Phetishboy
Well-known member
No, not Fritz's daily Boysticks mating dance. I tried posting video of that once and got banned. I've been asked for some pics of the Nintendo base jig that I built into a corner of my project table. It's really a very simple.
After cutting and mitering the 4 boards to length for the base, I then cut 4 small wedges to use for strength inside the mitered corners. Assemble the whole thing with wood glue and 1 3/4" crown staples, then get it into the jig before the glue sets up. I used one of the 90 degree corners of the table as a starting point, then measured cut and installed two 3.5" wide lengths of 3/4" melamine coated particle board shelving as my guides. I used a 2 foot square inside the pieces and fastened them once square was achieved. I have three 4 foot bar clamps that I use in tandem to draw the assembled base into the jig (ideally you would use 4 of them, but I keep putting off buying another one as 3 works fine). I then let it set-up for about 12 - 24 hours, then pull the jig and begin filling staple holes and sanding to get ready for paint. Here are pics of the unfinished base in the jig:
Makes it easy to go from this:
To this:
In about 3 days.
After cutting and mitering the 4 boards to length for the base, I then cut 4 small wedges to use for strength inside the mitered corners. Assemble the whole thing with wood glue and 1 3/4" crown staples, then get it into the jig before the glue sets up. I used one of the 90 degree corners of the table as a starting point, then measured cut and installed two 3.5" wide lengths of 3/4" melamine coated particle board shelving as my guides. I used a 2 foot square inside the pieces and fastened them once square was achieved. I have three 4 foot bar clamps that I use in tandem to draw the assembled base into the jig (ideally you would use 4 of them, but I keep putting off buying another one as 3 works fine). I then let it set-up for about 12 - 24 hours, then pull the jig and begin filling staple holes and sanding to get ready for paint. Here are pics of the unfinished base in the jig:
Makes it easy to go from this:
To this:
In about 3 days.
