First of I would like to day that I have never worked on wood before, I'm more of a auto mechanical person. Some of these questions may sound basic in the wood world, but I'm very new to this. Also, I apologize for the long post.
So I went to home depot yesterday and got a long single piece 2x4 foot of birch plywood cut in half to make two 24" pieces of wood at 3/4" thick each. I'm going to glue the wood together to make a 1.5" thick board. I'm not going to cut it round, if anything I'm going to make it an octagon which wouldn't be as hard to do as I'll only have to cut straight lines. I bought a cheap sand block to sand down the rebound side of the wood and sanded it down just a tad and got it real smooth. The set up is going to be held by a pair of cheap everlast platform brackets from their $50 kit. I bought the everlast platform used for $10 on craigslist. AThe brackets are going on a 30x27 plywood which I will the nail onto 2 wood posts in my garage. Now here are some I have so you know what I'm working with following some questions...
It's just a mock up and it's not glued or nailed yet.
Heres a pic I took sideways to see what it would probably look like.
QUESTIONS
1. What type of glue should I use? I bought the cheapest wood glue they had, Elmers carpenter glue (in pics). Should I just keep this and use it or return it and get some other type glue?
2. Nails. The guy at the store said it would be good to nail the 2 boards together along with the glue to be safe. Is this nessecary? I figure just nail the outside together.
3. Extra wood. Should I get one more piece of plywood to make my board even more thicker, 2.25"? I know I'm going to use sand on the top anyways, so will this even benifit me, or would it just be for a thicker look.
4. Placement. How whould I place the brackets to the wood? Should I go by the holes in the everlast platform. Place the platform on the plywood and use a pencil to make a mare through the holes, or should place them wider since I can do that with a square board.
5. Finish. What type of finish should I use? I bought this polyurethane spray can (in pics). Is this good enough? This setup will be in my garage so I want the wood to be real strong to the elements. It's a crappy old outdoor garage which has bugs and creepy crawlers. In the winter it gets real cold and rainy in the spring. Also the platform and brackets will be nailed to a piece of 30x27 plywood I bought that will then be nailed in front of the garage window which only has a screen open to the outside.
So I went to home depot yesterday and got a long single piece 2x4 foot of birch plywood cut in half to make two 24" pieces of wood at 3/4" thick each. I'm going to glue the wood together to make a 1.5" thick board. I'm not going to cut it round, if anything I'm going to make it an octagon which wouldn't be as hard to do as I'll only have to cut straight lines. I bought a cheap sand block to sand down the rebound side of the wood and sanded it down just a tad and got it real smooth. The set up is going to be held by a pair of cheap everlast platform brackets from their $50 kit. I bought the everlast platform used for $10 on craigslist. AThe brackets are going on a 30x27 plywood which I will the nail onto 2 wood posts in my garage. Now here are some I have so you know what I'm working with following some questions...
It's just a mock up and it's not glued or nailed yet.
Heres a pic I took sideways to see what it would probably look like.
QUESTIONS
1. What type of glue should I use? I bought the cheapest wood glue they had, Elmers carpenter glue (in pics). Should I just keep this and use it or return it and get some other type glue?
2. Nails. The guy at the store said it would be good to nail the 2 boards together along with the glue to be safe. Is this nessecary? I figure just nail the outside together.
3. Extra wood. Should I get one more piece of plywood to make my board even more thicker, 2.25"? I know I'm going to use sand on the top anyways, so will this even benifit me, or would it just be for a thicker look.
4. Placement. How whould I place the brackets to the wood? Should I go by the holes in the everlast platform. Place the platform on the plywood and use a pencil to make a mare through the holes, or should place them wider since I can do that with a square board.
5. Finish. What type of finish should I use? I bought this polyurethane spray can (in pics). Is this good enough? This setup will be in my garage so I want the wood to be real strong to the elements. It's a crappy old outdoor garage which has bugs and creepy crawlers. In the winter it gets real cold and rainy in the spring. Also the platform and brackets will be nailed to a piece of 30x27 plywood I bought that will then be nailed in front of the garage window which only has a screen open to the outside.
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