You Tube video showed how easy it is to build a set of blocks to hold mitered edges together while the glue dries. I built a two pairs of blocks. It didn't work. I tried everyway to hold them together. I put the clamps on and it twisted the frame. I gave up and used another approach.
This is how it looked when I gave up. It looks like a pile of firewood. I put the clamps away. I put the blocks away.
Yesterday I glued a side and top together and the other side and bottom together. I put glue on the four miters and clamped part of it to the table. With a 1/4 inch bit I drilled a hole through one corner into the end. I put glue on a dowel and inserted it into the hole. I did the same for the other corner.
We have had trouble with the TV signal that the county provides. I got on the roof to see if there was some problem up there. Some of the plastic items on the antenna were crumbling some, but I couldn't see how that would affect the signal. I wrapped the connection area with electrical tape. We haven't had much problem today, but there were a few time that we lost the signal.
I worked on getting the picture, backing, and Plexiglas to fit the frame. That problem is solved. I painted it with varnish. The can says fast drying, but being as cold it wasn't dry when I quit working.
Last week I bought two totes. I will hook the to the ceiling. I made a couple of rails that I will screw them into the ceiling. The lip of the totes will slide on the rails. I will put light weight things in them. A label with be put on the end of each tote naming what is on the inside.
Comments and questions are welcome.
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