How to Make an Airbrush Easel
Easels are three-legged frames that are necessary tools for holding your canvas while you work on art or exhibiting your airbrush pieces to others. Buying an easel can be very expensive; most of them cost about $100 or more. If you are a starving artist struggling to make ends meet and just do not have the cash to purchase one, you can create your own airbrush easel from pieces found at your local home improvement store.
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Things You'll Need
- Two 2-by-3s, 82 inches long
- One 2-by-3, 81 inches long
- One 2-by-4, 48 inches long
- 48-by-38 inch piece of plywood, 18mm thick
- Three 10mm carriage bolts with washer and nuts
- Several 2 1/2-inch nails
- String
- Wood glue
- Jigsaw
- Drill
Instructions
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Cut the top parts of each 82-inch 2-by-3 piece of lumber by 15 degrees with your jigsaw. The cut should be 4 inches long from the top (78 inches going in). On the back of each piece, drill a 10mm hole about 2 inches from the top at about a 5-degree angle until you come out from the slanted triangular face. To make sure that the hole is aligned, lean each piece so that the triangular faces are against each other.
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Drill two 10mm holes going through the widest side of your 81-inch 2-by-4 piece of lumber. The first hole should be 7 inches from the top (74 inches going in) while the second hole should be about 39 inches from the bottom end.
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Place all three pieces on the ground with the rear leg in between the two front legs. Line up the holes at the top of each leg and insert a bolt into one end of the hole and out the other. Attach the washer and nut pieces loosely on each side of the bolt.
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Spread the front legs apart until there is a 45-inch space between them. Once they are in place, tighten the washer and nut pieces to keep the three leg pieces secure.
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Bolt the 48-inch 2-by-4 piece of lumber about 38 inches up from the bottom of each front leg. This will become the horizontal cross member, so make sure the narrow face of the wood is sticking outward. Place an eye screw halfway up on the back middle of the wood, which faces towards the rear leg.
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Glue the 48-by-33 inch plywood onto the front legs and on the top of the horizontal cross member. Nail at the top and bottom areas of the plywood to make the nails less obtrusive to your canvas.
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Upright the easel to spread the legs apart. Tie a sturdy string from the rear leg's hole 39 inches from the bottom and onto the eye screw on the back of the horizontal cross member. This prevents the completed easel from spreading any further apart.
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