I was flipping through past issues of FHB and came across an old article titled “An Exemplary Folding Workbench”. It was in the October/November 1994 issue. The article was about a guy named Kazimierz Pawlik who designed and built a folding workbench. The interesting thing about it is that it folds up compact, has outfeed rollers, removable vises, and bench dogs.
The workbench looks real nice, and it seems as though it would really be useful for a variety of jobs. My own miter saw usually sits on a board across two sawhorses; seeing Pawlik’s design really caught my attention, this guy is sharp.
I’d like to ask if anyone here has ever read that article and built a similar design, or do you have a design of your own you built?
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I think I recall that article. Wasn't the guy an immigrant from Europe, and couldn't practise architecture since he wasn't licensed here, so he became a finish carpenter in the Bay Area, or some wealthy community, and designed and built this awesome miter saw stand / workbench?
That thing was really impressive, if its the same one I'm thinking of. Most guys use the miter saw stands available from the tool co.'s. I alternate between one of those, and a door on sawhorses.
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I bought a trojan sawhorse and two of their rollers that fit on a 2"x6". Because of comments posted here I didn't buy their saw stand but it was easy to make my own. The whole thing folds down into a very small space.
I bought the same trojan set up you describe back in the early 90's when I bought my first 8" sliding compound miter saw. It worked ok and I like its simplicity. My only gripe is the table the saw sits on has always been too loose on a standard 2x. I messed around with shims and overtightening the clamp screws on it but it was always a nuisance having the saw table tilt forward to back as I would slide the saw carriage.Did you have this problem with yours or figure a good way to work around it?I still have mine but haven't used it in 2 or 3 years.Karl
Hearing about similar problems I made a table out of 3/4" birch plywood and two steel 3"x3" angles. I screw it to the 2"x6" and it is rock solid.
The owner of Trojan is very approachable and wanted me to give him any feedback I could once I used the horses. I will tell him about people's comments so he can think about modifications.