How to build Awesome Sawhorses 

Very nice build. Also, congratulations on a great video where you actually demonstrate what is being made up front without having to wade through 15 minutes of sawing, drilling and gluing before we find out what it is. Held my attention all the way through and will definitely have a go at making these in future. 👍 👍 👍

Nice design! As you mentioned, you can put other stretchers on this to suit your needs so I would modify the stretcher in these ways. Take the off-cuts from the legs and once the sawhorse is assembled, screw and glue them to the stretcher on either side of the slots to tighten up and reinforce the connection to the legs. Since you could push them tighter against the leg, you could cure any slop that occurred in cutting the slot or any that might develop over time. Take the other off-cuts, cut them to size, double them up and screw them to another length of plywood that could drop down over the stretcher like the top of an I-beam. I would also make a lower shelf that hooks into the bottom two holes in the legs and works against their tendency to splay. A bit thicker and heavier but maybe worth it? .

Yeah, My Fam had internet and cell phones in the 90's.... Pagers were the size of garage door openers, phones were like suitcases, and modems gave landline callers a busy signal.... Good times!

Perfect! I need a break down model and this is the first one that came up. Thanks!

I built a set over the Easter weekend. All went well except that the notches were a bit loose, so it was a little shaky. I guess the notches have to be snug for better/best stability. Great idea though. THANKS!!

Awesome saw horse idea with very little foot print, going to build for out-feed supports coming off my table saw with a couple of slight changes to suit my needs, thanks for the inspiration!! Hahaha loved the woodworkers ninja moves at the end, I won’t be doing that 👍🏻

Thank you I'm a carpenter and have been looking for a nice collapsible setup for my daily arsenal

I love these saw horses, so practical and good looking too! The best part of the vid is your James Bond / parkour move at the end. That was unexpected and awesome. I appreciate you posting this and your other useful vids too. You seem like a good dude.

Some acrobatics at the very end. I like the circle templates. I think I should Aquire some of them. I got some fish tank stands made from steel from my grandfathers house.. I guess when you contract and carry equipment it builds up and you are always changing things to make room. And doesn't matter what you always carry a set amount. The times you think you don't need something and leave it home are the times you do need them.

Haha. Nice entry for the strength test. Definitley going to use this design and adapt it for a portable mitre stand. Thanks.

Great design. A while back I played around with an idea that a old boss had told me about. He new a design where you could use one full sheet of 3/4" plywood and cut out the parts for a two person table. He said it was great for lunch and all else to provide a place to sit down. He also said you could hold the all the scrap generated in one hand. It was a knockdown design with no fasteners. I never could figure it out.

thumbs up for the rolling over the table

Now this is a great concept. Definitely plan to make ASAP

Very nice video..... Nice to see what we're building up front. I think though if I build these I'd put a removeable stretcher of a 2x4 across the middle ... Legs looked like they wanted to splay when weight put on

I like them, nice straight forward design!

Simple and sweet, good job!

Very nice, thanks for sharing

I build it! design is nice! My initial idea was a portable and light workbench. And it is portable and light. Just with few hours of sawing, planing and sanding... I noticed the legs bend under light pressure. A bit anoying, so I will reinforce them. Great design and awesome video tutorial. Thanks!

Awesome I’m going to have a go and make a set

Hi there i built these and they work great. I drilled 22 mm holes each piece so they line up and i can hang them from a couple of pegs on side of my work bench

excellent video friend. do you have the video of the table manufacture? looks fantastic!!!

i'd put pocket screws holes going up on the stretcher so I could screw a flat 2x4 as the top work surface

Excellent

Muy buen trabajo gracias 👌👌👌

Great idea and great work!

Excelente, adorei o trabalho. Parabéns. Eng Anderson Martins Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

i like everything you did here and half way through building my own. I need to know your legal representative before i try your acrobatic ending. i may be too old and heavy........

Nice work.

I really like the design. How about making and cutting out the first 1 like you did then drop a template bit in your router and use it to cut the 2nd 1 out? Exact match and should be a little faster.

If you don't need to break it down often, like once every few months, can I just leave the pieces as rectangles and just cut out a hole for gripping them? Would it be stronger too and have more surface area on side supports for supporting a small tabletop. Also, would planing flat the top and bottom of the side pieces make it more secure or attaching strips of solid wood and flatten their corners so the side pieces rest flat on the floor and the tabletop would rest flat too or it doesn't matter?

Amazing!!!

Nice

Very nice design and build. Gives me some ideas on some possible add-ons, as well. What is the brand of the trammel setup you used for the radius lines? I WANT one.

I'm really loving this design. I'm putting together my own Paulk bench in the next few weeks and might go with these over his original horses. I do, however, worry about side-to-side racking with these in comparison to other designs. Do you feel these are little weaker in that area? Do you think combining the bottom cutouts into one large cutout and adding another notch for a 2nd spanner piece would be a feasible solution without hurting the integrity of the side piece? It looks like the horses used on your bench have a much larger top spanner and extends further down the sides, which probably provides more racking protection. Maybe that's the way to go...

Congratulations very good project and Thanks for sharing. I have a question, what is the function of the hollow cutouts? Is it just aesthetic? or what use will it give them? Thanks and regards from Monterrey Mexico.

Best saw horse. Is there a way to lock the joinery together when in use?

Design bonito, funcional e facil de fazer. parabéns. mais um inscrito no canal.

Awesome, lite weight, movable. How about the build for your workbench. That looks great also. Perfect for apartment or condo living. Thanks

Vc teria o projeto em PDF?

hey man, i'm planning to make sawhorse like this in my next video. can i use this idea? of course i will mention your channel and this video!

Those look really nice. I like the collapsing idea. Wouldn’t they be stronger if you went with the plywood grain in the opposite direction?

It needs slots in it to lay a 2x4 in flat or up and down

Awesome video. Plan to make a couple of sets at different heights. Can you provide specs/dimensions on the workbench top? I don't have a lot of room and this workbench top on these sawhorses is ideal; interested in building one. Thanks!

Very nice - do you have a plan/PDF for the cut-outs available by any chance?

What the hell is that gonna hold. My coffee ?

Did anyone get pdf plans?

I'll give you an A for effort. But thats all.

Pencil hard to see, a black "sharpie" would have been better to use for your video. Like your idea though.

There pretty.... But I'd rather save time spend £20 in screw fix and buy ones that fold up I'm literally 1 second. Great job though

That's not a sawhorse. A sawhorse as the name suggests is used to support wood or timber whilst you saw or cut it. What you've constructed are trestle's. There's a distinct difference!

Dude aol was in the 90s

Those did not look strong at all.