Comedy of errors: canopy build journal

**NeonShrimp** · 04-28-2008, 05:02 AM

Thanks for this journal, it really shows us how much work and payoff is involved in a DIY project.

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I meant to get more pictures today, but was way to busy sleeping 16 hours.

What are you doing, saving up for the rest of the week

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apachepony8 · 04-28-2008, 05:05 AM

I work full time at night, and go to school, so yep! My usual week includes sleeping 2 hours at time. 4 more exams and i'm out forever! Muwahahaha!

You know, us 3rd shift employees get cancer and die 3 years sooner. Might as well spend that in the comfy bed!

**BiscuitSlayer** · 04-28-2008, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by apachepony8

I originally intended them to, but got lazy and used the 48" piano hinge I already had, and screwed the pieces together. Oh well.

I meant to get more pictures today, but was way to busy sleeping 16 hours.

That would be a good piece for that trim we were talking about. Tack it into place over that gap and you'll never even know it was there.

**jinx©** · 04-28-2008, 07:33 AM

Turned out pretty nice if you ask me.

I'm pretty sure you could just hacksaw the piano hinge in the center between the door fronts to allow both sides to work independently.

**BiscuitSlayer** · 04-28-2008, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx©

Turned out pretty nice if you ask me.

I'm pretty sure you could just hacksaw the piano hinge in the center between the door fronts to allow both sides to work independently.

LOL... That is EXACTLY my plan for my canopy.

RoyalFizbin · 04-28-2008, 11:50 AM

To minimize tear out, you should lower the foot of your saw so that your blade protrudes just enough to cut the wood. This lowers the angle of the blade to wood and makes the wood contact more saw teeth at a time. Also, the tear out will come from the top side of a board (the side you're looking at) when using a circular saw but you already know this by now.
I think you did a pretty good job and i deffinatly think the half inch ply was better for the job anyway. 3/4 ply would make the whole thing heavier than it needs to be.

**BiscuitSlayer** · 05-05-2008, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by apachepony8

I originally intended them to, but got lazy and used the 48" piano hinge I already had, and screwed the pieces together. Oh well.

I meant to get more pictures today, but was way to busy sleeping 16 hours.

I don't know how you mounted the hinge for this, but I found a way to make a minor modification to the piano hinge (cuts in two small areas) that would allow the two sides to be hinged independantly, without cutting through the entire hinge. I am about to mount the hinge to my canopy, and once I do so I will show what I did. It is going to come out looking pretty good, I think.

**rountreesj** · 05-05-2008, 07:19 PM

Hey someone elso who makes mistakes along the way to grandeur...my canopy looks way worser than yours and it gets the job done...

newshound · 05-05-2008, 11:45 PM

hey all the best ppl are south paws!!!
nice job and even "nicer" jumps.
I build jumps too but for skating :-)

apachepony8 · 05-29-2008, 05:27 AM

Well, I finally finished things up.

Here's the almost finished product (haven't polyurethaned yet).

My biggest complaint is how heavy it is. Since the front half is larger than the back half, it's a pain in the ... to open without it tipping forward. I may have to put some handles on the side or something?

Edited: Huh? Look at the little green alien on the door...

**NeonShrimp** · 05-29-2008, 06:12 AM

Nice

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Edited: Huh? Look at the little green alien on the door...

Gives it personality

PDX-PLT · 05-29-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LS6 Tommy

Where were you before I decided to get married?

Take my word for it - horseback-rding wives are very expensive. They make those with expensive Nordstrom clothes-shoes-handbag habits look downright thrifty. At lest overpriced Italian handbags never get sick and need a housecall from the vet.

apachepony8 · 05-29-2008, 09:23 PM

You have no idea. I work at a vet school, and you should see the $$$ people put down for all the things that "just happen" to horses, no explanations or things you could have done.

I do have to say though, for fish being so freaking small, they're awfully pricey as well!

NstyN8 · 05-30-2008, 12:28 AM

Mail slot...
That's a pretty good idea!

PDX-PLT · 05-30-2008, 07:42 AM

I do have an idea. Al least one enough to know that, once things have moved from "call the vet and have him/her come look at the horse" to "load the horse in the trailer and take it to the vet college", things are getting real expensive. Almost as much as what those salt water reef tanks guys spend.

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04-28-2008, 05:05 AM	#17 (permalink)
apachepony8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 42	I work full time at night, and go to school, so yep! My usual week includes sleeping 2 hours at time. 4 more exams and i'm out forever! Muwahahaha! You know, us 3rd shift employees get cancer and die 3 years sooner. Might as well spend that in the comfy bed!

04-28-2008, 11:50 AM	#21 (permalink)
RoyalFizbin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 101	To minimize tear out, you should lower the foot of your saw so that your blade protrudes just enough to cut the wood. This lowers the angle of the blade to wood and makes the wood contact more saw teeth at a time. Also, the tear out will come from the top side of a board (the side you're looking at) when using a circular saw but you already know this by now. I think you did a pretty good job and i deffinatly think the half inch ply was better for the job anyway. 3/4 ply would make the whole thing heavier than it needs to be.

05-05-2008, 07:19 PM	#23 (permalink)
rountreesj Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Georgia Posts: 464	Hey someone elso who makes mistakes along the way to grandeur...my canopy looks way worser than yours and it gets the job done...

05-29-2008, 05:27 AM	#25 (permalink)
apachepony8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 42	Well, I finally finished things up. Here's the almost finished product (haven't polyurethaned yet). My biggest complaint is how heavy it is. Since the front half is larger than the back half, it's a pain in the ... to open without it tipping forward. I may have to put some handles on the side or something? Edited: Huh? Look at the little green alien on the door...

05-29-2008, 09:23 PM	#28 (permalink)
apachepony8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 42	You have no idea. I work at a vet school, and you should see the $$$ people put down for all the things that "just happen" to horses, no explanations or things you could have done. I do have to say though, for fish being so freaking small, they're awfully pricey as well!

05-30-2008, 12:28 AM	#29 (permalink)
NstyN8 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 210	Mail slot... That's a pretty good idea!

05-30-2008, 07:42 AM	#30 (permalink)
PDX-PLT Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Oregon Posts: 143	I do have an idea. Al least one enough to know that, once things have moved from "call the vet and have him/her come look at the horse" to "load the horse in the trailer and take it to the vet college", things are getting real expensive. Almost as much as what those salt water reef tanks guys spend.

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