"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
03/22/2020 at 20:09 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
03/22/2020 at 20:09 • Filed to: None | 7
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Because that’s how long it’s going to take to get it finished.
We had some weather rolling in, so I improvised a door while I build the real doors. As some of you may have seen, I was waylaid by other problems this weekend and had to address them. One of them was !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I also had to work. As in work, work. The kind that pays. T here was also a roller-shade install and work reorganizing inside the house.
As for the building, I had a couple of projects that I made progress on this weekend. If you look closely at the lower-right side of the photo above , there’s a black thing with two silver dots. That’s an anchor being screwed into the ground. These things are really hard to drive in by hand. I managed to get one of the back anchors in place. Two others are almost in place. Then we have one more at the far corner. There’s metal strapping material that gets wound around the split bolt in each anchor and runs over the runners and floor joists to the anchor on the opposite side . With hurricane anchors installed in the walls and to the rafters, this little building is going to be hard to blow away.
The othe r project is, of course, the doors. The instructions call for butt joints in the corners and that just didn’t seem sturdy enough for me. I decided to try my hand at some simple joinery.
Now that’s a darn good fit for an amateur with a table saw! Each corner is getting a half-lap joint, secured by glue and screws (not shown). Here’s the mockup of the rest of the door.
After this photo it was squared up and the corners were fastened together. Now it needs cross-bracing, a skin, and then comes the hardware to hang it.
Stay tuned.
shop-teacher
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/22/2020 at 23:26 |
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Butt joints and pocket screws honestly would have been fine, as the skin takes a lot of the sheer load. Nonetheless the half laps are definitely superior, and they look damn good to me.
I think I'm going to need a drink when this is finely done.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> shop-teacher
03/22/2020 at 23:45 |
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Thank you for the feedback and the kudos. It’s nice to have positive feedback from the teacher!
As for that drink, I think I’ll join you.
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shop-teacher
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/23/2020 at 00:20 |
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Feedback is a big deal in the teaching world.
I look forward to tipping one back in celebration :)