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Folding Wooden Stepladder

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In the plans, the top slats are joined onto the supports with dowels. I decided to use a dado joint instead.

I used a router to cut these dados.

I didn't line up the slats perfectly with each other while I cut the joints (oops), so after the top was glued up I used the router again to trim their ends straight and flush.
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