Sawing stool

[Merlin]

I always use "proper" timber sawing horses/stools or whatever you call them but never remember how I made them so I made a set of templates, now when I need them they don't long to make.

The metal templates are made out of brass (only because I had some), these just slip over the end of some 2x2 and then cut out the marked piece with a tenon saw.
The main 4x2 is then marked from that and notched out.

Cut some ply for the top gusset and then screw together, trim the top of the legs that stick out of the 4x2 and then measure down what height suits, set your bevel from the top of the legs and that's about it.









Merlin

 

[Rod]

Clever - you should lone them out?

I made a pair of Norms design ones - a bit cruder but they work.

Rod

 

[Robert]

Now you can make them easily you will probably never accidentally cut one in half again

I made this saw horse /step stool thing and I'm amazed at how useful it is. Find myself using it all the time

Need to reduce the overhangs though as it can get a bit exciting when you stand too near the end

Inspired by Bern on here back on our previous forum.

 

[Mike G]

Nice, Merlin. I prefer mine a bit chunkier than you've made here. I use a 6"x 2" for the top, and 3" x 2" for the legs, but the principle is just the same. I'll be making some more shortly with the left-overs from my workshop timberwork. My old ones are like Trigger's broom: lasted me 30 years, with the occasional new top, and a few new legs here and there .

The key element of the design is that they should be constructed accurately enough to stack, with either one of the pair being able to go on the top or the bottom.

 

[Merlin]

How ever you make them they are very handy and unless somebody pinches them or they are left out in the rain they will last for years.

Good point about the overhang, they will topple if you are not careful.

Merlin