1. Turning Darter to extact spec's (thickness) and mark the hook holes.
2. After the plug is sized it's placed into the jig that's placed onto the sliding chopsaw (*note I placed the tightest grain pointing to the bottom with the growth rings side to side) and make the cut.
3. Before removing the blank, I use my Handy Dandy centering bar to mark the center down from the center of the lip.
4. The next step is to drill the pilot holes.
5. Then I screw the plug (blank) into the L Jig and place the Back Angle pattern and mark the plug.
6. Then it's to the Bandsaw (your favorite) to rough cut the angle on the back.
7. Then it's over to the belt sander for the final shaping and smoothing.
8. Then it's back to the drill press to drill the final grommet holes. *note sst. flat bar on the end. That's to keep the blank 90* to the bit and keeps the blank from rolling as it's drilled.
Finished product. (almost)
Threaded Mode