Three Legged Foldable Sawhorse - Built with Basic Tools
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The sawhorses I already had were great sawhorses built from
Matthias Wandels plans, the only problem was, they were in the way inside the workshop, so I ended up leaving them outside and eventually they rotted away. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to make a foldable sawhorse while still staying fairly compact and I realised a three legged sawhorse would be an easy way to achieve that.
My first steps were to mock up a three legged horse by just clamping pieces of studding timber together. I’ve always been quite skeptical of three legged sawhorses but I was surprised how stable it was. I decided to go ahead and build a 'Three legged foldable sawhorse'.
Obviously a standard four legged sawhorse would be more stable but in 95% of cases the three legged sawhorse would be more than sufficient.
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To my way of thinking, you are a genius. You most probably don’t think of yourself as a genius, but know that you are a great inspiration to a lot of people. Thank you for that!
You know what I like about your videos? They truly teach.
You show your errors, corrections, and recollections.
You explain to the new woodworker how to replicate what you achieved.
It takes a great person to admit mistakes to others. I think that might be what draws me back to your videos.
I venture to say you have a great wife, too!
Hi Neil, I made these roughly a year ago. And I use them a lot, love the three legged design which gives stability on any underground. The foldability is a big plus as I have very limited storage space, they slide right under my workbench. So thank you for the inspiration!
Hi Wiebe. I'm thinking of constructing a pair for my brother-in-law. They have just bought a house so this would be great gift. Did you find any problem or any improvement to be made?
Makes a nice change to see someone cutting by hand instead of the ubiquitous chop saw. Most of these sort of videos assume you have a fully equipped workshop. Nice design as well.
A true space saving idea and accessible whenever you need it. Outstanding build Neil 👏
Very nice solution! In my version I would only round off a quarter of the top of the legs. Less work and it would create a stop when transporting the sawhorse. A further addition might be a small cleat to keep them in place when folded up. Thanks for the good idea.
Handles would also be useful
these have the benefit of a naturally slotted top when opened up in use so great for clamping stuff - almost makes a slimline portable workbench for small jobs similar in dimensions to those tall thin, long router/eye-level workbenches that some people make.
you just use a piece of scrap 3/4 ply with a slot cut in it for the underside and a short bar clamp inserted into the sawhorse's slotted top and you're done
Very useful, very simple and very informative! Any numb nut with basic tools could manage this! Thanks Neil, spreading the word, build it yourself!
I love how you mostly used hand tools. Less anxiety for those starting out with no budget for power tools.
Hello, Pask;
Thank you for the design & specially for the plans.
I don't do much 'woodwork' but I need sawhorses sometimes.
I've been learning a bit of 'green woodworking'.
It is fascinating.
Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
Following your plans, I built a modified version (only 33in long and just under 2ft tall). Made a simple slide on top and I now have a folding table to hold my charcoal forge when I do blacksmithing demos. Thank you so much!
After being frustrated with stands always teetering on my uneven basement shop floor I search for 3 legged saw horse and I’m glad your video was at the top of the list. Exactly what I need! Thank you very much.
A simple yet elegant design. These are now on my build list. Not only will they be handy for sawing but they will also make great table legs in case I need an additional table when hosting big diner parties. Thank you for providing the detailed plans free of charge.
No worries - glad you liked them! :)
Genius! Best saw horse ever!
I made three of these today. They're great! Thank you for your videos Neil!
I made two of these today and I was surprised at how stable they are.I think they are great ! Glad I found your video here.I am impressed so I subscribed so I won't miss any of your projects.Thank you.
Thanks Paul! :)
These are brilliant. I make collapsible sawhorses with my construction class and we end up using them to set senior student projects on top of for applying spray finishes. These would be perfect and take up much less space when folded up. Thankyou too for the refresher on speedsquare angles. Completely forgot due to lack of use and have been working with sliding bevels. I'll be showing my students the speedsquare method in construction next term.
subbed, and followed your instagram too. nice work.
Thank you very much Damo! Glad to be of help to you and your students. :)
Follow up. The students took a bit to get their head around the speed square angles, but the result is more accurate saw horse angles because the angle can't be messed with like the sliding bevels.
C'est juste génial, malin, simple à réaliser, il fallait juste y penser!
Merci Neil de partager ça avec nous! Je vais m'en fabriquer dès demain sur le chantier, c'est tjs utile à avoir au boulot ou à la maison 👍💪
FINALLY a 3 legged saw pony that I can make ! I definitely like this concept.
Thank you.
Your videos are really well structured, edited, paced, and narrated. Great job! It makes me want to buy a plane.
Nice design. You are really good with hand tools.
Thanks for the clear explanation on a clever design. Perhaps some linseed oil would help the wood resist moisture.
These look great. We were just talking about the lack of a decent folding saw horse the other day. These look like they would do nicely. Thanks, you have a fan.
Thank you very much Steve! :)
I'm really enjoying your videos. You pace them perfectly and always have solutions for the tricky problems. Great channel.
