Dave Hale
05-20-2007, 7:46 PM
I'm gonna kill 2 birds with 1 post.
Got the trellis done! Bought some 6" cedar, dado'ed a 1 incher every 4 inches about 3/8" deep. Real pain when the Freud Dado doesn't do a full inch! Thank goodness for the Incra fence. Set the Dado to 3/4", made the 1st cut at the 4" inch mark and then shifted 1/4" for the second cut. After about 1 hour of cutting dadoes, I was sure getting tired yesterday.
Then I split the cedar into 1" strips, the Board Buddies sure helped in lopping off 1" strips 28 times! Each cross-over got a dollop of glue and a brass screw. The screw is in the back so you can't see it. I had maybe 3 crossings that I had to 'force' into place, not bad for so many strips. Reinforced the sides with 1 3/4" square sides and 1X3 uppers/lowers front/back. Practically stands on it's own. I mounted some 2X2 cedar to the garage, making sure I hit studs and hung the trellis from the mounts. Got a yellow climbing rose and some kind of purple climber for the sides. This area gets 8-10 hours direct sun so at the end of summer, I'll snap another shot.
LOML said if we ever move, it's coming with us. Lotta money in that cedar trellis. :)
Can't figure out in-line shots, so I'll do multiple posts to get it all.
Got the trellis done! Bought some 6" cedar, dado'ed a 1 incher every 4 inches about 3/8" deep. Real pain when the Freud Dado doesn't do a full inch! Thank goodness for the Incra fence. Set the Dado to 3/4", made the 1st cut at the 4" inch mark and then shifted 1/4" for the second cut. After about 1 hour of cutting dadoes, I was sure getting tired yesterday.
Then I split the cedar into 1" strips, the Board Buddies sure helped in lopping off 1" strips 28 times! Each cross-over got a dollop of glue and a brass screw. The screw is in the back so you can't see it. I had maybe 3 crossings that I had to 'force' into place, not bad for so many strips. Reinforced the sides with 1 3/4" square sides and 1X3 uppers/lowers front/back. Practically stands on it's own. I mounted some 2X2 cedar to the garage, making sure I hit studs and hung the trellis from the mounts. Got a yellow climbing rose and some kind of purple climber for the sides. This area gets 8-10 hours direct sun so at the end of summer, I'll snap another shot.
LOML said if we ever move, it's coming with us. Lotta money in that cedar trellis. :)
Can't figure out in-line shots, so I'll do multiple posts to get it all.