A wooden ramp made is made in a way that its vertically sloping and is used for many purposes like for wheeling a wheelchair, for a dog to get to the couch and others.
- The required materials to build the ramp include
- Measuring tape, 2 three quarter inch plywood that is treated, 10 pieces of 2 x 4’’ lumber that measures 8 feet, chalk box, skill saw, framing square, screw gun, electric saw and one and a half inch screws. The steps are as follows;
- Start by measuring alongside the one end of the plywood up to 6 feet and put a mark.
- Put the framing square upon the mark and draw a vertical line measuring 18 inches.
- Place the chalk box end on the plywood corner mentioned in step one. A string is pulled to the 18 inch mark and a line is popped. This action is meant to give the ramp’s pitch.
- This piece of the ramp is then cut off with the electric saw
- The above steps are repeated to make the ramp’s other side
- The 2×4 is laid out flat with the plywood’s ramp side bottom leg on it. The 2 x 4 end should be flush with the eighteen inch end. The plywood’s angled end is marked on the 2x 4 establishing just how the angle would look so that it would go with the slope on the plywood.
- The angle is then cut using the electric saw and the part cut is the ramp frame’s bottom.
- Another 2 x 4 will have to be cut with the same angle. The 2 x 4 from the previous step is laid on the ground side by side with the newly cut 2 x 4 and it will become the top part of the frame of the ramp.
- The plywood side of the ramp is placed on the two pieces of 2 x 4. On the plywood’s eighteen inch end the 2 x 4 is marked to get the top piece frame length.
- Another 2 x 4 is laid flat and flushed with a portion of plywood at least 18 inches in length. A line is drawn on the 2 x 4 establishing an angle at the frame’s top end.
- The above steps should be done twice to give three frames.
- The areas where the frame joins should be drilled with pilot holes and the frame secured with 3” deck screws. Screw head are supposed to be below the 2 x 4’s surface.
This job should always be done while wearing protective glasses.
A wooden ramp made is made in a way that its vertically sloping and is used for many purposes like for wheeling a wheelchair, for a dog to get to the couch and others.
- The required materials to build the ramp include
- Measuring tape, 2 three quarter inch plywood that is treated, 10 pieces of 2 x 4’’ lumber that measures 8 feet, chalk box, skill saw, framing square, screw gun, electric saw and one and a half inch screws. The steps are as follows;
- Start by measuring alongside the one end of the plywood up to 6 feet and put a mark.
- Put the framing square upon the mark and draw a vertical line measuring 18 inches.
- Place the chalk box end on the plywood corner mentioned in step one. A string is pulled to the 18 inch mark and a line is popped. This action is meant to give the ramp’s pitch.
- This piece of the ramp is then cut off with the electric saw
- The above steps are repeated to make the ramp’s other side
- The 2×4 is laid out flat with the plywood’s ramp side bottom leg on it. The 2 x 4 end should be flush with the eighteen inch end. The plywood’s angled end is marked on the 2x 4 establishing just how the angle would look so that it would go with the slope on the plywood.
- The angle is then cut using the electric saw and the part cut is the ramp frame’s bottom.
- Another 2 x 4 will have to be cut with the same angle. The 2 x 4 from the previous step is laid on the ground side by side with the newly cut 2 x 4 and it will become the top part of the frame of the ramp.
- The plywood side of the ramp is placed on the two pieces of 2 x 4. On the plywood’s eighteen inch end the 2 x 4 is marked to get the top piece frame length.
- Another 2 x 4 is laid flat and flushed with a portion of plywood at least 18 inches in length. A line is drawn on the 2 x 4 establishing an angle at the frame’s top end.
- The above steps should be done twice to give three frames.
- The areas where the frame joins should be drilled with pilot holes and the frame secured with 3” deck screws. Screw head are supposed to be below the 2 x 4’s surface.
This job should always be done while wearing protective glasses.
