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Anyone who owns a front load washer and dryer... and is married, has probably been asked to build one of these. I only found one or two posted on here from long ago, so I figured I'd show y'all how I built mine.
Disclaimer: My main goal in this project was quick turnaround, with a little bit of woodfunning to keep it interesting for me. I'm embarrassed to tell y'all where I got the plans for this, but they were good enough and I was able to make changes to the parts I didn't agree with.
I'll try to keep this short, and will leave out some of the more boring stuff. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
I started by assembling the top and bottom 2x4 frames. After cutting the treated (I know...) 4x4 legs, I marked the areas that I needed to notch out.
The plans actually called for little metal angle brackets, and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I did that.
I then set the height of my TS blade with the piece in my crosscut sled...
... and set up a stop block to ensure accuracy.
After making my initial cuts, I headed to the bandsaw and set up my high tech fence for the second cuts.
I set it up so that the waste was on the outside of the blade. It didn't feel right to have it between the fence and blade, but if this is wrong please let me know!
Disclaimer: My main goal in this project was quick turnaround, with a little bit of woodfunning to keep it interesting for me. I'm embarrassed to tell y'all where I got the plans for this, but they were good enough and I was able to make changes to the parts I didn't agree with.
I'll try to keep this short, and will leave out some of the more boring stuff. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
I started by assembling the top and bottom 2x4 frames. After cutting the treated (I know...) 4x4 legs, I marked the areas that I needed to notch out.

The plans actually called for little metal angle brackets, and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I did that.
I then set the height of my TS blade with the piece in my crosscut sled...

... and set up a stop block to ensure accuracy.

After making my initial cuts, I headed to the bandsaw and set up my high tech fence for the second cuts.

I set it up so that the waste was on the outside of the blade. It didn't feel right to have it between the fence and blade, but if this is wrong please let me know!
