What Are You Building Today

[luvdunhill]

8 minutes ago, swt61 said:

Sorry, don't have my nerd to English dictionary with me ATM. I'LL just take you at your word that it's for something else.

He’s just pushing you around and pulling your chain. 

[swt61]

Ooh, I like having my chain pulled.

[naamanf]

Put up a dust collector. Still waiting for the filters to show up. Time to run 6” duct lines everywhere. 

[luvdunhill]

Nice! Even has a balanced input!

[swt61]

Impressive!

Will you now be producing your own MDF?

[VPI]

Okay wood nerds, I got a pile of sticks and a wood cutty thing. How do I make all this into a gate for my deck?

 

[Grahame]

Send up the Otis and Milo signal?

[swt61]

I need a lot more information. Can you take a picture of the existing gate opening for starters?

[VPI]

There is no gate at the moment. Going to have the 1x1 cedar posts horizontal with narrow slits on the frame made by the 1x4 frame I think. Just trying to figure out how to frame it out for the cleanest look. 
 

Will be replacing the baby gate to keep my dogs from eating the neighbors. 
 

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by VPI

[swt61]

I don't think that's going to stay square without a diagonal cross brace.

[dsavitsk]

Either that or using strong joints in the corners, and mortising in the slats.

[VPI]

So, each of the 1x1 boards is going to be inset into the outer frame once I use the wood cutty thing. Will it stay square with 16 inset braces?

[swt61]

They need to be very snug. No slack at all.

Even then, you may find it racks.

[n_maher]

2 hours ago, swt61 said:

They need to be very snug. No slack at all.

Even then, you may find it racks.

Even if it doesn't immediately rack, it probably will over time. 

Like Steve suggested originally, I'd recommend a diagonal or x-brace for stiffness.  Either that or gusset the corners significantly.

[VPI]

Going to figure out how to set the wood cutter thingee to 45 degree angle and make corner braces like shown with leftover 1x1 boards.  I think that will look better than a single cross piece. 

 

[n_maher]

^^ Agreed, that would make for a nice pattern and will be easier to do than an X.

[VPI]

After getting all the frame and horizontal pieces chopped up, I decided the circular saw was not the right tool for this job when I need fancy cuts for the back, so I got a cheap other wood cutty thing. 
 

[Hopstretch]

Prediction, by next week Jeff is also going to have a Powermatic lathe, drum sander, table saw and CNC kit. 

[n_maher]

Just now, Hopstretch said:

Prediction, by next week Jeff is also going to have a Powermatic lathe, drum sander, table saw and CNC kit. 

I would not bet against this man.

[VPI]

Pretty much done with everything but staining, as it is too cold.  Kasia did not like the box brace on the back so I have shorter corner braces on each corner.  Hoping the 13 1.5x1.5 cross bars and the 4 14”ish 1.5x1.5 corner brace boards will be enough to keep it square.  

[VPI]

Almost feels like I spent all this time, to build a pallet.

[Pars]

Where's the forklift?



I know, don't give Jeff ideas...

[naamanf]

I think I might need to modify the table saw. Incra fence. Pfffttt. 

 

[Voltron]

That's nuts 

[swt61]

Wow!