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Materials
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150 1/8" Drill Bit -
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36” long 8” wide plant or tongue and groove car siding (3/4” thickness) 4 pieces needed -
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42” 4x4 pine post for the legs (2 needed) -
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30” long 2x2 pine material (2 needed) -
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1x4x48” pine board -
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6 ft. clear rope light -
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24x24 panel of ½” sanded plywood -
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1x1x48 pine material -
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Drill & wood screws -
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Wood Glue
Let's Get Started
To reduce the risk of injury user must read instruction manuals for all tools used in this project. Wear eye and respiratory protection. Use clamps to support work piece whenever practical.
Step 1
Begin by cutting the carsiding pieces to 33" lengths. The carsiding will serve as your headboard. Making a clean, smooth cut in this material is easy with your Saw-Max tool equipped with the SM500 wheel. Mark your line of cut & with your material clamped into place, follow the marked line of cut through the front end of your Saw-Max tool. Once you've cut all 4 carsiding pieces, join the tongue and groove. If you need to cut your 2x2 pine material to length, you'll want to do it at this stage of the process as well, using the same technique. We created a headboard for a twin bed. If you are creating your headboard for an alternate sized bed, you will need to measure the dimensions of your bed & adjust your measurements accordingly.
Step 2
Next, attach a supporting cleat, joining each carsiding plank to your 4x4" posts. We recommend pre-drilling the 2x2 pine before drilling into the posts. To pre-drill through the sides of our 2x2 material we used our NEW Dremel FortiFlex tool. We marked our pilot holes every few inches through the top and side of the 2x2" pine to secure every plank to the post.
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