Starting new with sawhorses.

I’d call this C. Schwarz’ 1st Generation sawbench.

It’s the same height height as my toolchest, but is a separate thing entirely from the (many) pairs of sawhorses that are scattered around the shop.

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I d call this C. Schwarz 1st …

Brilliant. Do you have a pic of the tool chest?

I made a C Schwarz style saw bench, and I hate it. It looks cool, and is great as a bench, but I hate the splayed legs. Those legs seem to interfere with sawing all the time. I’m going to replace it with a bench that has straight vertical legs, and maybe a split top.

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I like these I built them a few years ago and they have held up really well. You can make the pair from 5 2×4’s about $10 just about anywhere. Cheap and sturdy, what is not to like?

-- Bondo Gaposis

here is the sawhorse I use. It has a wide top for more stability. They are lightweight, but very strong. https://s3.amazonaws.com/vs-lumberjocks.com/ogt29kg.jpg!

I opted to purchase a couple of Dewalt collapsible sawhorse’s, they are lightweight and store easily and a nice height.

Mine are buried and not photo available. I have a few pairs of carpenter type horses. I made one longer and wider than the other so they can stack together.

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I d call this C. Schwarz 1st …

Brilliant. Do you have a pic of the tool chest?

hi Garret,
Mine are buried too, but they have steel brackets that I made that you bolt 4 2×4 legs to and then one 30” 2×4 on edge across the top. They are fixed and don’t fold but they stack on top of each other pretty good and that is where they are now- stacked in the outback shed!!

Cheers,.......................Jim

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hi Garret,
Mine are buried too, but they have steel brackets that I made that you bolt 4 2×4 legs to and then one 30” ...

- Jim Jakosh

Mathias Wandel did a deconstruction video of something like that model of sawhorse. I seem to remember him being favorably impressed.

Garret, you’ll find a couple hundred pics of the chest in it’s various forms in the project post and blog series here on LJs…

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So, these aren’t pretty anymore, but I like this design a lot. I made these about 30 years ago. The main beam is an I beam construction, and I like how the legs tuck in under the top of the beam so they are in pure compression. As a result, the connection between the legs and the main beam isn’t really in shear stress. They are as strong as heck and easy to make. The little vertical pieces to hold logs on top were added later.

-- Bob Anderton - Austin, TX - Nova 3000 lathe, Alaskan Mark III mill, Husqavarna Saw

So, these aren t pretty anymore, but I like this design a lot. I made these about 30 years ago. ...
- BobAnderton

Oh nice. So you are using the Alaskan Mill up on that. That is a pretty sweet setup.

Garret, you ll find a couple hundred pics of the chest in it s various forms in the project post and blog series here on LJs…

- Smitty_Cabinetshop

That’s one great piece of shop infrastructure there. Pretty awesome.

I use a not-so-fancy split top saw bench. This is great for ripping! Made mine 19-1/4” high …
 

 
... to line up with the wooden casket stands salvaged from the funeral home!
 

 
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