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Assemble Armrests and Front Legs

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What happens here

Take the remaining 2x8 lumber piece and rip it down the middle using a circular saw. These two pieces will serve as both the armrests and the front legs of the chair. Attach them to the chair's main frame using pocket hole screws and wood glue. The video highlights how the armrests will hold the backrest in its leaned position, providing comfort and stability. Ensure the cleanest side of the wood is facing outwards. A clamp is used to hold pieces in alignment while screwing.

Goal: Create and attach armrest/front leg assemblies

Tools and materials

  • 2x8 Lumber — Material for armrests and front legs
  • Circular Saw RYOBI — Ripping lumber
  • Clamps — Holding pieces in alignment during assembly
  • Cordless Drill RYOBI — Driving pocket hole screws
  • Pocket Hole Screws — Securing joints
  • Speed Square — Checking for 90-degree angles during alignment
  • Wood Glue Titebond — Reinforcing joints

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finish it. Now, the arms. For the armrest/ legs, uh we're doing a two-piece bottom. So, we have our 2x8 that's split in half. pocket holes to the side like that. And this section is going to be the left side if you're facing out of the chair. This part will attach to the chair, keeping it up in that angled degree that we need. And then we'll put our armrest on top of it and connect that to the back rest, which will keep the back from breaking on you. Don't break your back. to make me the bunk bed. >> You want me to you a bunk bed? What do you need a bunk bed for? You >> remember our old house? You made one side where I play. Remember you made the up room where I play in the bunk? >> Are you talking about the pink bunk bed? The princess bunk bed I made you the one where you had the bed below and then you had stairs and then you had a play area on top. You want me to make that for you again? Interesting. Why do you want me to make you that? >> I just I just I just want to >> You just want to hide up there in the tower. >> Mhm. >> Like a princess. >> Are you a princess? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Give me a kiss. >> All right. I'll make you one. That was not planned. I didn't stage that. She just came in asked me to build her a pink bunk bed that I built her in our previous house, which sucks. We had to leave it there. But I guess we're going to build another one. If you haven't seen that video, it's right over here. Go check it out. Probably to date my absolute favorite build. And the reason it's my absolute favorite built is because, well, I did it for that little girl there. She was only three, maybe two and a half, three when I built it. And now she's five. And that memory

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