If you have to work on a door and you don’t have any door bucks, you could straddle it and hold it steady with your legs, but there’s a better way.
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Why didn't I think of that before?
These days everybody carries their tools on to the job in bags, I still have my old wooden trim carpenters bench which is heavier and more cumbersome, but it has convenient door notches cut in each end- 1-3/8" and 1-3/4". These old relics also provided a great step stool and a seat for breaktime.
If you don't have a bench or a corner a scrap or 2 of plywood or OSB screwe do top and bottom of door will hold a door up just as well.
Wow! I can't believe I had never thought of that before! Thanks for sharing!