While I'm not sure what you mean by "buckled", looking at the picture suggests that it might have settled with some spreading, some twisting and some leaning. Is that the case?
That structure seems to have all its strength focused at the cross point, and depends for its strength upon mechanical friction at its junction. As a sawhorse it's probably designed to be folded flat. I'd be inclined to attach some horizontal ties between the feet of each 'X' to resist spreading, and put in a diagonal brace between the top and bottom stringer (is that the correct name?) on each side. Don't forget to attach the each brace where it crosses the centre leg, you might need spacer blocks for this, or you might find brackets that'll bridge the gap. You should be able to park a (small) car on it then. regards, Anthony On 22 October 2012 02:42, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry about this folks, but i'm sure someone here will have an answer. > > Last year, after i had some trees cut down, i built an X frame > sawhorse log cutter, like number 2 in this > links:http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Sawbuck-for-Cutting-Firewood, so > i decided to build a similar one for my 40 gallon rain barrel i built > as it looked like it would be sturdy enough to hold it on its side. > About 1/2 way through summer it buckled a bit out but did not fall > apart. I only screwed the X member in, i did not do a notch and > secure. I have decided this winter i will take it apart, the reason > for using screws instead of nails, and notch out the parts that meet > at the X, i suppose it would be 3/4" on each piece of the 2x4, then > put two 1/4" or 3/8 carrage bolts and some screws, as well as the side > braces. > > question now is, would you think that by notching out the X pieces and > using 1-2 lag bolts plus a few screws would hold 40 US gallons of > waters, weight./?? > > Dave > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
