How to Make a Slant Board for Leg Stretches

 Slant boards are used to stretch and strengthen leg muscles, especially the calf muscles. You can do an online search to find appropriate slant board exercises. Proxxon MICROMOT tools make is an easy project to cut and assemble.

Here are the supplies and equipment that you'll need to make a slant board:

• One 12" x 5½" x ¾" piece of lumber
• One 11" x 13" x ¾" piece of lumber or MDF
• Ten 1½" steel screws
• One 9" x 11" sheet of course grit sandpaper
• Wood glue
• Double-sided tape
• Proxxon Table Saw FET
• Proxxon MICRO Bandsaw MBS/E
• Proxxon Delta Sander
• Proxxon Bench Drill Press TBM 115

Let's make the slant board:

1. Here are the sizes of the finished pieces for the slant board.
   

   Side supports

   Back support

   Top

2. Use the table saw to cut 12" x 5½" and 11" x 13" blanks.
   
   
   
3. Use the bandsaw to cut the 12" x 5½" blank into the two side support.
   
   
   
4. Sand the edges with the Delta sander.
   
   
   
5. Measure and mark two holes on the outside of one of the side supports 1 3/8" from the top and bottom.
   
   
   
6. Clamp the two side support pieces together. Use the bench drill press to drill the screw holes.
   
   
   
7. Apply wood glue to the 5" edges of the back support.
   
   
   
8. Screw the back and side supports together.
   
   
   
9. Measure and mark three holes on each of the 13" sides of the top—at 3¼", 6½", and 9¾". Use the bench drill press to drill the screw holes. Screw the top to the side supports.
10. Round the corners of the sheet of sandpaper by tracing around the rim of a glass. Trim the corners with scissors. Rounded corners are less likely to curl and become loose. Use double-sided tape to adhere the sandpaper to the center of the top.
    
    
    
11. There, you  have it. Your own slant board. Now, go stretch those calves.
    
    
    

Carole