Glued Shoulder Plank Bottoms

I glued the shoulder planks in place, at least on the bottom plate. Tomorrow morning after the glue has dried, I'll flip the frame over and glue the top of the planks to the top plate. This locks the planks in place, which locks the legs in place from front to back, since the gas pipe attaching the legs goes snugly through the planks.



Every once in a while I have to take one of these pictures, otherwise it's really hard to see the progress on a day-to-day basis. All the cutout panels are blue-taped in, ready to fall out if I sneeze. The vents, coin slots, power coupling and octagon port are also sitting there loose. One day this will all be real...