Mike Marlow wrote:

You just hit it Lee. Where there is a will, there is a way. Lots of
threads around here presuppose that there is some great value in soliciting
the opinions of everybody on the net, instead of just putting hand to work
and moving on. There is a point of diminishing returns...


I wasn't soliciting on this one Mike. I am just following the
directions: (1) mount the DP base to the baseboard, and (2)assembling
the DP. I'll save further creativity for another time.

Thinking of something Lew said, I ended up buying carriage bolts for my
supports, and they have a "nut" at the base, so I won't need to drill a
hole through the bolts after all.

I went out and bought most everything I'll need today--except I couldn't
find any 1/2" threaded inserts (or 1/2" T-nuts). 3/8" is the largest
size I found (so I don't have any). I'm going to check the local
hardware, or something...

Expecting alot of snow tomorrow, better to shop today...

Bill