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I was able to steal a few hours to work on the stand today. First, I had ordered these 4" stainless steel lag bolts, so I bolted the stand to the wall.



Then, I had to level a few places. Most things were pretty good, but the right side was about a 1/8" off high. I grabbed a piece of 100 grit sand paper and started to hand sand it. Then I felt like an idiot. I had my father ...

The stand is structurally complete. I added some lower cross braces between the legs, some middle cross braces across the top, and doubled up the beams on three sides.



If you look in the picture below, you can tell that the two long directions are not symmetric. The side on the left of this picture will be bolted to the wall and will use the wall frame for addition structural strength. ...