The clamps were removed and the rings seem securely held together by the short dowels coming from the spacers. Yeah! First assembly finished.
Next up, putting the 4 truss clamp blocks on the lower cage ring. The holes drilled into the pieces were too deep again. Only about 1/4" of dowel sticking out. But the good news is that everything lined up well and went together easily. I figured about 1 teaspoon of each epoxy component was enough for this job and I still had some left over, about enough to glue up another of the block...if there were more...
Clamped them with some thin plywood over them so things wouldn't go askew when they are tightened. Everything has to sit tight for another 24 hours. In the mean time, I need to go get some oil-based, sandable, birch-colored wood putty. The Minwax stuff is not sandable and I have some that needs to go back to Home Depot. The good stuff is coming from a WoodCraft store in Oregon.
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