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Cut Cross Members to Length

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DIY tomato cages

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What happens here

Next, the creator cuts the horizontal 'cross members' that will connect the vertical legs and form the square sections of the cage. He measures these pieces to be 18 inches long using a tape measure and cuts them with the miter saw. For a single tomato cage, 16 of these 18-inch cross members are needed.

Goal: Prepare the horizontal supports for the tomato cage structure.

Tools and materials

  • Milwaukee FUEL Miter Saw Milwaukee — Cutting the cross member pieces to length
  • Pencil/Marker — Marking cut lines on the wood
  • Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes from debris during cutting
  • Tape Measure — Measuring the length of the cross member pieces
  • Wooden Boards — Raw material for the cross members

What they say

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Okay, now that I got all these boards cut, I'm just going to throw a 45 on the end here so they dig in the ground better. Now that we've finished up our legs, we're going to do our cross members. So, go ahead and I did those at 18 in. So, we need 16 of them per cage. All right, now I got all these cross members cut down to 18 in. I'm just going to rip them in half on the table saw.

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