The third day was a lot like the 2nd, but I had a lot more time thanks to the snow. That’s a snow drift up to our window. We got 18 inches but it was 4 feet in some places. It was my first “snow day” from work in about 4 years.
Since the rail was designed to be basically the same cut repeated, I just had to do the repetition.
Here, I have most of the cuts completed, and am ready to start gluing and screwing. But first, I drilled several holes and used long nails to align everything. Gluing and screwing is done one layer at a time, and I didn’t want to gradually get myself off track.
Here, I’m about to screw in the last layer. Note the nail and the piloted screw hole. I found that I got a tighter fit if I clamped next to the screw I was putting in.
Snow is also a good excuses for letting glue dry. We thought we’d be stuck in our neighborhood for weeks, but a plow came by about an hour after this picture. So, I was able to use gas powered tools today too.
Here’s the glued rail on top of the base with the playing surface (yet to be cut) on top of the base.
T-nuts being installed to the rail to allow it to later be installed to the base. t-nuts are used because after the rail is upholstered, I won’t have access to the nut.
Now it’s time to cut the playing surface and racetrack. These are cut out of the same piece of wood. There is a lot of writing on the wood here because I was trying to figure out how far apart the cup holders should go so they’re equally spaced. I had to break out some geometry to figure it all out. In this picture, you can also see the t-bolts in the playing surface area.
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