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[kellan_the_tabby]

I fell down on posting for a while, because there was Stuff, but I got a lot done, so.

When we left our her@, they had just run out of tyvek tape.

Fortunately there is a solution for that; it involves more tyvek tape.

That having been accomplished, it was time to build The Box.

I mentioned the box earlier; basically, it’s the framework upon which the rest of the tinker’s wagon sits. Since mine is going to be VERY large, as such things go, I wanted nice big sturdy boards, hence all those 2x12s. They’ll be going around the sides, just inside the railings all round.

This changes up the order of operations somewhat; here you start with the glue, by which I mean ‘construction adhesive’.

… look, I’m just … I’m not very GOOD at this part yet.

Next you put the board in place (with help if available, which it occasionally was, which was NICE, thank you Rowan!), & clamp it the hell down.

After which you don’t really screw anything to anything, because the railing is always in the way, & I am NOT drilling through that THANK you.

Anyway the shelf braces will hold it all in place; the construction adhesive is pretty much just to stick it there til I get to the next bit.

That took a couple of days, since I only had enough big clamps to do one board at a time. In the meantime, I also got more painting done.

These will form the shelves, which will rest on the box. You’ll see.

Hey! It’s starting to look MORE like A Thing!

All that having been accomplished, I got the plywood for the floor cut & laid down, thus using the last of the stuff bought on my first Home Despot trip. Anything past ‘put it there’ was gonna hafta wait, though, because the forecast called for rain.

Fortunately, I have tarps.

Next up? I used up the stuff I bought last time, so it’s time to go shopping again…

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Comments

[thewayne]

I trust you tilted the bed so if it did rain, the water wouldn't pool and would run out?

Definitely coming together!

I didn't quite understand the project. I think maybe you should have run some 1x2s on the floor and inserted the insulation between them so the plywood flooring had support. Will the insulation support weight without deforming?

[kellan_the_tabby]

There are 2x2s between the insulation pieces -- they just don't show well under the tyvek tape! I've stomped around on the floor a bunch now that the plywood is fastened down & they're quite enough to keep the insulation from going anywhere.

[thewayne]

Awesome! I didn’t remember them in prev pix, but I’ve been rather distracted since last Saturday…. And you are doing a fantastic job with this, I cannot wait to see the final product! I would definitely do a much worse job, I suck at things like that. My dad - he’d ace it, but he’s been building things for his entire life.

I haven’t updated his web site in ages, but this is a selection of his old stuff. His new stuff ROCKS! I really need to redo it as a WordPress so he can upload pix on his own. www.gotbowls.com

[kellan_the_tabby]

I'm realizing as I work that I really picked up a lot more from my dad than I'd remembered -- for a while he built houses for a living, including the one I grew up in. He wanted a son to teach that sort of thing to, & I was as close as he got, so I was the one who wound up holding 4x8 sheets of wallboard in place -- over our heads -- while he dug around in his tool belt for the nails ...

Your dad's work is _amazing_ -- & YES, I'd love to see his recent stuff! Definitely build him a website, with ecommerce so someday when I have A Money I can BUY some of it!