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Gathering and Cutting Plywood for Headboard

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What happens here

The creator explains the lumber acquisition, showing two 4x8 sheets of 1/2-inch plywood, six 8-foot 2x4 boards, and sixteen 10-foot 1x4 boards. The cost is estimated at around $300 for 90-95% of the build. He emphasizes cutting the plywood to achieve a 5-foot tall headboard, as standard plywood sheets are 4 feet. This involves marking and cutting a 12-inch strip from another piece of plywood using a track saw and then attaching it to the main 4-foot panel to extend its height.

Goal: Lumber is acquired, including two 4x8 half-inch plywood sheets and several 2x4s and 1x4s. The plywood is cut to size using a track saw to form the main headboard and footboard panels, extending the height of the headboard by attaching an extra piece.

Tools and materials

  • Measuring Tape
  • Pencil
  • Track Saw
  • 1/2-inch Plywood Sheets (4x8)

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all right so we have here is our lumber and i just picked it all up we have two sheets that are four by eight this is just half inch you don't need anything special but half inch is important we have about six boards that are two by fours eight feet long i have six of them hopefully be enough and then this is the bread and butter here these are just one by fours this is the cheapest wood your closest hardware store carries i think they call it like common wood or something it's one by fours i got 16 pieces here they're 10 feet long and this is roughly around 300 bucks so i think this is probably about 90 95 for entire build so hopefully we'll stay in the budget now i want headboards to be tall so i want to be about five feet tall problem with these plywoods is they go four feet so we need an extra foot so we're going to take an extra piece of plywood cut 12 inches off of it and attach it from here to here to extend that way then we'll reinforce it on the back side all right so here's our headboard and like i promised don't kill yourself [Music] there you go nobody died so one side will be our front side and the other side will be our back side for the back side see this little cut right here this is a scrap piece the leftover part so what we're going to do is from the back side we're going to glue

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