Chainsaw horse

[Steven P]

I use old pallets, the ones with the three 2x5" (whatever they are) stringers underneath.

 

Cut the 3 stringers in half, 15mm hole centred about 1' from the end, with a piece of 15mm plumbing pipe each joining 2 pieces. Bolted together to make an 'X'. Pipe makes a decent enough bearing and stops the bolts pinching the wood closed. Sides are the top boards of the pallet, mine are cut to about 750mm long, nailed / screwed on so it is all square and the pivots line up.

 

Set it up as a saw horse with the angles you want and then another thick stringer is screwed on each side just under the cross - as it opens up the top of the cross sits on this to stop it opening more. Portable, sits low to the ground so heavy lifting isn't too bad. Can do a bigger version at twice the height too but not protable.