Sawhorse
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A sawhorse is a beam with four legs. It is used to support a board or plank for sawing, with a pair useful to support a plank, forming a scaffold.
The sawhorse may be designed to fold for storage. A sawhorse with a wide top is particularly useful to support a board for sawing or as a field workbench, and is usefle as a single, but more difficult to store.
A sawhorse can also be used as the base for a portable work table, by placing a sheet of 3/4" plywood on top of two sawhorses. If the sawhorses are strong enough, you can even use this portable table as a platform for tools like a table saw.
[edit] Related devices
- A sawbuck is a similar device for working with logs and branches.
- Devices resembling sawhorses but without the top rail are also sometimes painted with bright colors and fitted with flashing lights and used to block streets for road construction or other purposes.
