What do you guys call them in Europe? I'm reffering to the temporary (usually foldable) A-frame platforms used by carpenters... and Locost builders. I want to use the correct term in my next book...

'Trestles' is the traditional term, although we do use 'saw-horses' and occasionally some others. People would know what you meant with either term.

[Edited on 28/5/08 by matt_claydon]

second vote for trestles

Don't call them saw horses. It's not far away from a sawing donkey which is another kind of beast all together.

NO !!

Trestle is like an A. saw horse is like an X so the bits projecting upwards can steady the wood you're cutting.





So - you would put a chassis on a pair of trestles, not a saw horse



[Edited on 28/5/08 by Macbeast]

We call them "saw stocks" round here.

Barry

Hi
In this part of Europe we use
" Treteaux"
But the french always like to be different.

I would use "Trestle"

David

I say "where's my paint-splattered wooden proppy-uppy thing"

but when my brain finally engages 1st, I call it a trestle....

The plastic ones sold by Stanley et.al. in the UK are called saw-horses
linky and linky

But the term trestle is pretty interchangable IMO.

linky

As an aside, I'd personally I'd be wary of the plastic ones, even though they are rated high enough for a chassis. At least one has be reported to have broken when the chassis was being moved - they can't take much twisting/shear when loaded.

Edit: Found the thread scary breaking trestles the pictures are gone, but I remember them being the yellow plastic ones.

Nice big 2x4 or self welded construction is safer IMO.

[Edited on 28/5/08 by iank]

Joiner for 38 years here....Trestles, Saw horses or Saw benches, take your pick

Wikipedia... Trestle or Saw Horse

I'd go with saw horse as I think most Europeans will know what one is. Wouldn't want to lead people into thinking you have to build a chassis on top of a bridge now would we?

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I'd go with saw horse as I think most Europeans will know what one is.

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I vote for Trestle. A trestle supports things, whereas a saw-horse is just used to hold things high enough to be sawn.

For example, "trestle tables", where a wide board sits across 2 trestles.

The American Heritage Dictionary says: "A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support. "

So there's the answer from the US camp!

I call mine "Eric"

HTH

Cheers

Chris

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I call mine "Eric"

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I would call it stands but he i'm dutch, what do I know..

Many years ago I bought some brackets just for the purpose of making a trestle. They were like crocodile clips with square holes specifically to take 4x2. I found them in the shed the other day, still in the box . I picked up a dual height B&D workmate from the flea market last month for the princely sum of £5 though.

I would also have gone with "stands".

cheers

Fred W B

Well axle stands are different. "Trestle" says it all

Another vote for trestle. Saw horse implies something about knee height, whereas trestle suggests table height

John