Building the Maslow4 Frame

Basic Guidelines:

Maslow4 is intentionally versatile. You can attach Maslow4 to any flat rigid surface with at least fifteen degrees of angle to it and so there is no “best” way to set your machine up. 

Any flat rigid surface:

    Maslow4 needs four anchor points on any flat rigid surface. How flat? Reasonably flat. Maslow4 depends on the surface that it is sliding on to be flat so any bending in the surface that it is resting on will result in imperfect cuts. That being said the average garage floor or reasonably straight 2x4 is plenty flat.

How rigid? Maslow4 can pull with up to about 40lbs of force on it’s anchor points so it is important that the surface that Maslow4 is connected to not flex under that force. This is more important in the vertical configuration where the stresses due to gravity are quite different at the top of the sheet than at the bottom of the sheet. In the horizontal configuration the forces are more similar everywhere.

Horizontal vs Vertical: 

Maslow4 will work at any angle from horizontal up to about 15 degrees from vertical. Maslow4 was originally designed for the vertical orientation and the fact that it will work horizontally was more of an afterthought, but we’ve really started to enjoy using it in the horizontal orientation too. One option is not better than the other, whichever one fits your work space better 

How do the belts attach?

Each of Maslow4’s belts terminate with a belt end ring which can be attached to an anchor point. The hole in the end of this part is 10mm or 3/8ths inches and can attach to a 10mm or 3/8ths inch bolt. It’s preferable if the bolt is smooth, but it will still work if the bolt is threaded.