14 – Brackets on your layout table
As I have already mentioned you might want to have brackets that could help hold framing members in place while nailing them. It might also be useful to have some aspect of your framing table that helps you place the plywood sheathing accurately. In the case of the table in the diagram in my last post the amount of overhang of the plywood at the top and bottom of the wall frame needs to be checked before fastening it in place.
One simple way of providing a movable bracket to help locate your framing members would be to attach brackets that can hinge or otherwise move out of the way when not needed. The following diagram shows one way that this might be accomplished for the left end of the panel table that I have shown in the post about layout table markings. In this diagram the green lines represent the wall panel that is being built on the table. The blue shape represents ½ diameter wood doweling that is used to attach the removable piece of 2×6 lumber. The dowels would be glued into the 2×6 member and would be a slip fit into the top of the table. It would be a good idea to taper or round off the bottom ends of the dowels so that they can more easily slip into the holes in the tabletop. Red is used to highlight handles on the removable bracket to make it easier to place in position when needed. Notice that in this case the wall panel under construction uses 2×4-framing members. It probably would be possible to nail or screw through the top edge of the wall plate without removing the bracket which would help locate everything so that it stays in place after removing the bracket to add the final nails or screws.
One easy modification that might makes sense to make to the bracket would be to add a piece of steel angle iron to each corner of the bracket that would indicated exactly where the corners of the plywood sheathing should come. The following drawing shows one corner of the table with part of the table top shown in orange, the wall frame in green, the removable bracket in red and the added angle bracket in steel gray.
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