aNtistic design

Step 11 Inner frame work

My first thought was using wood .then I decided making it out of metal would not only be faster but it would also not distract you from the tunnels .my dad happened to (imagine that) have some angle iron that is1/4 inch thick .since the blade on my port-a-band wasn't sharp and it was about 10pm .I used my angle grinder ,first cutting the top pieces at 45 degree angles .then using a c-clamp to hold the parallel pieces together .I ground them to an even length .then clamped two pieces at a time in the right angle jig ,and welded them together .once I had the top welded I needed to give it legs to stand on .I wanted the table to stand 17 inches tall when I was finished and since the angle iron was 1 and a half inches wide ,it meant I needed to cut the legs 15 and a half inches long .I lined them up nice and plum in the corners and welded them on .then finished by grinding my welds smooth .i wanted only simple lines as not to distract the eye from the casting

The last thing I needed to weld on were some pegs to hold the zinc .after weighing the options I went with some nails .I placed the inner frame work upside down in zinc frame which was also upside down .and then marked on the frame were the supports needed to go .I then drilled a forth of an inch hole in frame and placed a nail threw each (four total) and welded then on .ground off the excess and bent them as necessary to hold the tunnels slightly below the top of the metal frame work