Working With Wood Continued

Here is the second cut with my finished piece still clamped to my sled. The shim under the clamp is so I don't end up with a dent from clamping pressure.
 

Next I wanted to machine out the center of the supports, leaving a one inch wall thickness all the way around, and using my milling machine was the easiest way for me to do this. Now I could have used a jigsaw for this along with drilling three holes to start and end at but this method works much better, for me anyways. I've got two pieces clamped together here and my cutter is going all the way through and into the T slot in the table.
 

I placed all three sides against my work stops, which is a quick and accurate setup. Once the support is in place, this will make a nice handle to hold on to or to move the rack with.
 

I'm drilling six holes to hold some eye hooks, which in turn will hold the locks. I'll use washers and nuts on the back side to hold the eye hooks in place along with a larger washer behind the eye hooks.
 

Two of the holes are in the center, which is where my triangular support will end up. The support will be in the way of the nuts and washers so I came up with a solution. I'm countersinking these two holes so I can still use a washer and nut, but now they will sit below the surface. Then I cut the length of the eye hooks so the ends sit below the surface as well.