Jeremy Steinberg Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I'm now at the point in Foundation where I can't progress without stall bars. Before making these stall bars I had zero woodworking experience. I had used a screwdriver before but never a drill or saw etc. So it is possible!Cost was ~NZD300-400 (if I had had all the tools it would have been ~200-300)All wood is pine. Shopping list- 13 x 28mm pine dowel (I had searched for several weeks but could not find hardwood dowel. Apparently in New Zealand almost all the trees we grow for timber are pine. dowel is already very expensive here so I bought broom handles which were 1/3rd the price. 28mm was the largest I could find)- 2 x uprights. 2.4m x 135mm x 45mm- 2 x extra bit at top. 300mm x 135mm x 45mm- 8mm x 40mm dowel pins (placed through the uprights into the dowels to prevent turning)- screws 32mm long (to screw extra bit at top to uprights and for mounting brackets to uprights)- hex screws 100mm long (to mount to timber wall)- brackets, three kinds. 4 x angle ones to mount to wall, 4 x angle ones to attach extra bit at top to uprights at bottom, 2 x straight ones to attach extra bit and top to uprights at the top.- drill (I needed to use a corded drill. the 12v cordless one I tried wasn't powerful enough to drill the 28mm holes for the dowel)- drill bits (one for the screws, one for the hex screws, a 28mm one for the dowels and some drill bits for pilot holes)- Sandpaper (some of the dowels wouldn't fit so hand to sand the ends of a few of them)- handsaw Pictures Stall bars Before mounted. Mounting bracket Dowel pins brackets for top bit dowels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Macdonald Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 You could slide in a small support behind the bars against the wall to keep them from flexing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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