-------------------- Follow Your Dreams " It's better to die Livin' Than live Dyin " Posts: 261 | From: Whitewater, Co | Registered: Feb 2008
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Realign the top board over the bottom board and clamp.(check where you marked under boards to insure front is to front) and drill out corners of the top board with a 15/16" drill bit. Drill just deep enough to mark the lower board. If you got too busy while drilling and ended up accidently drilling through one of the corners when making your shafts holes on the top board, don't fret. (Hey I did it too!) A 23/64" shaft fits nice and tight and with a little glue you have a plug that can be cut, smoothed, and drilled.
Remove top board and drill bottom board through at the corners.
Complete final sanding of both top and bottom boards.
With a small amount of glue on the surface of the short table legs, screw them firmly onto the underside of the bottom board.
-------------------- Wayne LaBauve
"Learn to wish that everything should come to pass exactly as it does." Posts: 573 | From: Pearl River LA | Registered: Apr 2003
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The length of the legs in the next step is dictated by how long of an arrow you are going to store in your rack. It is best to set an arrow on the bottom board and measure the distance that you will need between the boards to give the feathers adequate clearance above the top board.
Using the 25" legs I cut the bottom portion (which will become the top portion) at the grooved ring farthest from the end. This resulted in a 22"long leg which provided adequate clearance for 5" feathers of my 29" long arrows. Again adjust this height as needed.
Each portion of the cut leg was then sanded to insure it was flat.
At this point I chose to stain the project. My reasoning was that A)It would be easier working with the individual pieces rather than the entire finished project and B) To prevent stain from the top board dripping through the shaft holes onto the bottom board.
The longer legs are now screwed into the top of the bottom board. No glue is necessary, but if you choose to do so, I do not recommend gluing these legs until you are ready to follow up with the next several steps ending with the placement of the top board and end caps. Otherwise, with the glue set, the top may not align with the post and the glue joint will have to be broken to force it into alignment. Next the holes in the corners of the top board which you drilled out with a 15/64" bit are widened using a 1/4" bit. This is to allow for the easy passage of the baluster fastener.
Drill a centered hole into each of the cut off sections of the 4 legs and the cut off tops with a 3/16" drill bit. You only need to drill about 1" deep.
Although this is not a picture of the kit, you can purchase a kit with 4 fasteners and the driver together.
Align the corner holes of the top board over the drilled holes in the legs and drive the baluster fasteners in all corners.
Align and tighten top post (cut off sections of leg) onto the baluster fasteners.
If you are not proceeding with the antler option, finish your project with some rub on polyurethane.
I will post Antler Option tomorrow. Thanks for the kind words.
-------------------- Wayne LaBauve
"Learn to wish that everything should come to pass exactly as it does." Posts: 573 | From: Pearl River LA | Registered: Apr 2003
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If at all possible try to utilize a rack that is fairly uniform so that the sides match.
First with the antlers cut off, position it on the top board with the base towards the rear and tines pointing out away from the project. Adjust the tilt of the antler to the desired angle and mentally note that appearance.
Using the belt sander, sand the base to the angle desired. Sand, recheck angle on project, sand, recheck, until you have the angle desired.
Once angle is achieved, lightly draw the outline of the horn base onto the top board.
Mark center of this outline and drill.Initially use a bit the same size that you will use to drill pilot hole into the antler to accept screw to anchor onto base.
Now, with the antler held in place drill from the underside of the board into the antler. Drill out hole in board large enough to allow easy passage of screw then insert screw from under top board and screw into antler.
The antlers serve as a great place to hang your gloves, armguards, tabs, quiver, etc.
Hope that you found this tutorial helpful and wish you many happy days afield.
-------------------- Wayne LaBauve
"Learn to wish that everything should come to pass exactly as it does." Posts: 573 | From: Pearl River LA | Registered: Apr 2003
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The antlers are a very nice touch! Yep, I'm doing this project. Thanks!
-------------------- Isaiah 49:2...he made me a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver. Wilderness Custom Arrows Posts: 6811 | From: oregon | Registered: Nov 2005
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