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The final touches
Step 4. Tie the rope and fixTo secure with nails or screws. the containers
Stand the easel upright and spread the rear leg to suit.
Thread a piece of thin rope through the hole at the bottom of the front verticalPlumb, upright. piece and also through the hole in the rear leg.
Tie the rope to the front vertical piece and the rear leg so that the legs cannot spread further.
See picture.
Add two or three containers to the easel frame as shown in the picture.
Drill a hole through the top of the container and through the woodTimber, lumber. The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees and fix in place with a boltA metal rod that has a head on one end and threads on the other and is used to fasten together lumber. The most common bolts used or referred to in projects within this website are coach/carriage bolts and hex bolts..
The containers can be practically anything that will hold pencils, chalk, wiping rag, or anything else you think might be required when using the easel.
Below are a couple of ideas of how to use the multipurpose easel. Have fun!
Here’s an easel we made off your plans while on holiday in Spain.
Things were a little different for me here, so had to change a few things!
I don’t know if they even have lumber yards here in the city (Barcelona) or close to it, but found a carpentry store just around the corner from where we are staying and asked what they had to offer.
They had a few spare pieces of lumber and offered us four 2m (80″) lengths of 50mm x 15mm ( 5/8″ x 2″) for 5 Euros (8 U.S. Dollars).
After measuring off the plan we realized it would be a little small for me (Yes I know it said kids easel!) so we followed your plan, just added some length.
Found the screws and bolts at a local hardware store. easy as! Total of everything including timber was 9 Euros (14 U.S. Dollars) spent.
We also added a piece of timber on top of the horizontal piece, so we could have a ledge for my canvas and pencil / paint brushes to rest on. We dug out a trench thingy for my pencils/paint brushes. You would cringe – we had no tools so just kinda dug it out with a screw driver and hammer. Good enough though – the pencil doesn’t roll away!
Everything bought, made and painted all in one day:)
Rose