Looking for a good, "REAT" sawhorse plan?

[schiada]

I will need some sawhorses for my build. Is their a BEST sawhorse plan? Also how many? 4,6 ? The site will be maned by 2 most of the time.

[Redoverfarm]

These are homemade but one of the best that I have ever used.  Lightweight, portable and strong.  Don't have time now but if you are interested I can give you the demensions and directions later.

[JRR]

That's a pretty neat one, Redoverfarm ....

This was a recent subject in FineHomebuilding ...
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-to-departments/building-skills/building-sturdy-sawhorses.aspx?nterms=66676

[Alan Gage]

I made a pair of these:

http://shoppingmatchmaker.com/sawhorse.html

Quick and sturdy.

I put the gussets inside the legs on one of them so they're stackable. Also nailed a 2x6 to the top for a larger work area.

Alan

[schiada]

Thanks,good ideas!

[Don_P]

As far as number required... as many as you can build! I have about a dozen at the jobsite now. It is more convenient to stack things on horses than into a pile to be moved later. It is nice to have several around when painting and staining, they make handy low scaffold, etc, etc. I save scrap osb to gusset them and use either scrap lumber or the 2x stock that comes banded with our loads of lumber to make them. I brought 6 home for a party last weekend and used cinder blocks and boards for benches and sawhorses with boards for the tables. While timberframing I cut down 3 pairs into saw ponies to put the timbers at a lower, more convenient, height to work the thick wood on.