At least. Had some pieces of Maple sitting around....decided to build something..different, this time around..
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Took one 1x4 and ripped it down the center. gave me two of these blanks
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A bit of bandsaw work....a couple of holes drilled. There is also a 1/4" hole at the "top" for a piece of all-thread...
I also ripped a 1" wide strip from the other 1 x 4..
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Yeah, about that long. Need to cut a couple tenons, and chop a couple mortises...
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Blade is from a Butcher's Meat saw....11 ppi was what I counted. Seems to have been filed as a crosscut.
Will need to round the edges off all the sharp corners ( spokeshave?) and see about a 2' piece of 1/4" all-thread, a wing nut, and a washer.
One end get bent down into the mortise, the other gets the wing nut.
It is a start at least....