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Step 3Put your Frame together
Summary: You will making two frames. All the long boards will be on the top of the frame and all the short boards will be on the bottom (or the other way around, depending on how you are looking at it).
You can either do one frame and then make the other or double the steps described below and make two frames at the same time.
Step One: Take one long piece and one short piece and lay one on top of the other so one end of each board is square to the other.
Step Two: Generously apply glue to each board where they will be overlapping and making sure the corner is square, hammer one nail to connect the boards. The boards may slip when you are hammering but with only one nail in, you should be able to adjust the corner to make it square. Use your carpenters' square.
Step Three: Hammer a second nail in to secure the square-ness.
Step Four: Repeat Steps One through Three with another long piece and short piece.
Step Five: You should have two "L" shapes. Arrange them into a Rectangle (long side parallel to long side, short side parallel to short side). Apply glue to the unattached corners and hammer one nail to connect each corner. Again, check to make sure your corners are square before hammering in the second nails.
Step Six: Wipe off excess glue.
(You would think that two L's that were square would automatically make you a nice rectangle, but it didn't work for me.)
Step Seven: Eyeball estimate the middle of each of the long boards of your Rectangle. Generously apply glue at the middle of each side and nail one of the remaining short boards in place. Again, start with one nail, make sure the board is positioned in the right place, then hammer in your second nail.
Step Eight: Eyeball estimate the center of the space between the end short board and the middle board you just nailed in place. Generously apply glue and following the instructions above, nail in place. Repeat for the other side. Now you have a Ladder.
Step Nine: Wipe off excess glue.
Step Ten: Flip your Ladder over so the short boards are at the bottom.
Step Eleven: Visually divide the space between the parallel long board into thirds. Apply glue, and nail the last long boards into place.
All done...with one side (unless you were doing two at once.)
You can either do one frame and then make the other or double the steps described below and make two frames at the same time.
Step One: Take one long piece and one short piece and lay one on top of the other so one end of each board is square to the other.
Step Two: Generously apply glue to each board where they will be overlapping and making sure the corner is square, hammer one nail to connect the boards. The boards may slip when you are hammering but with only one nail in, you should be able to adjust the corner to make it square. Use your carpenters' square.
Step Three: Hammer a second nail in to secure the square-ness.
Step Four: Repeat Steps One through Three with another long piece and short piece.
Step Five: You should have two "L" shapes. Arrange them into a Rectangle (long side parallel to long side, short side parallel to short side). Apply glue to the unattached corners and hammer one nail to connect each corner. Again, check to make sure your corners are square before hammering in the second nails.
Step Six: Wipe off excess glue.
(You would think that two L's that were square would automatically make you a nice rectangle, but it didn't work for me.)
Step Seven: Eyeball estimate the middle of each of the long boards of your Rectangle. Generously apply glue at the middle of each side and nail one of the remaining short boards in place. Again, start with one nail, make sure the board is positioned in the right place, then hammer in your second nail.
Step Eight: Eyeball estimate the center of the space between the end short board and the middle board you just nailed in place. Generously apply glue and following the instructions above, nail in place. Repeat for the other side. Now you have a Ladder.
Step Nine: Wipe off excess glue.
Step Ten: Flip your Ladder over so the short boards are at the bottom.
Step Eleven: Visually divide the space between the parallel long board into thirds. Apply glue, and nail the last long boards into place.
All done...with one side (unless you were doing two at once.)
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