Sadly one of my beloved horses broke a leg, and subsequently had to be put down. Having a stash of roof trusses still in the yard I decided to repurpose a few lengths into three new saw horses.
Not having made a saw horse for ages I thought it best to research the build characteristics. Well it seems that the current trend it to fashion three lengths into an I beam and then just bolt on four legs, even everybody's favorite woodie Mathias has discarded any carpentry skills and followed suit.
To hell with that I thought I have tenon jig, a table saw, a trusty mortising chisel and a mallet so I set to work.
3 horizontals and 12 legs should do the trick. I decided t use 15 Degrees to work with
made a jig to cut the mortises 6 lefties and 6 righties Along with a drill template for the screws I am not sure if keeping Jigs is a good thing but I added then to my stash The sections were knocked out and finished with the chisel Did a bit of wrestling trying to fit all four legs at once and gave up and did them side by side got the spread about 520 to 530 mm and they sat level on the concrete so that was good enough for me. made six gussets for stability and added a sacrificial top, (used my turbo planner to knock off the high spots) ... lo and behold I get to ride again All a bit weird but LBD will understand !!! That's all folks!!!
Nice saw horses. Great that you made them out of reclaimed timber too.
Those air bags are great aren't they. I used a couple of them recently under a heavy solid oak door to line up the hinges when I was hanging it. Worked a treat.
Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.
