A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a
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Some of you may remember this pair of sawhorses I made a few years ago.
And while they are very sturdy, and I've gotten a lot of use out of them,
they have one major drawback:
they take up a lot of storage space because they don't stack.
So I think that's why you are going to like "sawhorse 2.0" that I designed this week.
It's just as sturdy as the old one,
it's a little bit taller, plus it's got a storage shelf down below.
But, it's got one major storage benefit.
And it sets up just as easily.
You only need two 2x4s to build each of these and I've got free plans down in the description.
I'm cutting all the legs to the same length on my tablesaw
and I'm making 19 degree bevels on each end.
You could also use a miter saw for these cuts.
These are the two top pieces.
I'm putting pocket screws in just two legs on each of the sawhorses.
These are three inch strap hinges,
First, I'm going to attach it to the legs that have the pocket holes in them.
I'm going to line it up to where that bevel is even
and mark where the hinge goes.
I found that it's a lot easier to put these pocket screws in now,
before attaching the other side of the hinge.
I've drawn a line on here to help me square it up.
Now I can put one of the legs without pocket holes up against the hinge.
I can't fit the drill into this space,
so I broke a pencil into a little piece and I can mark it that way.
Now to screw the hinge on, I need to remove these pocket screws.
Now I can put the screws in.
I can repeat that procedure for the rest of the legs.
With these lined up, I'm going to draw a line at the halfway point.
I'm drilling these holes for dowels.
Now I can re-attach the legs using the same holes as before.
You could just leave it like that. It's pretty strong.
I'm ripping this ¾" board into 1 ½" wide strips.
There's also enough wood left over from the 2x4s that you could use them.
I'll drill a hole on one side of each of these boards.
I'm going to slide this on to one of these pegs
and mark where I need to drill the hole for the latch.
Looks like I did a pretty good job measuring everything.
That mark I made is right where it was on the other side
so I don't need to adjust my stop block.
This will just drop on like that.
I'm using ½" plywood for the shelf.
I'll line this up and screw it down to these braces.
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I think having sawhorses around the house is almost indispensable.
It's a great way to set up a temporary table if you need one,
and since these fold up, they aren't going to take up a lot of space.
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