Seanpcola
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Ok, not like I don't have enough projects but here's one I'm going to knock out pretty quick after the holidays.
What you see in the photo is a fuselage ladder. It's used to bridge over a fuselage so you can work, along with various other uses. Its 9' 3" wide and 6'6" tall at center. This one has been in storage and I had to figure out what to do with it. It's very well made, all aluminum and welded. I didn't want to bring it home unless I could figure out something to use it for since it is pretty large. I was pushing it out of the way and complaining about storing it when Rick (Shootinstarz.) came up with a great idea. Make a greenhouse!
So, I'm going to cut it in half through the rungs so that each half is an end piece. I have a lot of 2" square aluminum tubing and another pile of 2" aluminum structural angle. I'm going to slide 10' lengths of the tubing over the cut rungs and bolt in place making it roughly 11' x 9' in footprint. I'll also make a pressure treated box from 4x4s for it to sit on bringing the height to about 8'. Then I'll frame up the ends to install exterior metal doors I have in storage. Finally, I'll sheet the exterior with 2'x12' clear polycarbonate sheeting. Inside will have hooks, a work table and plenty of space for pots and growing trays. Lastly, I'll plumb a PVC water supply line to it.
This will work out well, especially since wife wants it at the Southeast corner of the property where it will get the most sunlight. At that location she will be at the opposite end of the yard from my workshop. This will serve several purposes, the main ones being she'll finally have a greenhouse likes shes been bugging me for and keeping her occupied and out of MY shop so I can work on all of the other damned projects I'm committed to.:eyebrows:
What you see in the photo is a fuselage ladder. It's used to bridge over a fuselage so you can work, along with various other uses. Its 9' 3" wide and 6'6" tall at center. This one has been in storage and I had to figure out what to do with it. It's very well made, all aluminum and welded. I didn't want to bring it home unless I could figure out something to use it for since it is pretty large. I was pushing it out of the way and complaining about storing it when Rick (Shootinstarz.) came up with a great idea. Make a greenhouse!
So, I'm going to cut it in half through the rungs so that each half is an end piece. I have a lot of 2" square aluminum tubing and another pile of 2" aluminum structural angle. I'm going to slide 10' lengths of the tubing over the cut rungs and bolt in place making it roughly 11' x 9' in footprint. I'll also make a pressure treated box from 4x4s for it to sit on bringing the height to about 8'. Then I'll frame up the ends to install exterior metal doors I have in storage. Finally, I'll sheet the exterior with 2'x12' clear polycarbonate sheeting. Inside will have hooks, a work table and plenty of space for pots and growing trays. Lastly, I'll plumb a PVC water supply line to it.
This will work out well, especially since wife wants it at the Southeast corner of the property where it will get the most sunlight. At that location she will be at the opposite end of the yard from my workshop. This will serve several purposes, the main ones being she'll finally have a greenhouse likes shes been bugging me for and keeping her occupied and out of MY shop so I can work on all of the other damned projects I'm committed to.:eyebrows: