For the first cut, turn your saw table to 45 degrees. The board needs to be on its side, it is not flat. It is a bevel cut because we’re cutting through the thickness of the wood, but I’m just doing a little shortcut and rotating m… See more

Sand all of your pieces now. It’s way easier to do it now before it’s assembled. :) Lay out your tree pattern so you don’t get them mixed up as you go. See more

Starting with the top two pieces, figure out where you want your two and a half inch screws to go in it and what angle. Mark where the screws need to enter and then the angle of where they need to go in at. Turn that b… See more