Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Daugen a 4x4 should be 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 so if you cut the front boards at 85.5 so by my calcs the others would be 77 inches to get your 84 total?

that's what I came up with but not sure I trusted myself...
2x3.5=7 minus 84 equals 77
thanks
measure twice, cut once...

 

[Thomas]

65F cloudy mid 80's for high,several degrees colder today little stronger breeze which shall help.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...dump run,fill propane tank,2 stops for critter food,supermarket shopping,all before noon.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

need some carpentry help here.
new garden shed dimensions are 84 inches deep by 85.5 inches wide.
I have four 96 inch 4x4's to join together to make a picture frame base, and will fill in the
inside with packed gravel.

probably making this more difficult than it is, but what lengths do I cut the boards and is there a smarter/better way of lining up the ends?

I'm a big fan of measuring, Drew. Would you be able to assemble the shed first and measure the actual size, then slip the wood underneath it once you have cut them to the actual dimension?

Then on a large, flat surface, you can lay two boards parallel to each other at the proper distance apart, then the other two at right angles on top of the first two. Measure across the diagonals and shift them around until the two measurements are equal to ensure it ends up square. A carpenter's framing square would be a big help. Mark cutting lines where the boards overlap. If you want to get fancy, you can make lap joints by thinning each end by half, drill through the corner centers and drive a piece of rebar through to pin them to the ground, then slide the shed up and onto the boards. Probably need some help for that last step, but maybe not if the shed is made from aluminum and ends up being fairly light.

Years ago I did something similar with railroad ties. Ten or so years later after a tree fell on the shed, I tore it down to get rid of it and found the railroad ties had gone rotten and fell apart in my hands as I pulled them up off the rebar pins. Never trusted wood in contact with the ground again. It would be more work, but you could use cinder blocks or pavers, or even form up and pour a concrete knee wall, then use lag bolts and anchors to attach the shed to it...

 

[Buppies]

70 high of 94 today finished up yesterday got home at 8:30

Truck did well avg 10.2 mpg for total weight of 18000 pounds not bad

I had 4 frozen off my face new one on arm Doctor believes is skin cancer he has not been wrong yet waiting on results. He dis say my skin is fertile ground for skin cancer

Prayers for all

 

[Bird]

Bird, went to Gidding to take my mom to re-new her 2 year license. got there at 11:00Am. It was locked up. It said to go to web site to make an appointment, I sat ing the car with my iPhone and went though a hard to navigate web site. The earliest appointment was in November. Her license expires next month.

It's a crazy situation, isn't it?

 

[Bird]

Just got home from getting my Moderna, don’t call it a booster, third shot. We can’t call it a booster until September.

OK, I'll bite. Why can't you call it a booster?

The Moderna is what Margaret & I got; first on 12/30/2020, second 1/27/2021, and third 8/20/2021.

 

[daugen]

RNG, very good ideas,thank you. Shed is plastic, heavyish and foundation is going down first by landscaper. He said he does lots of them. Ok.
I like the overlap and rebar approach, just don't have the arm strength any more to horse around 4x4's this size by myself. So I have to butt them and
put in a lot of brackets and screws.

when did we go from real dimensional lumber to shaved sizes? When did we lose that half inch?
I know it's been a long time but wonder how that ever got justified.
Does the whole world go by 3 1/2 inch 4x4s?
Reminds me of our pound of coffee that's now only 12 ounces.

 

[toppop52]

Bird, went to Gidding to take my mom to re-new her 2 year license. got there at 11:00Am. It was locked up. It said to go to web site to make an appointment, I sat ing the car with my iPhone and went though a hard to navigate web site. The earliest appointment was in November. Her license expires next month.

In Maryland they are not enforcing expiration dates if it’s not your fault.

 

[toppop52]

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[toppop52]

2021-08-27, 0308

65° right now...high in the low 80's today...

Last day of the audit...2 minors, one of which we'll appeal when the time comes...
Get my 2nd Covid shot this afternoon, then home to clean off the rear seat of the truck for our new girl, Margeaux. Hope this 2nd shot doesn't put me down for a day, as it had with some folks

I had no adverse effects from second shot, so far just a sore spot where I got the needle for number three. I’m not out 24 hours yet though.