I need folding height adjustable saw horse

[mark1a]

Hey, after years of saying no and suffering with my knees I've finally convinced myself to a set of sawhorses. They need to be folding, height adjustable and pivoting feet. I'll be working on various surfaces and would like to stand on them. Not professional just around my home.

Saw
These minotour

Also Seen these bigger branded

Also seen these bora


Anyone got any advice on which would be best? Any other brands I should look at?

Cheers

 

[ETAF]

just a DIyer , I have a pair of toughbuilt C700 and purchased because of the versatility

Sawhorse Table | Jobsite Table | ToughBuilt — TOUGHBUILT

The C700 is a serious sawhorse table constructed of 100% high-grade steel with 1300 lb. capacity alone and 2600 lb. per pair. C700, the ultimate job site table!

toughbuilt.com

height adj
can hold sheets, so you can cust 8x4 , as they stay on side of legs
support arms to place wood in, so place a large sheet on top
pivotal legs, so i can use on path/court yard or garden

i purchased the pair on a deal at FFX a few years ago

 

[jj4091]

They are impressive and a good offer on at Txxl Station at the moment

 

[Koolpc]

 

[mark1a]

just a DIyer , I have a pair of toughbuilt C700 and purchased because of the versatility

Sawhorse Table | Jobsite Table | ToughBuilt — TOUGHBUILT

The C700 is a serious sawhorse table constructed of 100% high-grade steel with 1300 lb. capacity alone and 2600 lb. per pair. C700, the ultimate job site table!

toughbuilt.com

height adj
can hold sheets, so you can cust 8x4 , as they stay on side of legs
support arms to place wood in, so place a large sheet on top
pivotal legs, so i can use on path/court yard or garden

i purchased the pair on a deal at FFX a few years ago

Cheers , I don't think I can justify that price. Though I may keep looking around to see if I can find them cheaper soon

 

[mark1a]

They are impressive and a good offer on at Txxl Station at the moment

Which ones?

 

[mark1a]

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[foxhole]

Have two sets of these ( Lidl)

HOMCOM Set Of 2 Steel Saw Horses Telescopic Builders Work Bench Folding Black

Make light work of your home/work DIY tasks with this saw horse set from HOMCOM. Using steel for the frame, each piece is strong and reliable, supporting up to 200kg collectively for you to get on with your tasks with ease. The height can be adjusted between 80cm and 130cm - allowing you to set...

www.tjhughes.co.uk

But only paid £15

 

[ETAF]

that was a good price
however, OP asked for

and pivoting feet

 

[foxhole]

that was a good price
however, OP asked for

Yeh , ignored that , pretty pointless on a saw horse imo.

 

[GhostIntMachine]

I think that the Bora ones are likely to be knock-offs of the Rough Neck models - Rough Neck originally showed their folding trestles at one of the big shows in the USA about 15 or so years ago, then shortly afterwards at the big construction show at the NEC (something like Wood 10), I bought a pair at the time. Man were they heavy, but carting them around from site to site in the van resulted in them shedding screws washers and nuts all over the place - then falling apart. Twice, the importer sent me a pack of bits to repair mine. The "hooked" bits at the ends are supposed to hold 4 x 2s so that you can create a bench by popping a sheet of ply on top - but they don't work in the UK because our 4 x 2 CLS is bigger than their equivalent (something like 90 x 44 vs. 85 x 38, so the hook gaps are too small). The legs aren't micro adjustable - the detents are at something like 1-1/2 or 2in (38 or 50mm) increments which is less flexible than you'd think. I believe they've improved, but I don't know by how much (although I'm told the hooked ends still don't accommodate UK-spec CLS timber). I walked away from that type a long time ago and skipped mine. I then went for non-adjustable heavy duty deWalts (and home-made wedges) - simple but non-adjustable but also very heavy, however my first pair is now 10 years old in heavy trade use, the second pair about 2 years old. Never had anything fail or fall off, probably because they are very simple/basic, but there's still time

Sorry if this isn't what you want to hear, but I've been through a lot of portable "solutions" over the last 25 or so years and everything is a compromise, and many are very poor

PS Bora shows someone ripping(?) timber laid across two of their trestles without a sacrificial piece of timber laid on top of the trestles. Hit a steel trestle with a circular saw blade and it will be damaged (in fact both saw blade and trestle will be). Any trestle should have provision (i.e.holes) for a piece of sacrificial material (say 18mm ply or some 70 x 18mm MDF or architrave, or the like) to be fixed on top, screwed from beneath with brass screws. My original Tough Builts didn't have that - hopefully they have addressed that

 

[jj4091]

Which ones?

700

 

[opps]

For door trimming I just use plastic trestles.

They flex slightly which helps if the floor is slightly off level.

I don't need to worry if the depth of cut on the saw is a couple of mm too deep. The odd score mark in the top of the trestles has no impact.

My current set are the Stanley branded ones. I quite like the fact that when opened, you have a shelf to store tools whilst you work.

They are currently £30 for a pair at Toolstation

Stanley Folding Junior Saw Horse

Need a makeshift workbench to cut some materials on site? Maybe just a convenient flat surface to work from? If you've got these Stanley folding sawhorses, you'll be able to set one up in seconds.Supplied as a pair, these sawhorses are strong and stable, but lightweight enough to take from job...

www.toolstation.com

 

[GhostIntMachine]

For door trimming I just use plastic trestles.

They flex slightly which helps if the floor is slightly off level.

I don't need to worry if the depth of cut on the saw is a couple of mm too deep. The odd score mark in the top of the trestles has no impact.

They have their uses. If you use them intensively you'll eventually end up sawing through the top so many times that they just self destruct - unless the little folding stays which hold the legs together fail first. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen the legs held with bits of baling twine or the like (without any restraint the legs end up akimbo and your workpiece gets dumped on the floor!).

 

[^woody^]

My only advice is if you find a wooden sawhorse on your drive one morning, do not take it in. Big mistake.