Once the planks were given enough time to bond together, I repeated the same for the bottom planks. After a few days then I roughly cut out the outline of my board leaving a good couple of inches outside of the framework to still work with. Now I can add the framework to the bottom planks. Putting the framework together is fairly easy, it fits very snugly but do add some glue also to ensure
no movement. This framework is going to come under a lot of pressure when being glued to the bottom planks. As you see in pic 1 I have already cut the bottom planks to a rough outline of the board. Starting to take shape!! I am now adding the 3m 5200 fast cure sealant to the bottom of the framework. You will need a spare of hands here, not just for the camera but when this glue goes down you don't have much time to work with. You also must ensure you have the centre keel in line with the exact middle of the board and it needs to be straight the whole way through the board. Any mistakes here could have your whole board off through the rest of the bui
ld. Looking at pics 2 and 3 
this might look a mess but it had to be this way and it worked anyhow. From these pics you will see why a spare pair of hands were needed, a few dry runs were done first to ensure this clamping system would work, we used the rafters above us to push down onto each frame. A lot of weight used also, parts of slabs, bench weights, remember you have to try and force the planks to take to the shape to the Rocker Table and framework. Whew....now this is all done we can leave for at least a couple of days and hopefully when I come back to take of the clamps the planks will have formed to the framework and held its shape. A drink would be nice now!!
no movement. This framework is going to come under a lot of pressure when being glued to the bottom planks. As you see in pic 1 I have already cut the bottom planks to a rough outline of the board. Starting to take shape!! I am now adding the 3m 5200 fast cure sealant to the bottom of the framework. You will need a spare of hands here, not just for the camera but when this glue goes down you don't have much time to work with. You also must ensure you have the centre keel in line with the exact middle of the board and it needs to be straight the whole way through the board. Any mistakes here could have your whole board off through the rest of the bui
ld. Looking at pics 2 and 3 
this might look a mess but it had to be this way and it worked anyhow. From these pics you will see why a spare pair of hands were needed, a few dry runs were done first to ensure this clamping system would work, we used the rafters above us to push down onto each frame. A lot of weight used also, parts of slabs, bench weights, remember you have to try and force the planks to take to the shape to the Rocker Table and framework. Whew....now this is all done we can leave for at least a couple of days and hopefully when I come back to take of the clamps the planks will have formed to the framework and held its shape. A drink would be nice now!!
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