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Step 7Holy moly
OK, time to drill some holes. Stick that 1/2" bit into yer drill, and start your engines!
First, I aligned one of my stalks with the top of a trunk. I used the measuring tape to pick out the center of the overlap, and drilled a 1/2" hole through both of them. I like to stick two pieces that need to be aligned on top of eachother when I drill, since I don't trust my measuring skills, which are sub-kindergarten.
I don't trust my cuts to be exactly square, so I kept the factory-cut end of the trunk on the floor, and put my cut on the top, which is where you're attaching the stalks.
Take a look at the drawing--what you're doing here is making the two sides of the loft.
Drill enough holes to make both sides. For those of you not following my obtuse description, you could
(a) whack yourself over the head wit da ugly stick till I make sense (I like this option...)
--or--
(b) take this advice.
You're going to drill 4 holes.
When you're done, you'll have two stalks, each with two holes, one at each end
AND
all 4 trunks, each with one hole at the top
Resist that temptation to bolt the bits together, cowboy.
you've still got step 8 ahead of you
First, I aligned one of my stalks with the top of a trunk. I used the measuring tape to pick out the center of the overlap, and drilled a 1/2" hole through both of them. I like to stick two pieces that need to be aligned on top of eachother when I drill, since I don't trust my measuring skills, which are sub-kindergarten.
I don't trust my cuts to be exactly square, so I kept the factory-cut end of the trunk on the floor, and put my cut on the top, which is where you're attaching the stalks.
Take a look at the drawing--what you're doing here is making the two sides of the loft.
Drill enough holes to make both sides. For those of you not following my obtuse description, you could
(a) whack yourself over the head wit da ugly stick till I make sense (I like this option...)
--or--
(b) take this advice.
You're going to drill 4 holes.
When you're done, you'll have two stalks, each with two holes, one at each end
AND
all 4 trunks, each with one hole at the top
Resist that temptation to bolt the bits together, cowboy.
you've still got step 8 ahead of you
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Oct 7, 2009. 10:15 AMchavhaha
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Your cuts would be square if you used a miter/table saw, but if it was a hand-held circ. they probably weren't.
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