Here is my variation of the Indispensable Tool that was done without any welding. It did take some drilling through the L bracket plate (this is actually a leftover truss slip plate and it uses a fairly hard steel) which was a pain without a drill press.
Short piece of AL bar stock to mount the hinge on.
2 foot piece of threaded rod (though I really needed 2' 1" but was able to make it work with just the 2' rod)
Cheap fence gate hinge
Wing nut to set the length
Metal octogon/round cover plate for a light fixture junction box (this acts a big washer since my hole in the plywood was slightly too big).
A roller for a screen door to sit in the floor plywood hole
4 U-bolts to bind the plate and rod to the hinge
wide L-bracket
Much swearing while trying to drill the holes for the u-bolts into the L Bracket hinge.
Short piece of AL bar stock to mount the hinge on.
2 foot piece of threaded rod (though I really needed 2' 1" but was able to make it work with just the 2' rod)
Cheap fence gate hinge
Wing nut to set the length
Metal octogon/round cover plate for a light fixture junction box (this acts a big washer since my hole in the plywood was slightly too big).
A roller for a screen door to sit in the floor plywood hole
4 U-bolts to bind the plate and rod to the hinge
wide L-bracket
Much swearing while trying to drill the holes for the u-bolts into the L Bracket hinge.
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