Cutting Platform

This cutting platform folds for storage

I made a slightly different version of the cutting platform shown in Great Ideas For Your Shop in Issue 130. Because it folds instead of being taken apart, setting it up is a snap.

The platform is made of 4'- and 8'-long 2s2s bolted together, as shown in the drawings. The bolts are counterbored to keep them away from your saw blade. Tighten the locknuts enough to prevent the 2s2s from wobbling while still allowing them to pivot.

When ripping a sheet of plywood, place the platform on your saw horses with the 8'-long 2x2s on top. When crosscutting, orient the platform with the 4'-long 2¥2s on top. When folded, the platform is about 10-1/2' long.

—Greg Weller, Longmont, Colo.