And speaking of the rails, it is time to attach them together. To allow them to be taken apart, they are attached with
bolts and cross-dowels.
To help make the bolt holes straight, the initial hole is drilled with the drill press (Sorry for the psychedelics, my camera was set to nighttime mode).
In this picture, you can also see the solutions for the two major mistakes made on the project. The board is capped to make up for
cutting it too short, and you can see the wood strip filling the groove we
messed up on.
We held the rails in position with a square on the bottom, and a framing clamp on top.
With the boards held in position, and the first part of the hole predrilled, going the rest of the way wasn't too difficult. Out of eight holes, only one got appreciably off course.
We then took it apart, and drilled the last bit.
