Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Berry Long Boxes (Part 2)

After leveling and placing the boxes, I set about constructing the trellis structure from which to hang the canes. These would be constructed of 4"x4" cedar, 3.5 feet tall, and 2.5 feet wide. 

It helps to have a table saw for the dado cuts. I didn't actually use a dado blade as I was too lazy to put it together. However, a single saw blade makes fairly quick work of it anyway.

Cross pieces finished. The dado for the vertical pieces will have to wait until assembly in the yard as I will have to cut the verticals to length beforehand.

After the verticals are buried in the ground, I cut them each to the same height—four feet.



I measured down six inches for the top of the cross pieces...

... then dadoed each vertical using a circular saw.

I then fitted each cross piece before attaching each with two bolts.

Finally, I capped each cane cross with a copper cap. I was so proud of my work until someone (my wife) suggested they looked a lot like Calvary, so I detached each copper cap, re-cut each vertical, and then reattached the caps.
Much less rood.

The final layout looks a lot less like a Roman execution.
All that's left to do is to string the wiring.








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