Hamilton/Roberts Designs Woodworking : Fine Wood Jewelry Boxes : Exotic Wood Heirloom Boxes : Wall Shelves

Quick and easy sawhorses. It doesn’t get much simpler than this, particularly considering they are pretty strong sawhorses that, when folded, take up about 2″of space. Just make sure you don’t accidentally saw through the hinges at the top! The photos tell you all you need to know. Some 1″ x 4″s and five hinges. I’ll leave the joining up to you. I used dowels at the time (about 15 years ago!) but might put some extra effort next time and use floating tenons. The last photos show a jig for holding a kayak I was building in our tiny shop with NO space to work on a 20′ kayak. Using a bicycle hoist rigged with longer rope, it’s a simple matter to drop it down from the rafters for working on the sawhorses.