These nesting sawhorses provide a slightly different twist on your typical shop sawhorse. They almost have a modern design to them. Although they don’t fold up to reduce storage space to the bare minimum, they do nest really nicely, greatly reducing the overall storage space needed. When you do nest them, you are actually creating another flat work surface. Putting four of these nesting sawhorses together gives you a work surface of 22″ x 36″.

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Cut list for two nesting sawhorses:

• 10 – 2×6 @ 36″
  • 2 with 90° cut ends
  • 8 with parallel 70° cut ends
• 2 – 2×6 @ 30″
• Exterior wood glue
• 40 – 2 1/2″ deck screws

Tools for building your folding sawhorse

• Miter saw or circular saw
• Drill / driver combo
• Quick-grip clamps
• Tape measure

Step 1: Cut the sawhorse legs, stretchers, and tops

Start your nesting sawhorses by cutting the legs. Each sawhorse is going to have four legs cut to 36″ in length the ends cut at parallel 70° angles.

Next cut your sawhorse top to 36″ in length, and your stretcher to 30″ in length.

Step 2: Assembly

To assemble your nesting sawhorse, start by screwing the legs on each side together in an upside down “V”. Use three screws per set, in a triangular pattern. Make certain to keep the inner legs on one side.

Once you have your two legs assembled, screw the top board down using two screws per leg (four per end), ensuring the end of the top aligns to the outside edge of the legs. Finally, screw the stretcher in between the two narrow legs using three screws per end.

There you go, your new nesting sawhorses are complete. Time to get to work!

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