Step 5: Creating the press continued (the cover)
Before creating the cover, test the press quickly, and if you think that there are areas that could be compressed further then you may want to consider creating this section of the press.
For my press i thought there was not enough pressure near the front so I added another small 2x4.
Use longer pieces of 1x3's to go across perpendicularly to the smaller 2x4's on "the top section" helping the press to compress the sheets of wood evenly.To figure out where the holes go position "the cover" on top of the rest of the press, which has been assembles with the bolts in there holes. Then let the cover sit on top where you want it to go. Then smack it but not too hard just enough to leave a mark of where the top of the bolts were. Now just drill a hole where the indents were made by the bolts.
For my press i thought there was not enough pressure near the front so I added another small 2x4.
Use longer pieces of 1x3's to go across perpendicularly to the smaller 2x4's on "the top section" helping the press to compress the sheets of wood evenly.To figure out where the holes go position "the cover" on top of the rest of the press, which has been assembles with the bolts in there holes. Then let the cover sit on top where you want it to go. Then smack it but not too hard just enough to leave a mark of where the top of the bolts were. Now just drill a hole where the indents were made by the bolts.
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