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Open frame baseboard Pt4


Harlequin

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I fitted the stiffeners today which make the side pieces into L beams for longitudinal strength and provide some racking resistance to hold the entire unit square.

 

One of the ends had the PSE fixed wrongly inside the plywood. The stiffener stood proud so I had to chisel out a little rebate:
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The frame was remarkably square (1609mm across one diagonal, 1610 across the other) so I just glued, screwed and pinned the stiffeners into place without making any other adjustments:
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The stiffeners really work - the unit is very rigid in most directions now but it flexes a bit more than I'd like when one corner is lifted. I still need to connect the spines to the ends but I think some sort of diagonal bracing will probably be needed.

 

Turned the right way up with the stiffeners at the bottom:
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