Table of Contents
- Summary
- Getting Ready
- Materials
- Tools
- Pipe Cutting
- Hole Drilling
- Assembly
- Finishing Touches
Hole Drilling
Take the two pipe pieces you set aside earlier (A and D) and mark the the flat end into quarters. I do not have any special tool. I just marked one side, then eyeballed the opposite end trying to keep the marks as center as possible. Then I made marks in between those two marks as center as possible.
Note: If you have a special tool to draw straight parallel lines on pipes or round surfaces, you may skip this part.
Mark a straight line down the pieces from the quarter marks. I do not have any special tool so I just use a door frame. Place the pipe in a corner and use the corner as your guide.
Use one set of opposite marker lines to mark each side fifteen inches (15") from the flat good edge (the manufacturer's cut). These marks will be for the bolt. Label these marks as axis.
Use the other two marker lines and mark each side twenty-three and a half inches (23-1/2") from the flat good edge. These marks will be for the adjusting rope. Label these marks as rope hole.
Use the 5/64" drill bit to drill pilot holes at all of the marks. Then use the 3/8" drill bit to drill the axis holes. Finally, use the 5/16" drill bits for the rope holes.
Repeat the above steps with the second set of pieces.
Bernard Villanueva