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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobberboy" data-source="post: 358707" data-attributes="member: 1417">First of all, thats a pretty sweet crew you've got there!The bracket is a good idea and looks like it should work but I would be concerned about the strength of the bracket given that the narrowest part goes across the grain rather than with it.<a href="https://s876.photobucket.com/user/krame023/media/graindirection.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab322/krame023/graindirection.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>You said you wanted to take advantage of your woodworking skills so I assume you'd prefer the bracket to be made of wood.  If you had it fabricated from aluminum and built with wood from there, that would be the best of both.  If you want to make the bracket yourself from wood, maybe look at other ways of making it to take advantage of the strength of the wood or piece it together from plywood and hardwood or pine as pictured below.<a href="https://s876.photobucket.com/user/krame023/media/bracket.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab322/krame023/bracket.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Having said all the above, maybe start by sending a PM to Crappie_Slayer and see what his experience has been.   I did not read all eight pages of his post but If it's worked well for him, no reason to think it wouldn't for you.</blockquote>