Can you believe it took me eight years to build these easy 2×4 sawhorses? After doing this DIY thing for eight years, constructing the stackable sawhorses only took 30 minutes!

While Rodney was helping me with the fence, we used his wooden sawhorses. Since I was joining a challenge with other bloggers to do a 2×4 project, this was the perfect time to build some easy 2×4 sawhorses finally. Because my SUV can only haul 8-footers, I had to buy 6 8-foot 2x4s. If you can haul 12-footers, you won’t have to buy as many.

 

I used 6 8-foot 2×4’s.

CUT LIST

(4) 32” pieces (top and bottom of I beam)

(10) 30” pieces  (2 for the middle of I beam, eight legs)

 

Make 2 I Beam Sections

Make your 2 I-beam sections by sandwiching a 30” in between (2) 32” pieces. I pre-drilled holes to make it easier to secure the screws.

I used Simpson 3” screws for all of my joints.

For the legs—I didn’t pre-drill, but I did start the screws while the legs were resting on the table. That made it easier to install the legs.

I placed the legs 3” from the edge, using a screw as a placement guide.

Easy 2×4 Sawhorses

After doing one side, turn it over and install the other two legs.

This was a very simple 2×4 build, and now I have two wooden sawhorses to aid me in my DIY adventures.

 

The reason I chose to make this type of easy sawhorses is so that they will stack.

I found these sawhorses at Jays Custom Creations.

There you have it! A tutorial for easy sawhorses that stack for storage. I should make a couple more!

In this image, you can see I used my new 2×4 sawhorses to dismantle some old lattice.

I put together a little video to show how easy it was to make these wooden sawhorses.

I discussed a challenge with other bloggers at the top of this post. You can see all of the projects below.

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