How to Make a Wooden Easel

Saw the pine wood into two 63-inch boards. Saw another piece of pine wood 51 inches long.

Saw a piece of pine wood that is 27 1/2 inches long. Cut one end of the board at an angle. Saw another piece of pine wood at 15 3/4 inches in length. Cut the wooden dowel into two pieces that each measure 7 4/5 inches.

Clamp the 63-inch pieces of pine wood to one another. Measure three feet down from the top edge of these pieces and mark the measurement in pen.

Drill halfway through the wood, using the drill bit on the line you have marked in pen. Measure six inches from the line you drew toward the center of the boards. Drill a hole halfway through the wood at this point. Measure six inches down the board from the hole you just drilled going toward the center of the board and drill halfway through the wood at this point.

Hold the bottom edges of the 63-inch long pieces and pry the boards open until they are two feet apart. Hold the top edges of the boards and pry them five inches apart. Mark a line in pen 30 inches up from the bottom of each 63-inch board.

Lay the 27 1/2-inch board on the line you just drew and glue it in place. Drill through the boards where they intersect. Secure the 27 1/2-inch board to the 63-inch boards with screws.

Flip the easel over and draw a line eight inches down from the top edge of the 63-inch pieces. Attach the 15 3/4-inch board to the 63-inch pieces at the drawn line using screws.

Position the paint tray on the top part of the bottom rail that connects the 63-inch pieces and glue the tray down to keep it secure. Hinge the rear leg of the easel to the rail that connects the front legs of the easel.

Drill through the center of the bottom rail and then through the rear leg of the easel. Insert the sash through the holes and knot the ends of the sash.

Pull the legs of the easel open. Sand the ends of the legs down until they are even so the easel sits flat on the ground.