Making a Wooden Ladder

  I made a ladder this fall. I bought two 10’ 2x4s and drilled some holes...

 

 

I planed the lumber mill stamps off while I was at it.

 

Got some maple from our firewood pile riven for rung stock...

Once cut to length, I marked the hole size on the rung ends with the forstner bit.

Then shaved down to the line with my drawknife.

Once the ends were fit, I planed and shaved down their bellies.

Did final clean up with a spokeshave

All the rungs cleaned up

Hammering the rungs in.

It took serious mallet power to drive them in.

Then I wedged them.

 

And now it's a ladder.