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Oblique Easel
Making of this easel requires not much of your time and you don’t need to have some special
skills. All you have to do is to precisely make the items with the exact measurements as given in this
documentation, then join those parts together with bolts.
You can use various types of wood to make this type of easel, but we recommend birch, beech,
oak, maple, ash, alder, or some other types with similar qualities. Pay attention, to choose some
well dried wood.

Maximal size of the painting:

width 1000 mm (39, 3 inches),
height 950 mm (37, 4 inches)

NOTE: The measurements within this text and 2D documentation are given both in millimeters and
inches (in brackets). This website is based on ISO measurement unit system, which is the international
standard. I apologize to the people who use other measurement units; but I believe that measurements
given in millimeters and inches should be adequate for everyone who would like to build this project.
Besides that, on today’s Internet it is easy to purchase the ruler containing all the measurement
units and overcome the difficulties of any kind.

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Parts List

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2D Documentation

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Assemblage Instructions
Make the components as given on pictures.

1. Join the Draft Frontal (item 5), Lower Toggle (item 6) and Upper Toggle (item 7) together using
Pins - 6x40 mm (item 13) with glue. Put some glue on every pin before joining the items. Be
careful with glue dosage, because too much glue could come out from the holes and smear the
surface of an object.

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2. Push the Cilindrical Frontal (item 4) into holes (width 35, 5 mm (1,4 inches)) on the base of the
construction.

3. Join the previously made base construction with Lower Paw (item 1), Lower Horizontal (item 2)
and Lower Paw Mirror (item 3) using Pins – 6x40 mm (item 13). Put some glue on every pin
before joining. The result of this procedure should be exact as on picture.

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4. Make the same construction as given on picture by using Support (item 8), Back Cilindrical
(item 9) and Support Mirror (item 10).

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5. Fix the construction’s base (made in step 3) to the construction of easel (made in step 4) with
Nut 10 (item 14), Washer 10 mm (item 18) and Cup Head Bolt M10x25 (item 19). Note that
we choose this kind of joining, assuming that the inclining angle will not be frequently
changed. Nevertheless, this kind of joining can be done in many different ways, so an easel
will be adjusted to your needs.

6. Join the Main Slider (item 11) to previously made construction (step 5) with Pins 6x40 (item 13).
Put some glue on pins before joining the parts.

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7. Use Back Nut (item 15), Stud M6x4 (item 16) and Handle (item 17) to fix Delimiter (item 12) to
previously made construction.

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