Shop update #356 (9-4-24) Hanging Air Filter install and bed repair

My wife picked up a used twin bed frame a few years ago from a family friend. During the week one of the rails that the cross supports sit on broke free and the corner of the mattress collapsed. It looks like it was held on by a little bit of wood glue and some finish nails. We started by removing the nails.

The next step was to apply some glue and clamp it into place. Once the glue set for 10 minutes or so my son predrilled and drove in some 1 1/4″ screws.

The other support on this side was loose so we pried it off and reattached it with glue and screws. The 2 supports on the other side already had screws in them so we left them alone. He then laid out the cross rails and figured out the spacing. We cut some 3/4″ wooden tabs and he stapled them in place to help prevent the cross rails from slipping.

It has always been my master plan to build the garage out into a full time wood shop so a few years ago I ordered a Grizzly Hanging Air Filter when it was on sale for $99. It was stacked in front of my secondary work table that is near the man door going out to my outside workbench on top of a box for a TV Lift mechanism and a giant folding ladder and a bunch of other boxes and 2 bicycles. I got all of that cleared out and then unboxed the filter.

Remember when I said that I bought it a few years ago. I was mistaken.

I made a quick trip to Home Depot to pick up some 1/4″ lag screw hooks and a full sheet of 1/2″ plywood for next week’s project.

I cut a mounting template out of some cardboard to aid in laying out the hooks in the ceiling.

I still had holes in the ceiling from the metal hanging racks that I removed so I used 2 of the holes for lag screw hooks. I used the template to mark 2 holes in the drywall and installed 2 – 75 lb drywall anchors and 2 of the hooks that came with the air filter.