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Step 8Assembly
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Start by putting the threaded rod through the first book, and screw it in until it is flush with the bottom of the t-nut. Slide the next book down, and the next, and so on until you have your tower of books built.
A not here about thickness. We drilled 2-3 extra books because we knew we were going to compress the column as much as we could, but we needed to have a few books of different thickness that we could swap out to fine tune the finished height. Our column needed to be 29 1/2 inches to support the counter top, and we actually ended up at 29 5/8 which was close enough for us.
I didn't end up with useable photos for the next step, so I hope this description works well enough. When you are done with all your books, you should still have some all thread left sticking out the top of your column. I slid the iron strap down the rods, then tightened it down with nuts. We need the books to be compressed, so with my assistants help, one of us pushed down on one side of the iron strap, and the other tightened the corresponding nut, then to the other side, back and forth a few times. We were able to eventually compress the column from 32 inches to the final 29 5/8.
Start by putting the threaded rod through the first book, and screw it in until it is flush with the bottom of the t-nut. Slide the next book down, and the next, and so on until you have your tower of books built.
A not here about thickness. We drilled 2-3 extra books because we knew we were going to compress the column as much as we could, but we needed to have a few books of different thickness that we could swap out to fine tune the finished height. Our column needed to be 29 1/2 inches to support the counter top, and we actually ended up at 29 5/8 which was close enough for us.
I didn't end up with useable photos for the next step, so I hope this description works well enough. When you are done with all your books, you should still have some all thread left sticking out the top of your column. I slid the iron strap down the rods, then tightened it down with nuts. We need the books to be compressed, so with my assistants help, one of us pushed down on one side of the iron strap, and the other tightened the corresponding nut, then to the other side, back and forth a few times. We were able to eventually compress the column from 32 inches to the final 29 5/8.
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