Koy E
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A long time ago before I owned a home I picked up a set of two plastic sawhorse's from sears. You know cheapo black plastic one's that go on sale in a two pack for something like 15 bucks. Well those came in handy on occasion. I now own a home which means I find myself doing more and more home improvement stuff so I decided to replace my flimsy saw horses with something sturdier. I shopped around Hd, Lowe's and online but most were expensive or not collapsible so it was an easy decision to make my own. I browsed the interwebs for a bit until I came along this website with a walk though on how to build "Shop Dog" sawhorse's Artofmanliness.There I found a step by step tutorial on how to build these neat Sawhorse's. Apparently this guy came out with the design.
Here's some pics of my build. I've only made one so far but plan on making another next week.
Got the 2x4 lumber,bolts,washers and nuts at H.D. The larger bench top wood is for a work bench i'll be building later using my 2x4 workbench kit.
Cut the legs to size.
Layed out he four legs to make sure I got the position and angles right.
Once the legs were done I proceeded to cut the lower and upper support peices. they aren't cut in this pic.
Next came the tricky part of cutting inner side of the legs at slight angles.
It was kinda frustrating not getting a clean cut or angle just right. It took some eye balling but the second leg set came out better than the first so I'm confidant the second sawhorse will be better.
Moving onto the assembly.Btw I used wood screws that didn't need pre-drilling to make the build a bit more convenient.
The result
I decided to use some scrap wood to build the ad-on miter saw bracket while I was at it.
I screw mounted the 2x4's from the bottom up and used some wood glue to give it a better bond. the Ketter work table came in really hand through out build.
And there we go so far.
Here's some pics of my build. I've only made one so far but plan on making another next week.
Got the 2x4 lumber,bolts,washers and nuts at H.D. The larger bench top wood is for a work bench i'll be building later using my 2x4 workbench kit.
Cut the legs to size.
Layed out he four legs to make sure I got the position and angles right.
Once the legs were done I proceeded to cut the lower and upper support peices. they aren't cut in this pic.
Next came the tricky part of cutting inner side of the legs at slight angles.
It was kinda frustrating not getting a clean cut or angle just right. It took some eye balling but the second leg set came out better than the first so I'm confidant the second sawhorse will be better.
Moving onto the assembly.Btw I used wood screws that didn't need pre-drilling to make the build a bit more convenient.
The result
I decided to use some scrap wood to build the ad-on miter saw bracket while I was at it.
I screw mounted the 2x4's from the bottom up and used some wood glue to give it a better bond. the Ketter work table came in really hand through out build.
And there we go so far.
What's so amazing with me is, I bought the plans for the "Shopdog Sawhorses" and I still can't get those angles right. Even though the angles are not flush I can still get the "Jaws" to clamp down on the 2X4, but then afterwards when everything is assembled I have one of the legs a bit to short, by about 1/2"inch.
Your clamping of the 2 legs together for that pivot hole and using those straps is a great idea. Right now, I only have one completed ( not perfect ) sawhorse that I mount my mitre saw on. That was the 1st one I made last year. As for the other two that I tried to make, there going be used as firewood in my Chiminea this winter. But I'm determined to get it right, trust me.
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