Building the frame

Building the frame

I ended up buying most of the wood for the frame. I had some lying about but mostly used 144x2300x18mm pine planks.

I edited the sketchup model to add my planks to the cutlist so I could plan it out. I added numbers and labelled all my pieces so i could keep track. It would have been helpful if the plans numbered the parts and showed those numbers on the Frame Layers drawing. However I didn't bother doing it and I got through it OK, so i guess it isn't that important.

After thicknessing all the pieces to make sure they were uniform. I ended up planing off the numbers I wrote on them so sorting out the small rectangular pieces was a mild puzzle.

Starting the days-long glue-up. I have a meagre collection of clamps so it took a number of trips to the shed.

The glue I used.

When you trim the tops off with your skillsaw, make sure the angle setting is tightened up so you don't cut a 30 degree slot and have to make up the height by adding blocks to the top...

Pretty much done

 Done with the frame. The boringest part of the build for sure. Accuracy of cut of your pieces and taking time with the glue-up will save time trimming and truing afterwards. I didn't do those things.