Brilliant idea about the saw horse stand and kerf maker
That's a REAL nifty idea. Spacesavers and good for uneven ground as you say.
Those are great, I don't have a shop nor a big garage, I'm starting woodworking and every space I can save at home is a must, I need some sawhorses since I don't have a workbench (looking for one that I can save space too lol) and this are perfect, thanks a lot, I'm going to give it a try
good and easy to make tool i think ! good idea and good video for me ... a few ideas to that from me : usw flat washers inbetween the inner wood for the distance and for easier functionality and locknuts for fixing the leg screws that will not loose then ...
Это один из лучших видов складных ко́злов. Очень удобно брать с собой на монтажные работы.
Most compact folding sawhorses I've seen.
I love three-legged things. They are always stable on any kind of surface.
Dakujem za paradny napad.Len co mi vyberu z ruky stichy,porezal som sa☺️☺️pri majstovani, idem si to zmajstrovat☺️☺️
I made myself 2 of these with a slight modification. I added a 7 inch cross piece to the single leg. Now to fold it up I have to fold in the 2 legs, then the single leg, but the stability is pretty awesome now.
I've got a couple of commercially made folding sawhorses that are nice, but they still take up a lot of room in storage. These three-legged models are really intriguing. I am VERY anxious to build a couple and try them out. I'm thinking that a nice extra feature would be to put a drive a ring bolt or two in one end to hold a good suspension strap. This design is also a really good one for people who do a lot of wooden models and light craft work. They go up in a flash and give you lots of working and cutting room for small projects. Nicely done!
This channel has the vast majority of my todo list.
hah mine too
Me 3
You just taught me something new, I'd never used the speedsquare that way before. I've always tried to use it like a protractor, marking off both ends then drawing the connecting line! Thanks, man! Love this chanel. :) Tip when you're sinking a bolt head like that, step your drill sizes down. If you start with the spade bit, the center point will hold it nice and neat without wobbling, then you can drill your pilot and through hole off the center the spade pilot leaves. I realize this is a year old, and you've probably worked that one out for yourself by now!
No worries Dan! 😊
Best sawhorses I've ever seen.
Watched nearly every video you have done,great to see you using standard tools,I will have a go at these as I have no room at all,so these will be perfect,great video and thankyou👌
Amazing creation!!!!!! Thanks.
Just delightful
Very ingenious work
Those are awesome. I like them.
Nicely done! Will pack flat underneath the truck camper unit and support it off the ground when unloaded.
Thanks Dan - glad it was helpful to you! :)
Always top notch.
That's just so clever! I'm building it. Thank you!
For added stability one could attach some braces that go from high on the two legs down to the bottom of the single leg, to keep the legs open tight to the stops, because triangles will make structures rigid. Clever folks might figure out a way to make these part of the folding design, possibly where a foot is made to receive both these braces and the single leg to create a wide stance on that end too. There are many ways a diagonal brace could be made. Granted, it is another piece but it could make these suitable for many more purposes with a small amount of extra material. Perhaps a sacrificial or adjustable height top plates or even table top could be made to sit in the gap left where the single leg folds. So many possibilities!
I like thees sawhorses so much, I'm going to make a pair.
i have just made a pair of these benches and I am very pleased with the results.
Thats great to hear Henry! :)
That's amazing! Beautiful job!
I love these saw horses. I got mine from Home Depot but that was when I first started woodworking. This will be added to my homemade tool project list. Have you thought about adding a vise (your quick release to front of one) and bench dog holes? For a compact workshop adding those may be very efficient. Awesome videos.
Thank you! A vice could definitely be fitted if that would be useful to you. :)
Nice! I’m seeing an enormous variety of designs. This one is one of my favorites.
Hi Neil! Compliments for your great channel. Plenty of good ideas and good craftmanship. I plan to build two of these sawhorses.
This is just brilliant. Folds away to next to nothing. Not seen this idea before.
Love these, I'm defo making them. Thanks.
No worries Dave! :)
Great idea. I liked the quick and easy fix.
Well done, they turned out great. Space is always an issue, this seems to address that issue nicely.
Thank you! :)
Nice idea!
Excelllent! I have one suggestion. When drilling the holes for the carriage bolts, begin with the spade bit and then use the other bits, easier to do that way.
Small house, no shed/garage. This is perfect.. thanks. ; }
Very good,pratice,strong and portable,congratulations my friend !
Really like the fold up feature.
Thanks Donnie! That was my main objective. :)
Clever and nice!
Fantastic idea and implementation!
Center leg can be reduced or space can be enlarged using several layers of craft paper - same as the cover paper on MDO plywood as used by signmakers. Reduce a long 2x4 or add 1-2 mm or 1/32 in the areas of 3.5 x 3.5 inches - dealers choice.
When I make mine I will laminate oiled hardboard - masonite - as it is US 1/8 or about .181 and adds some contrasting color to the project. NICE PROJECT easy to make with hand tools and basic small drill driver.
