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Install Cooler Bottom Cleats

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Built-In Camping Grill with Cooler Cart

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What happens here

To create a functional bottom for the cooler compartment that allows for drainage and prevents water from pooling, prepare four short pieces of 1x4 cedar to serve as cleats. Drill pocket holes into these cleats using the KREG Foreman pocket hole jig. Secure these cleats to the inside bottom edges of the cooler compartment using wood glue and pocket hole screws. This creates a slatted, raised base that prevents the cooler from sitting in any spilled liquids.

Goal: Create a slatted and elevated bottom support for drainage within the cooler compartment.

Tools and materials

  • 1x4 Cedar Pieces — Creating the elevated bottom supports
  • Cordless Drill DeWalt — Driving pocket hole screws
  • KREG Foreman Pocket Hole Jig KREG — Drilling pocket holes into the cleats
  • Pocket Hole Screws — Securing the cleats to the compartment
  • Wood Glue — Strengthening the cleat joints

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an inch and a half too long so I just brought the entire project to my table saw and just trimmed it right off now for the bottom part of this cooler stand I needed something that would not allow for water to pool up at the bottom in case something was spilled or leaked so I decided to use four cleats or basically four of the one by four pieces put some pocket holes in them and then secured four of them for structural support with wood glue and pocket screws this way it will hold the cooler and if something ever does spill will just go right through it the finishing touch to

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