"Making a Portable Clamp Rack"
Andrea and I are "back on the case" this week. She is double checking the height we need in order to handle the longest clamps. It may be higher than I want — and tippee. I am 6' 2" so I think I want it to be no taller than that with the 4" casters. |
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Making up measurements and angles is all by "best guess" at this point. The 2 x 4 that is away from her is clamped to the work surface so that it stays perpendicular to the base. The 2 x 4 closer to her will be the front, angled pieces. It looks right so we will cut accordingly. |
Believe it or not, the red lines are parallel to each other — courtesy of
the Draw program. Anyway, Andrea is lining up a guide rail parallel to the
back upright. If she can cut accurately on that line, her angled upright
will be cut to join the perpendicular back legs.
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She makes the cut letting the saw ride the rail. All she has to do is plunge and push it forward. |
What a nice cut we have. That acute an angle is usually a difficult one to make. The Festool Plunge Saw made it easy for Andrea. |
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We decided that we would use 3 uprights, so Andrea has used the first one to draw a line of the angle and now she cuts to that line. |
Andrea drills a pilot hole for some lag screws.
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While the pilot hole helps a lot, the drill didn't allow a deep enough hole for the long lag screws. Andrea learned how tiring something as simple as driving long screws is. But, the joint is a strong one.(Got camera back working correctly.) |
