The frame gets it's front cross member!


 Brief entry today, the front frame horns were trimmed but alas, no gas in the torches so I couldn't bend the tabs down to trim and tack them.  The frame did measure exactly square and the digital level registered 0 degrees in every direction!  Not bad for a 3/4" particle board building table on an old 6' folding table.











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