorses to lay my sailboat mast (50') horizontally
> while I am doing the preparation work in the spring.
>
> Ideally, I should be able to transport these four sawhorses in the trunk
> of my car from my house to the yacht club. Then bring them back home and
> store them for the rest of the season.
>
> So far, I have not been able to come up with a design that is foldable,
> strong, and easy to use and store.
>
How foldable/portable does it need to be?

If this is a one time only thing, why not just get some sawhorse brackets,
available everywhere? Cut some lengths of 2 X 4 to fit. Maybe nail on
something on the top board to keep the mast from rolling. Maybe make the
top board short as well to save space, etc.

Then screw it together with screws. Mark the 2 X 4's clearly so that you
put together the right board for each saw horse. Disassaemble and store.
When it comes time to do your project, throw the parts into the trunk, bring
it there and reassemble. Bring your batter operated screw gun. Ot get a
yankee screwdriver of a brace and bit.

When done, extract the crews and throw it all back into the trunk. This
approach would be far cheaper than almost any other option.