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Step 4Using the jig on the shelves
Tools:
Pencil
Tape Measure
Drill
Dowel drill bit and stopper from Kit
Bar Clamps
Sawhorses
Materials:
1"x6"x6' Pine (with or without knots, up to you, or any other wood for that matter)
Now that we have the jig this step is easy. Take the drill bit that came with the dowel kit. It cuts a flatter whole than a regular drill bit which is why I choose to use it. Looking back, it probably would have been better to use the nice sharp drill bit so it wouldn't tear up the wood as much. Anyways, stick the drill bit through the guide hole and so that 3/8" is stick out of the hole. Now attach the bit stopper so that this will be the depth of the hole when drilled.
Clamp the jig to the end of the board (choose the worse looking side of the board since it will be on the bottom). Now just drill out the two holes. Move the jig to the other end of the board and repeat.
For the center, just find the center of the board plus 3/8" (the distance from the center of the guide holes to the edge of the oak piece). Remove the bottom crossing piece of the "U" from the jig. Line up the edge of the oak piece on your mark, clamp and drill.
Repeat on each shelf board.
Pencil
Tape Measure
Drill
Dowel drill bit and stopper from Kit
Bar Clamps
Sawhorses
Materials:
1"x6"x6' Pine (with or without knots, up to you, or any other wood for that matter)
Now that we have the jig this step is easy. Take the drill bit that came with the dowel kit. It cuts a flatter whole than a regular drill bit which is why I choose to use it. Looking back, it probably would have been better to use the nice sharp drill bit so it wouldn't tear up the wood as much. Anyways, stick the drill bit through the guide hole and so that 3/8" is stick out of the hole. Now attach the bit stopper so that this will be the depth of the hole when drilled.
Clamp the jig to the end of the board (choose the worse looking side of the board since it will be on the bottom). Now just drill out the two holes. Move the jig to the other end of the board and repeat.
For the center, just find the center of the board plus 3/8" (the distance from the center of the guide holes to the edge of the oak piece). Remove the bottom crossing piece of the "U" from the jig. Line up the edge of the oak piece on your mark, clamp and drill.
Repeat on each shelf board.
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Dec 3, 2009. 4:28 AMphantom309oo7
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hmmmmmm, that looks like a T-Maxx on the floor.....
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Dec 3, 2009. 4:29 AMphantom309oo7
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or a Revo... LOL
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Dec 3, 2009. 5:18 PM
craineum (author)
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craineum (author)
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You are both right... Highly modified Original T-Maxx, a Revo, also a Titan and an Ultra LX Pro (and a Mini T... etc...)
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Dec 3, 2009. 2:21 PMzwild1
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zwild1
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did you really just laugh out loud?
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Feb 24, 2010. 9:03 PMIridium7
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nah he LQTM. (laughed quietly to himself) more honest.
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