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Another fun post. Foodie friends said I should post pics. I wanted an area that would provide peace and harmony with nature and this is the result. The serenity in the early morning hours of spring is soothing and in winter when it is storming it is enchanting to hear the rain touching the roof. Read more . It is good. Ingredients:
clear redwood 6x6 posts and beams |
clear 2x6 redwood |
clear 2x2’s cut from the 2x6, over 1/2 mile of cuttint |
flat filon |
1200 screws for the top |
countless screws to assemble |
finished size 16 x 24 |
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Directions:
1. Design it in your head
2. Make post supports that descend 3 feet into the hole and 3 feet above. Take post supports to have them galvanized to prevent rust.
3. Build super structure pre-drilling all holes, no nails used, only screws.
4. Rip 2x6’s into 2x2’s on a band saw.
5. Use a router to round all squared edges of 2x2’s ripped. Inner cuts of the 2x6 in to 2x2's, now 2x2's have square edges, not tolerated. Total length of routing 2x2's - 1/2 mile. Time to rout edges 1.5 hours. That was interesting routing.
6. Pre-drill holes before screwing 2x2’s to rafters.
7. Weld flat brackets to 3 inch square tubing and attach to beams for support.
8. Make corbels using a garbage can lid for the curves.
9. Install special flat Filon using 1200 screws with rubber washers.
10. Paint all bolt heads, washers and nuts Hunter Green to match door ( yes the dictionary word applies, but it is the detail that makes this a piece of art).
11. Find wonderful plants.
12. Pour exposed aggregrate concrete.
13. Find decorations, an on going project. I try to find things that have a natural look, very hard as some are goofy looking. Send pics of anything that you might come across that would look good, I would pay for it and the shipping.
14. Time to build 3 months. Because it all had to be perfect of course.
15. Sit out on a Saturday morning with a warm drink, all the kids love to visit (my kitties) and rub along the leg. Some even lay down and roll around.
16. Hope a humming bird visits, they make nests in my trees, very little nests with very little eggs.
17. Swallowtails occasionaly visit.
18. It is good.
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