Description
Arm holding up a horizontal growing pipe.Compare with arm-2.
Images
Drawings
Material
Plywood, stained after cutting. Either as a sheet, or pre-cut into 10"x5" pieces.
Required tools
- Table saw (if you get the plywood as a big sheet), or clamps for your working table (if you get them pre-cut as 10"x5" pieces)
- Drill
- Hole drill bit 3.5"
- Drill bit 1/4"
Construction
If you have a table saw and cut your plywood sheet yourself, it is easiest to construct two arms at the same time:
- With the table saw, cut a square sheet (10x10") of plywood.
- Mark the center of the 3.5" hole, and cut out the hole with the drill.
- The photo above shows the workpiece after this step, with a pencil line in preparation of the next step.
- With the table saw, cut the square sheet into two identical arms.
- Mark the screw holes and drill them.
- Stain the part.
If you start with the pre-cut 10"x5" pieces:
- Tightly clamp two of the pieces next to each other, touching along the long side. Pretend they haven’t been separated from each other yet.
- Mark the center of the 3.5" hole, and cut out the hole (i.e. half hole in each piece, but cut at the same time)
- Mark the screw holes and drill them.
- Stain the part.