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| angellover |
on Mon 5 Dec 11, 7:39 PM to angellover's blog.
I have started to make a cross and the pics are on my profile of the first stages. However i am so unsure how to cut the base to fit the floor for it to angel to the wall.
Any advice would be welcome...
I do not have an electic sander and i have been doing the cross by hand, sanding with sand paper with a 1" chisle so its been hard going but so need to get the feet/base right before i secure it to the skirting board and wall.
Thank you.
| 5 Dec 11, 7:54 PM Navare UK(B), 9 yrs |
Hi
You want to mount it to the wall or have it free standing? If it were me id have it free standing with a leg on the back so you can use it in a corner and the weight of a body will hold it firmer in place? Also worth thinking of routing out the bottom of the legs so feet can slip through and you get closer to the cross? Just put some metal brackets on the back to reinforce the legs. And don't stain it black as it looks like really nice wood just oil it a little N.x http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Impulsion_group | |
| 5 Dec 11, 7:57 PM angellover UK(CM), 3 yrs |
I have it leaning to the wall, where it will be secured onto a beam and its bolted on blocks on the bottom, behind the wood to secure it to the skirting board. I just can not level off the legs at an angle to the lean and have no idea of how to do so. I am also making holes or squares in the cross so it lines up with the blocks, so my body is close to the cross and that my feet go in the holes onto the block thats secure to cross and skirting board... if that makes sence lol Thank you
The highest fences we have to climb, are those we have built within our mind Edited 5 Dec 11, 9:03 PM by angellover | |
| 5 Dec 11, 8:09 PM Hatari  UK(BN), 6 yrs |
Do you have access to a bevel?  how to explain. Like,a square but you can alter the angleEdited 5 Dec 11, 8:10 PM by Hatari | |
| 5 Dec 11, 8:15 PM angellover UK(CM), 3 yrs |
No.... I have my chisle, sand paper, hammer, drill, saw, bolts, spanners, wood filler and other fittings... so sadly not. poor me is a women with tools but just not enough sadly.
The highest fences we have to climb, are those we have built within our mind | |
| 5 Dec 11, 10:14 PM Hatari UK(BN), 6 yrs |
Do you have an accurate steel ruler? | |
| 5 Dec 11, 10:23 PM angellover UK(CM), 3 yrs |
Yes I do, but the wood has to be cut at an angle because its learning backwards... scraches hear with ruler
The highest fences we have to climb, are those we have built within our mind Edited 5 Dec 11, 10:27 PM by angellover | |
| 6 Dec 11, 6:39 AM QuietD UK(WV), 7 yrs |
If I understand the problem correctly, your having problems getting both angels on the bottom of the legs the same and also flush to the floor? If thats the case, assuming everything is still free standing, lean everything against the wall, the two legs will be resting on the floor, with me so far? Next you'll need to lay another length of timber onto the floor across both legs, use the top edge of that timber to mark both legs and that will give you your line to cut too. Hope that helps you. Life may knock us down, but its how we get up and move forward that's important. Edited 6 Dec 11, 6:42 AM by QuietD | |
| 6 Dec 11, 9:51 AM fay_subswell_425ft UK, 3 yrs |
Mmmm your post makes interesting reading QuietD. Surely as you are the Dom I know you are able to ensure both angels are flush to the floor?  Subs can be pursuaded you know ... *giggles* | |
| 6 Dec 11, 12:51 PM angellover UK(CM), 3 yrs |
Thank you but I did that but it doesn't lay on the floor corretly as it was a straight cut
The highest fences we have to climb, are those we have built within our mind | |
| 6 Dec 11, 12:52 PM angellover UK(CM), 3 yrs |
I need punishing fay for keep trying I thinks... The highest fences we have to climb, are those we have built within our mind |
now i have one leg shorter than the other... as the cross leans backwards its then an angle 