Hi all. Before posting this, I wanted to let you know that I checked with DLD prior to putting this on the forum. Kudos to Spankydog for his hard work and his woodworking skills...until you have to do it, you don't appreciate how much skill and time it takes to produce a [words=http://www.mattersofsize.com/forum/showthread.php?83577-Length-master-official-order-thread-now-shipping-06-16-2014!!!]Length Master[/words], or a copy of one.
This started out by not being able to order one, as I couldn't think of justifying it to a wife that thinks i'm already big enough now...I just discovered bundled stretches, so the joke is on her now, LOL!
I started by getting a 1 inch thick piece of ash from my local fine wood retailler. A 4 ft pice cost me about $12.00.
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After that, since the hole is 3 1/2 inches. I found something to trace a circle onto the wood with:
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after that, I had to draw on the outline, cut it out of the wood and then cut out the hole. Since I had no hole saw, I drilled holes inside the circle and then used a jigsaw and went from hole to hole.
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Next was drawing and cutting out the clamping pieces...note that all holes need to line up to make it work and that 5 1/2 inches worked fone from hole to hole distance.
The remaining pics illustrate the project on the road to completion, so bear with me currently. It's still functional, just not too pretty yet.
Thanks.
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This started out by not being able to order one, as I couldn't think of justifying it to a wife that thinks i'm already big enough now...I just discovered bundled stretches, so the joke is on her now, LOL!
I started by getting a 1 inch thick piece of ash from my local fine wood retailler. A 4 ft pice cost me about $12.00.
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After that, since the hole is 3 1/2 inches. I found something to trace a circle onto the wood with:
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after that, I had to draw on the outline, cut it out of the wood and then cut out the hole. Since I had no hole saw, I drilled holes inside the circle and then used a jigsaw and went from hole to hole.
View attachment 22599
Next was drawing and cutting out the clamping pieces...note that all holes need to line up to make it work and that 5 1/2 inches worked fone from hole to hole distance.
The remaining pics illustrate the project on the road to completion, so bear with me currently. It's still functional, just not too pretty yet.
Thanks.
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