Folding Metal Saw horses (2 versions)

[bobs409]

Version 2:


This saw horse is a bit different in that to raise and lower the top, you spin the center threaded post. (a 5/8" threaded rod) For small adjustments, there is a handle at the bottom or to make the process faster and easier, just pop a 3/8" socket on a cordless drill and use that to spin the shaft from the top! Working height on this one goes from 32 up to 41 inches.


Both saw horses are Extremely Strong!! (I won't be doing a weight test but they can hold a lot!) I will be getting a lot of use out of these! (and I can finally retire my rotted out wooden ones!)



A little back story:


I guess worth mentioning that I did have a few other designs in mind thru the process and the one I REALLY wanted to make for both would have used rack and pinion gears and have them crank up like a drill press table but that version would have cost me about $100 bucks for just the gears and racks! Not a hard decision to scrap that plan! lol


Another version I actually attempted and built used two threaded rods, one in each side tube that turned together using sprockets and a chain but after much difficulty with binding, I scrapped that idea.


Lastly is one I didn't attempt and it would have worked like a scissor lift to raise the top. I think it would have been a lot of fun but the two versions I went with won the battle in my head.