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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 07:39am | #1

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   I know this is too simple and you've already thought of it.

   I carry two sets of folding metal sawhorse legs in my truck.

   They clip onto a 2x4 and work great - compact collapsable saw horses. A couple of 1x10's and some drywall screws to hold it together and you have a fine workbench in under five minutes.

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 07:41am | #2

   * Jamie,

   A pair of WorkmatesTM do anything for you?

   Joseph FuscoView Image© 1999."Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblance's to that truth." Socrates

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 09:13am | #3

   *Jamie,I gotta agree with Ryan......I bought a couple of those folding plastic saw horses from HD. Put some 2x10's on top and they make a great work surface. You can even spread the 2x10's apart and screw down a sheet of plywood and you got a good work table.The black plastic saw horses fold up flat, and they don't weigh squat. You can't stand of them, but they're fine for an easy set-up work surface.Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 10:11am | #4

   *Jamie, If you don't mind the extra size, I find that a door hangers bench with an additional solid core 1 3/4 door,registered with dowels, makes a great all around job bench. Make the legs folding, Drill some holes in the top, and add a bench hook. Works great for doors as well as a work bench.You can find the plans for a door bench in Tauntons Doorhangers Handbook, pg.103. A power strip as per the plans is also a good idea. I have used a variation of this idea for many years and have been quite happy with it. Good luck, Bill Swales

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 12:11pm | #5

   *Somethin' wrong with a couple of sawhorses?

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 12:26pm | #6

   * Jim,your such a dickhead!!Why use a minimal solution to a problem that can be made extremely complex?Joesph Fiasco " Whenever , therefore people take notice of assholes it is clear that the verbal diarrohea espoused by such ones has slid into their minds through the medium of the net"Platefull

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 05:06pm | #7

   *giddy-up.

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 06:15pm | #8

   *Go to the nearest Office Max or Staples and buy one of those office tables with the legs that fold up underneath. Thet have in sizes from 6 feet to 8 feet, very enexpensive, nice smooth top, and legs fold up to store in truck.

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   Guest_ | Nov 26, 1999 09:53pm | #9

   *Jamie, I do a lot of oddball jobs, remodeling, etc... and the easiest, most cost effective, fastest set up time, portable, collapsable work table/bench I have found is a simple one. I use an old hollow core door (from one of my remodeling jobs) and set it across two folding plastic sawhorses. The sawhorses (bought at HD) will hold 1000 pounds, and the hollow core door slab is incredibly strong. The door is free, and the sawhorses were about $36.00 a set. If you can get an old door from one of your jobs, great. If not, they are pretty cheap to buy. They are very lightweight, and I can set up and tear down this setup in about 2 minutes or less. Just a thought... James DuHamel

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   Guest_ | Nov 27, 1999 01:28am | #10

   *Who's this Joseph Fiasco,,?.........is that Garth Brooks OTHER alter -ego ?Oh well, at least he seems like a pleasant fellow, unlike that Fusco character that used to come around .

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   Guest_ | Nov 27, 1999 02:13am | #11

   *I had to go back and read it again. I assumed it really was Joe Fusco. Should have known, not abrasive enough.

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   andrew_dicgless | Nov 27, 1999 02:36am | #12

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   That's right. Who needs him. You guys have me. The most intelligent moron around.

   andrew dic.

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   Guest_ | Nov 27, 1999 09:11pm | #13

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   Dear Mr. dicless:

   Methinks you over rate yourself.

   In the hirearchy of intelligence, the pecking order, from lowest to highest, is :

   Idiot

   Imbecile

   Moron

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   Guest_ | Nov 28, 1999 08:16am | #14

   *My money's on Fred/Babe. . .although Derf isn't usually up this lateAlice

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   Guest_ | Nov 28, 1999 05:01pm | #15

   *RE: note from "cc" about folding tablesI just bought two great ones from "SAM's". They have some with a tough, formed plastic top that will resist water damage. Most of the ones I've seen at the office supply places are made of partical board and fall apart if used in places where they can get wet.

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   Guest_ | Nov 29, 1999 03:54am | #16

   *I prefer a set of nesting metal sawhorses topped off by a castoff hollowcore door. The less weight I gotta haul back and forth to the truck the happier I am.

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   Guest_ | Nov 29, 1999 07:10pm | #17

   *Who's Derf?Rich Beckman

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   Guest_ | Dec 02, 1999 10:07am | #18

   *Spell it backwards. . . the first of many pseudonyms. . . dates back a year or more to another flame war.-pm

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   Jamie_Alexander | Jan 04, 2000 11:49pm | #19

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