Wall Easel

INGREDIENTS

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table saw

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wood glue

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wood

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i then took each foot section and them in half along the

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step 5: cutting the back

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6 inches

i then took each section and lightly routed all four "face" edges

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note: there are only six sections in the pictures. i forgot to make the final two until later

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step 16: making the backing to the sliding section

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i took left over wood from the thinner slats and cut them on a my table saw

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the total width of the each slats was 3.5 inches wide. i did not want these visible from the front

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step 17: making the bottom shelves to the easels

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step 20: making the sliding top shelf

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be very careful as the blade comes almost to the top of the wood slat. make sure to use something other than you hand to put the wood through

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step 23: connecting the bottom shelf to the easel

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i went back to the easels as they had enough. i turned them over and marked the back of each wall brace from the top edge

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note: i put the markings so close to the top edge to leave room at the bottom

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step 28: second top shelves

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step 30: attaching the sliding top sections

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in order to attached the sliding top section of each easel i first centered each against the easel spine and marked the center of each spacing between the slats

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i then cut 10 sections inch dowel of 1.5 inches in length. i glued each section into the drilled holes of each sliding shelf section

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at this point i hung each easel to the wall of art room. i used a stud finder to make sure that i screwed each wall brace into wood

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i then took a dowel and cut sections from one end

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i hung them relatively high on the was as these are really

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step 1: recycling

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once i had stripped the cross beams

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step 2: materials

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router

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dowel

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screws

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hand drill

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step 3: milling

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step 7: grouping

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easel was constructed

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step 8: sanding and smoothing

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step 9: making the wall brackets

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step 10: routing the front edge

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step 11: connecting the spine to the wall braces

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i then clamped the slat end back down on the wall brace to hold it in place while the glue dried. i repeated this at each end of each wider center slat

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step 14: center wall brace

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while the wall braces were drying

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step 18: the lip

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step 22: adding a lip

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3/8 inch

i took a forstner bit and drilled an eight of inch down at the point of each pilot hole

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1 1/2 inches

i then screwed screws into each pilot hole

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i sank each screw into the brace so that the brace would be flush against the wall once hung on the wall

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i also repeated this to add a second shelf to each longer easel. i screwed them into the third wall brace at the marking

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step 29: prepping the holes to screw to the wall

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i then centered each backing to the spine and also marked the center of each spacing

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i used a screw to press down one the marked spots

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i did not press the together too tight so that it would slide pretty easily

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step 36: plugging the brace holes

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i then one plug into the screw hole at each end of each hung easel

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step 38: the final product

the final result was as seen in the pictures. the wall easels are designed to hold differently sized easels. my wife was pretty happy

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