The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread
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pawnshopmike
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I’ve been scratch building a greenhouse for the wife. I finished putting on the roof panels this morning. The whole top and half of each long side will be twin wall polycarbonate. It’s 10’x16’.
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WMcNabb
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So many different angles to the fittings and struts but it’s finally all dialed in such that the bolt holes align. In the final scenario, the dimensions between the fittings which bolt onto the floats had to be adjusted. Now the distance between front and rear is ~3/4” more than the original drawing dimensions. Not too bad from slide rules in 1937 vs CAD in 2025. Next step is a full scale mockup before the expensive materials are ordered!
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AKNick
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I've hand built full scale beaver float struts before... it's been a while. Basically it's tubular strut stock, that has phenolic or metal supports between two aluminum straps. The bolts are aluminum with the threads pressed stamped. Now they just use steel bolts with nylock nuts!
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AKNick
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I saw a friends high-tunnel (green house) and he put in an automatic vent shutters with a fan attached to control the heat and humidity. . . I was quite impressed! Yours is looking fantastic!
pawnshopmike
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Thank you. I’m looking at some solar vent fan options for it.