I got half of the frames done today. I made up each side and glued and nailed one gusset to frames 1 through 3. With so many pieces to spread the epoxy on I was worried I hadn't mixed up enough. I should have been worried about how much working time I had. It was another 80F+ day here in South Carolina and epoxys hardens quick in the heat. After mixing it up and spreading it out I looked at the clock and realized it had been 15 minutes since I mixed the epoxy. The stuff is only supposed to have a 20-25 minute working time. I put two nails in each piece to keep them aligned to start out with. Then I came back and finished out each side with two more nails (four per side.)
The wax paper is supposed to keep the epoxy from going everywhere, but it didn't work that well. Maybe if I cover the whole garage next time it would work.
By the time I got finished and went back to scrape the extra epoxy off it didn't want to come off! Tonight I will flip them over and gusset the other side and make up frames 4 and 5. Joining the two halves will probably wait until tomorrow. After my last measuring mis-adventure I am feeling a little sheepish about missing any of the other dimensions.
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