Fig. 5
Table 1: Wood pieces needed Piece
Fig. 5: The slide bars and clamp bars are held together using 2¹₂″ long, ⁵₁₆″ hex bolts with fender washers and either a ⁵₁₆″ nut (shown) or a wing nut. Fig. 6: The hinges and the angled cuts on the ends of the clamp bars and slide bars allow the angle of the end caps to be adjustable. Fig. 7: To help support the top of the module, a short (8″ to 10″) 1″×4″ wing is screwed and glued to each end of the end caps. Note the 1″×4″ 90° triangular block that is used to reinforce the joint.
Fig. 6 Fig. 8
A – End cap B – Slide bar
Wood 1″×4″ 1″×2″
C – Slide bar block 1″×4″ D- Clamp bar E – Wing
F - 90° block G - Top
H – Top filler pieces “ “ “
I - Leg
J – Leg guide K – Leg clamp L – Top block
1″×4″ 1″×4″ 1″×4″
³₄″ birch plywood ³₄″ birch plywood “ “ “
2″×3″ 1″×4″ 1″×4″ 1″×2″
Number of pieces Dimensions 22¹₂″ long 35⁵₈″ long
2 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 4 4
4″ to 5″ long 36″ long
8″ to 10″ long
90°, 45° and 45° angles 24″×21″ 6″×24″ 3″×24″ 2″×24″ 1″×24″
38⁵₈″ long
1″ to 1³₄″×3″. 3″×3¹₂″
2″×1¹₂″, exact size not critical
Fig. 8:Two pieces of birch plywood, attached to the end cap and wings, make up the top of the module. Fig. 9: Additional top filler pieces are also cut from birch plywood. These can be added as needed between the two main top pieces and held in place with binder clips.
Fig. 7
Fig. 9
Once the slide bars and the clamp bars are attached to the end caps, bolt the clamp bars to the slide bars using six ⁵₁₆″ hex bolts 2¹₂″ long, twelve ⁵₁₆″ fender washers and six ⁵₁₆″ nuts or wing nuts (Fig. 5).
Once the frame is assembled and the clamp bars and slide bars are loosely
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bolted together, you should be able to adjust the length and shape of the frame (Fig. 6). Wing (E) and 90° block (F): I at-
tached a short wing, a piece of 1″×4″ 8″ to 10″ long, to the end of each end cap, making the length of the end of the module 24″. Each joint was reinforced
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