{"id":30400,"date":"2020-09-13T11:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=30400"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:12:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:12:27","slug":"upstanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=30400","title":{"rendered":"Doing It For Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, whip out the jigsaw and cut a pair of feet from a piece of oak.<\/p>\n

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Then cut some sticks, drill some holes for pegs to connect everything.<\/p>\n

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Then build a back section, and bang it all together to make sure everything fits.<\/p>\n

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Stain it all dark walnut.<\/p>\n

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Glue the pieces together.<\/p>\n

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Attach the back with some black carriage bolts. Six <\/em>of them, because four wouldn't look serious enough. Maybe there are some gaps that could use a little putty.<\/p>\n

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Give it a few coats of varnish (the application of which will take off a lot of stain that was just sitting on the surface). Add some nonslip strips.<\/p>\n

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Accept the mistakes and should-have-done<\/em>s.<\/p>\n

And, there you have it.<\/p>\n

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A DIY version of this<\/a> guitar amplifier stand to replace this<\/a>. And it will sit on the scrap wood table that I made last week, which itself makes a nice hiding spot for this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I spent maybe $35 in wood and $5 for the carriage bolts. But I also spent a lot on tools. This was my first attempt at doing dowel joinery, and I had to buy a dowel jig, and some better drill bits, etc.. It will be a long time before I try dowel joints again. It's a PITA with just hand tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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