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Step 24Diego's Sawhorse-Bench-Table

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Here's a slick item of instant furniture designed by Diego Saavedra of the MIT Electronic Research Society. It's nice and solid and doesn't have any tricky joints. Use it for a table, a bench, or a sawhorse.

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5 comments

Mar 23, 2010. 11:09 PMWonderWheeler says:

As you face the sawhorse, it needs one diagonal each on front and rear, otherwise nails will eventually work loose a little and it will rock to left and right if you force it.

The 2x6s horizontal members there will help resist that some, but with some 1x diagonals, you can also change the 2x6s to 1x4s and it will be even stronger overall.

Jul 20, 2009. 8:00 PMwdbass99 says:

needs more detail

May 26, 2008. 1:00 PMderttiej says:

simple is normally the best route

Jan 4, 2008. 4:14 AMBrennn10 says:

I can't believe I missed this before! This is awesome, and a few tips I will definitely use! Nice work!

Aug 9, 2007. 5:36 PMfreedive57 says:

Needs boards layed horizontally joining the two horizontal boards which join the feet (to create another surface to collect stuff and triangulate the structure). An average person could pull it to pieces by laying it on one side and stepping on the other. Otherwise, nice design.