++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[alfa147x]

I assume the leg mount isn't well supported against such thin wood

 

[alfa147x]

12111

 

[alfa147x]

122222111212

 

[MotF Bane]

Want it a bit taller

Hmm. Best bet is probably screw through the top slab, through the risers, and into the legs.

I think buying four new taller legs would be a better move though, it'll be much more stable. And brace the legs to each other, connect them across three sides.

 

[alfa147x]

Hmm. Best bet is probably screw through the top slab, through the risers, and into the legs.

I think buying four new taller legs would be a better move though, it'll be much more stable. And brace the legs to each other, connect them across three sides.

I'll do that first step
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3471293027_24321f2101.jpg

Notice the plate on the top of the legs? I could run a bolt through the top of the desk through the plate into the legs.

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[eldorado99]

ned ned

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[alfa147x]

I really want to go to the petit le mans

 

[MotF Bane]

I figured you had wooden legs. Okay, here's how you do this, alfalafala.

Flip the table upside down, remove the legs.
Take the wooden blocks, put them exactly where you'd like them on the underside of the slab.
Pre-drill the wood blocks and into the slab, then screw the blocks into the slab using wood screws. MAKE SURE that the screws will not be in the same positions as the leg plate holes.

Orient the legs properly. The five holes per leg plate should not interfere with any of the screws.
Drill through the wooden blocks and the slab.
Flip the tabletop over. Use a spade bit, hole saw, or large countersink bit to create a countersink hole for the bolt heads.
The bolts should not drop freely through, but you should not need brutal force to put them through. A few light hammer taps should be plenty of force. Put a washer between the bolt head and the tabletop.
Get the bolts through the slab, through the blocks (which can't really move anyways), and through the plates.
Washers and nuts on the end of the bolts, tighten them down as hard as you can, using hand tools.

Questions?

 

[alfa147x]

Sounds good. By countersinking the hole the bolt will sit flush with the top?

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[MotF Bane]

Sounds good. By countersinking the hole the bolt will sit flush with the top?

Yes. You'll want to measure the bolt precisely... I'm familiar with circular head low rounding bolts with square inner shank, but that doesn't work for a wooden slab with a circular hole. Or hex head, but countersinking that's gonna be a pain. I mean, you can c-sink oversize for a hex, but then there's gaps around it. I suppose you could fill the gaps with an epoxy or something. If you do the hex route, make sure the hole is oversized enough to fit in a socket to hold the bolt from rotating while you lock the nut down.

 

[alfa147x]

Yes. You'll want to measure the bolt precisely... I'm familiar with circular head low rounding bolts with square inner shank, but that doesn't work for a wooden slab with a circular hole. Or hex head, but countersinking that's gonna be a pain. I mean, you can c-sink oversize for a hex, but then there's gaps around it. I suppose you could fill the gaps with an epoxy or something. If you do the hex route, make sure the hole is oversized enough to fit in a socket to hold the bolt from rotating while you lock the nut down.

Yeah it'll be filled with that epoxy glaze stuff

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[MotF Bane]

Yeah, so you should be all set.

 

[MotF Bane]

Don't forget the washers, I usually do that. Also, remember to measure the screws, you don't want them coming through the slab.

 

[alfa147x]

I was planning on doing that. Thanks though

 

[MotF Bane]

This Bionic commercial is pretty dumb. The girl is using a quartet of Thai bags, but she doesn't even have wrist wraps, let alone gloves, and she's wearing sneakers, they aren't sambofki or anything like that.

 

[MotF Bane]

Okay, so you know what you're doing for the most part.

I'm used to dealing with people who barely know which end of a screwdriver to hold.

 

[MotF Bane]

Oh right, gotta remember to discuss my coworker talking about another not being able to get a boyfriend, and about competitiveness regarding ring sizes. Serious.

 

[MotF Bane]

Quiz tomorrow, another quiz, and a class... WHERE IS MY CALCULUS BOOK YOU WORTHLESS BOOKSTORE?!!?

 

[MotF Bane]

Too tired to focus on the headlights really. Zzzz.

 

[MotF Bane]

What I have: a 2006 G35x sedan. That means the lower reflector bowl is huge, probably 4" in diameter, maybe a bit more, housing a bihalogen light. This bihalogen serves, in low beam, as fog lights, and in high beam, as, well, high beam. For directional purposes, I have amber corner lights in the capsules, less than 1.5" diameter.

LOL, the same commercial has run three times in a row. This is hilarious. Can we do four?

 

[MotF Bane]

The upper bowl is only a squashed half bowl, mounting a xenon low-beam, where the partial lid on the bowl serves as a cutoff. It is a reflector with an internal reflector.