I had a request for another one of these hanger bars and I screwed it up yesterday. I saw that I missed the vertical slot that goes over the ladder support. I had a guy in the shop talking "at" me when I laid out the slot and cut it and then found I cut it on the top and not the bottom. I was going the throw it out and start over and then I got the idea for an insert to save all my work. I made a dovetailed piece of the same width and put it over the slot and scribed the shape into the original board with and razor knife. I cut out the mating dovetails and let the glue dry over night and finished it today with the slot in the right direction. It worked out okay!
It is finished with Teak Oil