Preparing and Assembling Formwork Sides

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What happens here

The presenter demonstrates the process of ripping a 2x4 piece of wood to create a smooth, consistent edge for the formwork. This is done using a table saw to remove the rough factory edge, ensuring the final concrete slab will have perfectly smooth sides. The wood pieces will be 2 inches thick, matching the desired thickness of the concrete slab. These smooth-edged pieces are then screwed onto the plywood base.

Goal: Create perfectly smooth and consistent side pieces for the concrete formwork.

Tools and materials

2x4 Lumber — Creating the side walls of the concrete formwork
Cordless Drill DeWalt — Screwing the side pieces to the plywood base
Hearing Protection — Protecting ears from loud saw noise
Safety Glasses — Eye protection during cutting and drilling
Table Saw DeWalt — Ripping the 2x4s to a consistent 2-inch thickness with smooth edges
Wood Screws — Securing the formwork side pieces to the base

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form is exactly where we need it so our slab's going to be 2 in thick so that's why I want to rip these forms to but I'm going to rip off the factory edge here so we've got a nice completely smooth uh form put ah put ah put put put he give me fast down middle fast it's actually it's this could be quite dangerous oh all right need to take it serious all right I'm ready dang it you can't get me what you can't get on hey how's it going what up dude how you making out this is just going to be temporary to make it yeah so just show him where it is he look at it then we'll put the Dante valin they got you in there of all people This Is My Idea nice scare attempt the hell was that wait a minute I remember remember I've got five Sten and you want to scare me you that's a hell of a day at the salon she could it every once in a while how long a day to Salon was that what hair how long how long day was that well it did take a while these extensions very expensive okay just show us them we're going to tie in downstairs now we'll pressurize it then I said we'll just move it inside where then we'll put the Dante Val on Perfect all right guys horrible horrible I didn't want to scare him she give me a favor I you know you would got me on camera having a heart attack it's hot it's like a it's like a car engine you got to rev it every once in a while to get everything up yeah okay I I'll tell my cardiologist that Frank's hooking us up with some Plumbing right now real I tell you what it's a shame Andrew's not here don't mess with her she'll take you out all right got our plumbing going pathetic pathetic attemp I saw you right away all right Nick you want grab those two uh those two saw horses so we got our pieces cut it's 2 in nice and flat on both sides so they're very consistent and what we're going to do is see we've got our crooked cut here but it's bigger than we need so we can snap that line and we can make sure that form that we screw in is perfect we're going to use the factory on this side and this side to go off of that and it's like that we should we should be good we should be good pretty confident got got a couple tricks up my sleeve for this poor I think they're going to be I think they're going to be good think they're going to be good little did he know things would not be good [Music]

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