A good use for leftovers/cutoffs/scraps because you want saw horses that you aren't afraid to cut into, knick, ding, spill paint, and otherwise mess up. Good idea to use chain for the side stretchers. Bring along more scrap plywood/shelving to the job site and set on top of the plywood front/back stretchers as a shelf to keep your tools out of the dirt. Well done!
Nice job. I'm not a contractor so it doesn't matter to me that it needs to fold up to save space in a van. Nesting one on top of another takes up very little floor space. They just need to be lightweight and sturdy.
The sacrificial top is not a bad idea, but if you’re going to do that, save some weight on the finished horses and make them out of 1x4. Or better yet, just make them out of the scrap plywood you made the stretchers from. Also, I’m not sure if you mentioned it but you correctly attached the sacrificial top from the bottom side. It’s always a good idea to not have any nails or screws in the tops of your horses, so you don’t need to be concerned about hitting any metal while making your cuts and ruin your saw blade.
When I attach the sacrifice board. I just put the four screws on the very edge on the bottom. But yes, you definitely have to remember there in that place.
Have you performed a weight test on theses saw horses? I operate a portable sawmill and use saw horses to stack lumber/off cuts/flitches on. I like this design but curious how much weight they can handle.
So far I have just had 220 pounds on a single saw horse. It held that with no issues at all. I should think that 300 pounds would be a safe amount of weight per horse.
I might try this. I have a pair of mastercraft ones from Menards but they’re so heavy and over engineered and are are a pain to set up. Sometimes simple is best.
When I was checking out different designs on youtube I found so many over designed sawhorses. Sure some people have a week to dedicate to making them but 30min seems more my style. These just swing out when you need them.
problem is here in central europe wood got ridiculously expensive since c19 and the war. these nice 2x4s (centimeter equivalent of course) you just casually laid out here cost about the same as a basic lidl/aldi or BD 12v rechargeble drill which arent trash, so is crazy if you think about it... i mean its frkn wood... and they dont come as nice from the store like at you guys. maybe cos USA has this stron wood building culture that helps for sure. im all about reclaimed wood btw. i have some i gonna use just those for free but size options are limited of course. thx for the video.
That's wild! Lumber prices have dropped back down well here. A 2x4 that was $2 before c19 got up to $10 and now has returned to $3-$4. I did not know the price over there was still so high.
@@sethcraftworkshop well wood is much more important for you guys, at us its only used in the roof. i mean if we talk about house building. btw i trash dived the attic and found 10 pcs of 1x2 from the 90s theyll do lol :D
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This is my next project - thanks
A good use for leftovers/cutoffs/scraps because you want saw horses that you aren't afraid to cut into, knick, ding, spill paint, and otherwise mess up. Good idea to use chain for the side stretchers. Bring along more scrap plywood/shelving to the job site and set on top of the plywood front/back stretchers as a shelf to keep your tools out of the dirt. Well done!
Thank you. I will start using these sawhorses next week and will know just how well they perform.
Going to give it a try greetings from Ghana
Great! These have worked well for my current 20x30 shop build.
Nice job. I'm not a contractor so it doesn't matter to me that it needs to fold up to save space in a van. Nesting one on top of another takes up very little floor space. They just need to be lightweight and sturdy.
This man does everything. Solar, Hydro, Wordworking? WTH lol
Lots of hobbies. Perhaps too many at times.
The sacrificial top is not a bad idea, but if you’re going to do that, save some weight on the finished horses and make them out of 1x4. Or better yet, just make them out of the scrap plywood you made the stretchers from. Also, I’m not sure if you mentioned it but you correctly attached the sacrificial top from the bottom side. It’s always a good idea to not have any nails or screws in the tops of your horses, so you don’t need to be concerned about hitting any metal while making your cuts and ruin your saw blade.
When I attach the sacrifice board. I just put the four screws on the very edge on the bottom. But yes, you definitely have to remember there in that place.
Have you performed a weight test on theses saw horses? I operate a portable sawmill and use saw horses to stack lumber/off cuts/flitches on. I like this design but curious how much weight they can handle.
So far I have just had 220 pounds on a single saw horse. It held that with no issues at all. I should think that 300 pounds would be a safe amount of weight per horse.
Nice
Thank you. Looking forward to using these very soon.
I might try this. I have a pair of mastercraft ones from Menards but they’re so heavy and over engineered and are are a pain to set up. Sometimes simple is best.
When I was checking out different designs on youtube I found so many over designed sawhorses. Sure some people have a week to dedicate to making them but 30min seems more my style. These just swing out when you need them.
problem is here in central europe wood got ridiculously expensive since c19 and the war. these nice 2x4s (centimeter equivalent of course) you just casually laid out here cost about the same as a basic lidl/aldi or BD 12v rechargeble drill which arent trash, so is crazy if you think about it... i mean its frkn wood... and they dont come as nice from the store like at you guys. maybe cos USA has this stron wood building culture that helps for sure. im all about reclaimed wood btw. i have some i gonna use just those for free but size options are limited of course. thx for the video.
That's wild! Lumber prices have dropped back down well here. A 2x4 that was $2 before c19 got up to $10 and now has returned to $3-$4. I did not know the price over there was still so high.
@@sethcraftworkshop well wood is much more important for you guys, at us its only used in the roof. i mean if we talk about house building. btw i trash dived the attic and found 10 pcs of 1x2 from the 90s theyll do lol :D
@@sethcraftworkshop btw this yours made from 2by4s... itll hold a ton!
:ike I would risk my life on those NOT