Photo 54
If you are starting from one end of the vertical leg subassembly, first secure the
top (or bottom) bolt plate section by using the provided 1/8” T-wrench to torque
the #10-24x3/4” screws until you can rotate the handle of the T-wrench 1/8 of a
full rotation without turning the screws any further. Once the end segment is fully
secure, tighten the screws in the adjacent section the same way. This section
should have bolt plate assembly jigs and shims at either end the entire time you
are torqueing it down. Never tighten down any modular bolt plate sections if they
do not have an assembly jig at both ends holding them in alignment. Once all the
#10-24x3/4” on that section are fully tightened, remove the shims and assembly
jig from the end of the segment that meets the segment you previously secured.
From this point forward, reattaching the bolt plates will be the same no matter
where on the leg you began.
One of the assembly jigs should currently be loosely fastened at the seam between
one bolt plate section whose screws have been fully tightened and one whose
screws are still only loosely threaded in. Place the other assembly jig at the
opposite end of the loose section and loosely thread the four 1/4”-20x3/4” screws
in to hold it in place opposite the other jig (see Photo 55). Place one .01” metal
shim at either side of the jigs as before, straddling the seam between the
untightened bolt plate section and the sections on either side of it (also shown in
Photo 55).
Photo 55
Starting at the end where this bolt plate section meets the fully secured section,
use the 1/8” T-wrench to tighten down the #10-24x3/4” screws until you can turn
the handle of the T-wrench 1/8 of a rotation without further rotating the screw
(see Photo 56). When all the #10-24x3/4” screws in this bolt plate section have
been fully tightened, remove the assembly jig and shims from the end where it
meets the other fully secured bolt plate section and place them on the next section
so that it is secured at both ends.