![]() To assemble the chalkboards, lay the board back face up. Glue and nail the corbels into the bottom corner of the frames. Use a band saw, scroll saw or jig saw to cut out the corbels. Mark about 1/4″-1/2″ from opposite corners and use a round object to trace a curve. With some of the scrap 2″ piece, cut 4 pieces that are 2″ x 2″. Glue and secure the other leg onto the rails. Make sure the good side of the chalkboard is on the opposite side of the pocket holes. Glue and clamp another rail at the 24 1/4″ mark, secure with 2 – 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws. Secure the rail with 2- 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws. Glue and clamp a rail to the top of one of the legs. Note: you may want to consider painting the edges that have the chalkboard grooves before assembling the frame. On each of the legs, measure and mark down 24 1/4″ from the top. You’ll want to try and keep the pocket holes away from the edge you cut the groove. Dry fit the chalkboard and make sure it’ll fit in the groove.ĭrill pocket holes* in both ends of the backside of the rails. This is easiest done with a router and 1/4″ straight bit. Center the groove and cut it 1/4″ wide and 3/8″ deep. We also need to cut the groove in the legs, starting from 1 5/8″ from the top to 7 1/8″ from the bottom. You can cut this groove on the table saw or with a router and a 1/4″ straight bit. Down one of the long edges cut a groove in the middle that is 1/4″ wide and 3/8″ deep, feel free to do a little deeper to give yourself some wiggle room. We need to cut a groove in the rails for the chalkboard to fit. When using the cheap 1×3’s I like to trim the edges on the table saw and hopefully end up with straight edges. ![]() FYI: The chalkboard paint is supposed to cure for 3 days before use. This Home Right Finish Max Pro* worked great on both the primer and chalkboard paint, a real time saver. Since I was making a bunch of these, it was so handy to use a paint sprayer. Follow the instructions on the chalkboard paint can to apply the chalkboard paint. Sand the good face of the plywood as necessary.
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