Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Shop: External strongback height
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/30/2010, 5:52 pm
In Response To: Shop: External strongback height (Stephen Troy)

: I stopped by Home Depot today to look at sawhorses, and it looked
: like most of them would be, once a strongback and forms were
: added, too tall.

: What do you guys use as a platform to set your strongbacks on?

On the first boat I use folding steel sawhorses which were very stable and very secure, but too wide, kept bashing my knees into them walking around the boat. Then I bought a pair of cheap machine stands from Harbor Freight and put plywood tops on them. Not anywhere near as stable but my knees like them much better :)

http://www.harborfreight.com/universal-tool-stand-46075.html

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Shop: External strongback height
Stephen Troy -- 12/30/2010, 2:22 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 1/2/2011, 3:13 pm
Internal/External strongback supports *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/2/2011, 11:34 am
Re: Internal/External strongback supports
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/2/2011, 12:51 pm
drawing / sketching *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/2/2011, 3:23 pm
Re: drawing / sketching
Les Cheeseman -- 1/3/2011, 11:08 am
Re: drawing / sketching
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/3/2011, 6:26 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Mike Savage -- 1/1/2011, 9:33 am
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Bill Hamm -- 1/1/2011, 10:02 am
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Mike Savage -- 1/2/2011, 10:21 am
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2011, 1:30 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Les Cheeseman -- 1/1/2011, 3:57 am
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Bill Hamm -- 1/1/2011, 7:44 am
Re: Shop: External strongback height
KenC -- 12/31/2010, 10:08 am
External strongback height about 30 inches
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/31/2010, 7:14 am
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Bill Hamm -- 12/30/2010, 5:52 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Bill Hamm -- 12/30/2010, 5:52 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height
mark j -- 12/30/2010, 4:35 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height
Bill Hamm -- 12/30/2010, 5:54 pm
Re: Shop: External strongback height
mark j -- 12/31/2010, 9:18 am