05-02-2011, 07:24 AM
mountaingoatgreg Wrote:Tetters,
Looking good on your progress!!
I agree you need some blocking for your wall studs also are you using a jig for the uprights and bracing?
Please post more pictures of your progress when you get a chance.
P.S. Are those beer bottles in the background?
Thanks Greg!
Blocking for the walls it is. I believe that I will stagger them along a center line though just so it doesn't look like one solid 2x6 running through the walls.
I didn't/don't plan on using a jig. For the uprights I just used a small thin beamed square to keep the 12x12 post square to the top beam. I measured and centered predrilled holes for the post and the top beam and inserted some .025 music wire to help support the joint and to keep it centered. I like to have some form of mechanical support when I build stuff instead of just relying on the CA to hold it all together.
To build these I simply placed the top beam upside down, with the music wire in the centered predrilled hole, put a drop of thick CA on the top of the 12x12 post also predrilled with a centered hole then then inserted the music wire into the post. I then placed the thin beam square on "bottom" of the top brace and against the pole and kept it centered and square until the CA bonded...about 20 seconds. Bracing was just cut to 8 ft lengths as per the drawings and then a 45 degree cut was made on each end. A drop of CA was applied on each end and then I just eyeballed them in place.
...and yes those are beer cans in the back ground. I picked up a Local Micro Brewery Tasters Pack last year sometime ago. Thought I'd try out some of the local stuff. Right now they represent the site location for my brewery. Sadly the Devil's Pale Ale was not to my liking.
