Bryan Somers
12-19-2006, 12:39 PM
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Heres a set of dog stairs the LOML wanted made for our Lab Morgan so she can climb into bed easier she has injured one of her back legs (BTW our dogs are not spoiled :rolleyes: !) The sides made from birch 3/4 plywood the treads from some pine boards I had around the house. The risers ended up being poplar mainly because I messed up cutting the risers and the pine the borg had looked like a wave, andI lack a few tools to work with rough stock like a jointer and planer.
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I glued and screwed some cleats to the inside of the steps to get more glue surface and a little more stability which created part of my problem
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As you can see from the gap I did'nt get the cleats for the first step lined up quite right. Now how do you line up edges of corners so this doesnt happen. The misses is very pleased with it but I'm not. I was going to paint every thing but I'm leaning toward painting the sides and risers but finishing the treads with a urethane.
Heres a set of dog stairs the LOML wanted made for our Lab Morgan so she can climb into bed easier she has injured one of her back legs (BTW our dogs are not spoiled :rolleyes: !) The sides made from birch 3/4 plywood the treads from some pine boards I had around the house. The risers ended up being poplar mainly because I messed up cutting the risers and the pine the borg had looked like a wave, andI lack a few tools to work with rough stock like a jointer and planer.
52930
I glued and screwed some cleats to the inside of the steps to get more glue surface and a little more stability which created part of my problem
52931
As you can see from the gap I did'nt get the cleats for the first step lined up quite right. Now how do you line up edges of corners so this doesnt happen. The misses is very pleased with it but I'm not. I was going to paint every thing but I'm leaning toward painting the sides and risers but finishing the treads with a urethane.