Sounds good Barry! :)
So Barry, did u end up making these, along w/the addition u mentioned? If so, and if you have documented, I’m eager to see what you meant in regards to how you utilized those pieces of hardboard. Aloha
Very smart and practical design. Love your work!
simple yet smart idea
Good job !
I am still gonna try to make the workbench as well.
Well done! This project is now officially on my list. Thanks
Thank you! Good to hear. :)
Thanks! I've been looking for a simple,solid base, for a metal table top, I salvaged for an outside work bench! I'll probably bolt one onto either end, for extra stability. No finger pinching hinges! Or finicky locking mechanisms! Maybe I can make them out of metal.. I'm off to the workshop!
I've always wondered how you use the speed square to do angles. Thank you
Thank you. Seriously thank you!
Wonderful idea and design !!!!
Love it, I'll be building these. Thanks for the plans. I also bought some other plans too. Your work is awesome.
Nice idea. Thanks for sharing
Add a shoe on the bottom with a swivel, and you can make a crosspiece which will ensure stability on the third leg while still allowing it to collapse into the other part. It'll be wider/deeper by the thickness of the shoe (i.e., stud width) but that's not much. Think of the third leg as an inverted "T" (┴) with a swivel right at the T juncture. Alternately, add some short steel square tube to that end for the shoe holding segment, for strength. Adds a little to the cost but you should be able to make it quite stable at that end, too.
I told you that you're the Aussie Diresta, now you even have your own type of saw horse...
I have to try and build these but with a completely different approach using expensive tools and unnecessarily complicated processes.
Thanks for sharing.
haha! No worries! :)
Oh yes "pasks" , thanks for your reply..., i just saw the plans which i missed earler. Now your " crazy great horse" will be my next project !🤓
Just bloody Brilliant!
The only measurement I couldn't catch was the long side length of the center spacer/stop for the single leg. Will build myself a set for sure mainly because for the 'self leveling' feature.
Wonderful
I love this idea! I'm going to make a couple this weekend, however, I'm going to try and add a fourth leg next to the existing 3rd leg. I'm going to make a bigger gap to accommodate the extra leg (plus a little extra as the two interior legs will have a very slight angle). The 3 legged version is perfect as is, but I tend to work on uneven surfaces and so I'm going to try a four legged version based on your design. Thanks for a great video!
Thanks Keith! I thought about a version with four legs but I had them all fold on the outside. Regarding uneven ground, the three legged sawhorse (or stool, or table etc) will be naturally more stable than four legs. :)
+Pask Makes - I didn't even think about the three legged saw horse being more stable. I had it in my mind it would be less stable (even though you clearly said it'd be more stable in the video). Obviously, on uneven ground it would be a lot easier to level with just one leg on that end. Thanks again, this is a great project and I'm on it this weekend.
As a single saw horse owner I’ve been looking for ways to make pallets into saw horses this version adapted a bit could work as a solution for me and a savings of $30 or so per set as pallets are free .
Gonna steal your idea 😎
Great idea
Thank you so much, you're an inspiration.
I may use this leg design for my low roman bench when I build it. Small fold out legs would be quite useful...
It's an ingenious idea.
I have a few 2x3 that I think ill do this with.
Nice design Man! It's an improvement of the Izzy Swan design, in that they fold instead of nest. The nicest part is that a set of them can be had for around 10 dollars and an hour on a Saturday.
Thanks Tim! I did see Izzy's when I researched 3 legged sawhorses - I watch most of Izzy's videos but must have missed that one at the time. These are pretty much the same thing but fold. Yes cheap and quick to make. :)
Thx 4 the idea :) now I’ll have it easyier to manage my work space :) thumb’s up!
Amazing. I watch a sheds load of woodworkers vids on youtube and have never seen this before. Never seen them for sale either. What a great idea. You do keep coming up with these ideas .... wasn't Noah's apprentice was you ..? lol Thks
Tools used:
- power drill
- countersink drill-bit that matches the shank of the screws you're using
- large drillbit matching the shank of your bolts
- spade bit that matches or is larger than the bolt heads
- hard-point saw
- coarse flat rasp
- plane or sandpaper for thicknessing/dressing leg-ends
- glue
I think I'll make a pair. Great idea
Thank you Scott! :)
Here'w an idea. A fold out brace, 3/4" ply, that lives in a slot that runs vertically through one of two-legs that pivots out and hooks on a rod run through a matching slot on the opposite two-leg locking the two-legs together. If you want to get fancy, you cut the curve of the hook at the free end of your pivoting brace so it is a little eccentric to the axis of rotation so it will 'cam on' to the locking rod on the opposite leg to keep it from popping off.
Fantastic build... thank you!
You can even adapt it and make a bicycle stand.
Good one!
Thanks
Excellent! Thanks for posting
Man, it was tough back in the old days of 2017...The electric circular saw or Mitre saw had not yet been invented...Also; all the bolts and nuts were hand forged! As a carpenter for 40 years!, Great Horses though! :)
Nice. Thanks a lot