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Thank you, Brian!

Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice. The clouds are finally built and installed (photos below). Alex, the shelf brackets ended up being not a true 90° so I used concrete from angles -...

Each of the fabric panels (the open frame pieces) are about 2' wide and run the roughly 8' length.

Thanks to everyone for the help on this build, but before I build these things I have one other question regarding the two 7" x 8' cherry boards. They are sandwiched between the three open frame...

That's a great idea. Thanks, Alex. Less wood, lighter, easier to install, no need to fill holes on the outside of the main box, and I can buy fewer hooks. Sold.

Another idea for the gussets is to glue/screw pieces of 1-1/2" poplar along the inner corners to create a lip and then attaching the gussets to the BOTTOM side of those pieces and screwing them from...

Yes, cherry is expensive! I'm matching some other wood in the room and in my staining test the cherry matched better than alder. All the cherry will be visible so I'm biting the bullet (but using...

Argh. Won't let me see you picture. Got a message saying "On May 2, 2019 we removed privileges to view pictures…"

Thanks, Dave. Yes , the poplar will be laying flat (it will be 8' long). The only reason those panels are there is to hold the fabric in place - like a painting frame for canvas but with acoustic...

Thanks, Alex. I can use steel corner brackets for strength but I was using the gussets also as a way to get the hooks where I need them (inset from the corners so you don't see the hanging wire once...

Thank you, Jim and Charlie. Very helpful.

Not having a lot of experience, accounting for wood movement seems like an incomprehensible artform. I was also a little concerned that suspending all the...

Thanks, Tom. Yes, the structure itself is the only weight (I'm not sure how much that will be yet). Also, they will not be moved in any way once they are hung.

Glue blocks would be easy for me to...

Hey there. I’m new to this forum and a pretty new woodworker. I am building a couple of large “ceiling clouds” to hang in a music mixing room (my “plan” is attached below).

Each “cloud” is a...