Stuart R
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Hi guys - So I'm going to build platform frames using 1x6's with a 3/4 ply lid, so actual thickness will be 6". For legs, I'm going to make a hog trough for each corner out of 1x4, fitting under the 1x frame so the frame rests on the hog trough. Snug in the inside corner will be a 2x2, glued and screwed to the hog trough and extending another 5" toward the lid. The combined thickness of the rail and the internal 2x2 will be 3/4" + 1-1/2" = 2-1/4".
Next question: fasteners. I'm thinking 1/4" x 3" carriage bolts with a matching washer and nut on the inside, two on one face and one on the other face (with its drilled hole between and perpendicular to the other two). Questions:
Thanks.
Next question: fasteners. I'm thinking 1/4" x 3" carriage bolts with a matching washer and nut on the inside, two on one face and one on the other face (with its drilled hole between and perpendicular to the other two). Questions:
- Is a 1/4" x 3" carriage bolt the right fastener to use?
- Am I placing them correctly?
- Should the bolt hole be tight, or allow free passage of the bolt?
- Should the washer be a lock washer?
- Do people ever use permanently installed t-nuts on the legs instead of loose nuts and washers?
Thanks.