Support Structure Shopping List
- Tools
- Some sort of cutting device (table saw, Skil saw, radial
arm saw, band saw, crosscut saw, etc.) The more automated the better.
- Drill motor with appropriate twist bit for making holes
for carriage bolts.
- Router and bit for knocking off edges and corners (optional).
- #8 screw setter (optional, but recommended).
- Some way to make dadoes (dado cutter, etc.) (optional if
not using 4x4s).
- Sander for finishing (optional).
- Lumber
- 4 eight foot 4x4s.
- 5 eight foot 2x4s.
- At least 1/2 sheet 3/4" plywood (the 14"x14" sacrificial
burner platforms do not have to be one piece).
- Hardware
- A box of 50 or so #8x1.5" woodscrews.
- 26 3.5" carriage bolts each with nut and two washers.
- Casters (optional, but not really).
- Misc
- Eye protection.
- Sandpaper for finishing (optional).
- Polyurethane and brush for finishing (optional, but recommended (it's
gonna get wet)).
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