Sawhorse

Cole82

What are your guys favorite type of sawhorse. Homemade or store bought, post up. Seeing what everybody else is useing and if you like them.
Cole

A W Smith

Ebco or similar, they are cheap at about 19 bucks a buck. and you can fold them by holding one upside down and dropping it on the gropund, try it.
http://www.ebcoproducts.com/stor.html

http://www.westerntool.com/product.htm?pid=435335

I have three pair of them, one set is 48 wide,

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Al Smith
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DecksEtc

I use the Stanley folding plastic ones. I find the do the job for me and the way they fold up for storage works best for the way I have my trailer set up.

Tinstaafl

Yep; these ones. Light, foldable and adjustable both H&W.

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olyteddy

A second vote for the adjustable Stanleys. Adding 2" height makes them good for supporting trim going into a chop saw, and setting them at 34" has saved my back a lot of grief working on doors and stuff.

BuiltByMAC

I built these out of I-joists, 1x trim pieces and plywood. They've got a brackets that hold a 2x10 as a shelf and a hole cutout to receive the rafter hook on my saw. I've loaded them up w/ whole framing packages before. They're heavy, but not nearly as heavy as some I've seen made out of 2x4s. I've tried the plastic ones before but they don't last very long. I screw 2x4 ends to the downhill legs to keep these level on a hillside job.

These have lasted me for at least 3-4 years...I can't remember exactly when I made 'em.

Mac

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joasis

Remember when it was a matter of pride that carpenters built their own sawhorses? The framer I started with took real pride in the horses he would build from the scrap pile.....he would spin in his grave if he was the plastic ones we use today.

I don't even have a picture of them, but my grandfather had a pair that the legs folded up and in, and they were 2x12 tops, with a rim.....heavy, heavy, heavy.....he carried them like they were nothing.

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A W Smith

for many years I used to make my own out of 5/4 x 3 spruce for legs and bracing with a 2X4 cap flat on top. I wouldn't measure anything. Just cut em up by eye. i would make the first one with all the bracing inside and the second one i would nest on top of the first one as a template but put the bracing on the outside. They were light and easy to carry nested together even though they didn't fold up. They would last 3 to 5 years.

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shanekw1

I have a couple sets of these and some that I built from 2x6 scrap

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joasis

What brand Shane?

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shanekw1

Jo, they are the Lite Eagle Pro 3' Tradesman Aluminum Sawhorse / 2-Way Ladders, thay come in around 70 bux each. They work great for so many things. Set a plank across them for low runs of soffit, or cutting in ceilings. I would't trade them.

http://www.liteladders.com/spec2_al_...=y&specialty=y

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joasis

Bookmarked.

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Bodger

My choice as well.

Cole82

Shane those look great! I will have to try those.

I have the plastic stanley's and don't like that that much. They keep cracking in the cold weather and aren't tall enough for me.

Keep them comeing guys.

Bodger

My dad was fond of making sawhorses out of 3/4" plywood, cut with slots so they fit together with panels on the ends that were about 24" X 32", and two spreaders across the tops. Kind of hard to describe, but they were pretty sturdy.
PITA to put together and take apart. One advantage though was that you could make the spreaders any length you wanted up to 8' by just ripping a couple of new pieces of plywood.

Not really sawhorses I guess, but anyone seen this contraption in actual use?:
http://www.amazon.com/Rockwell-RK900...9365603&sr=8-1
A boatload of attachments available as well. If you want to drop a grand on this type of thing.

woodworkbykirk

the ones i build on the job site, are i beam style, mainly using scraps, their about 32- 36" long and 2 feet high, 2x4 ibeam sometimes 2x6 top for standing on with 2x4 legs and a piece of strapping for mid step

for transportable ones i have a set of medal fold up ones which the legs fold right up inside the top so their the size of 2 pcs of 2x4 40' long which can tuck into the trunk nicely

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dkillianjr

I have a couple sets of these. I love em! They have holes on the steel top so you can screw a 2x4 on from the bottom. They are strong and barely take up any room in the truck. The only bad part is, if you adjust the height higher than normal they wont fold all the way up.

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Dave

WarnerConstInc.

Ebco's.

neolitic

I hate the plastic ones,
too slippery!
I've got a couple of sets of these
http://www.trojantools.com/product-display.php?id=1
Mine are older with bigger jaws
(one set was made for 1 5/8" 2X's )
I can make them with anything from
2X4 to 2X12 for height, and 16' long
if I want.
Handy when I pre-prime base, back prime
siding, exterior trim, etc.
The wooden horses I use most are tall,
and made to nest for miter box supports.

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Sgt.Grumpy

I use these too, they fold up nice and fit behind the seat of the truck.


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