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Gary G
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Cowgirl pool screen pergola
No one my age should really be lifting wet pressure treated SYP 16’ 2X6’s by themselves.
But, this is what happens when your wife wants this and she’s to petite to assist.
Mostly, this is a test to learn if loading pics still works for projects.
Guess what else isn’t working:
Adding additional data to the Tools & Supplies collection. It gets “stuck” and requires editing to add more but only 1 more per edit.
But, this is what happens when your wife wants this and she’s to petite to assist.
Mostly, this is a test to learn if loading pics still works for projects.
Guess what else isn’t working:
Adding additional data to the Tools & Supplies collection. It gets “stuck” and requires editing to add more but only 1 more per edit.
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sounds like my life gary. 4'10" wife just cant do the heavy lifting.
yeah this is what happens when there is no IT support to keep issues at bay !
everyone send martin a PM !!!!
yeah this is what happens when there is no IT support to keep issues at bay !
everyone send martin a PM !!!!
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Well you got it assembled okay!!!!!!!!!!! Where there is a will, there is a way!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Well you got it assembled okay!!!!!!!!!!! Where there is a will, there is a way!!
Yep; I clamped 4X4 offcuts to the posts at the bottom of where the top plate would sit angled for the pitch.
Then I put screw eyes in the posts above the top of the top plate.
I tied rope around each end of the top plate and worked it up one side at a time, taking slack out of the rope as I got each side up until both sides were sitting on the 4X4’s.
I held the top plate in place with a 3-1/2” deck screw while I checked them and got them set correctly. Finally, I drilled and ran a carriage bolt through each 4X4 and top plate intersection except one.
I’ve got one corner which is off by about 3/8” and, when I get back to the farm, I’ll put a ratchet strap across the two top plates, remove the screw and pull them tighter.
Then, clamp and drill the final bolt.
Then I put screw eyes in the posts above the top of the top plate.
I tied rope around each end of the top plate and worked it up one side at a time, taking slack out of the rope as I got each side up until both sides were sitting on the 4X4’s.
I held the top plate in place with a 3-1/2” deck screw while I checked them and got them set correctly. Finally, I drilled and ran a carriage bolt through each 4X4 and top plate intersection except one.
I’ve got one corner which is off by about 3/8” and, when I get back to the farm, I’ll put a ratchet strap across the two top plates, remove the screw and pull them tighter.
Then, clamp and drill the final bolt.
Looking good! I've had that tool and material issue as long as I've been posting here. Well, at least since a bunch of malcontents got migrated from the other place. 😉
The Other Steven
I think it's why so many woodworkers/carpenters as they age go from larger casework, and bigger builds to boxes and stuff you can lift in one hand. Old is a PIA!!!
Good to see you used the muscles between your ears, and outthunk it. Frame looks good.
Good to see you used the muscles between your ears, and outthunk it. Frame looks good.
Yeah, what George said. And, when we have to do the big stuff, we're pretty damn creative with our solutions to heavy lifting.
I look at the cabinets I installed just a few years back and, though I know I took advantage of my pole jacks, I wonder at how I got some of them up on the ceiling with no one else around.
I look at the cabinets I installed just a few years back and, though I know I took advantage of my pole jacks, I wonder at how I got some of them up on the ceiling with no one else around.
Looks good Gary! I remember starting my shed and thinking no single wall should be so heavy I can't handle it without just a little help. I was wrong. The very first wall had a big header in it adding at least 100lbs if not more with the extra jack and cripple studs. My wife gave it everything she had and we got it up, I just wish my 13 year old (only four at the time) could have brought his now strength to help. At least the rest of the walls were a relative cake walk.
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