ANOTHER CHANGE in plansI was planning to build the walls of my deer blind out of pallets so that I could keep the cost of the deer blind down. Wood is extremely expensive right now and I have plenty of pallets that were lying around, so this was a great alternative to framing the blind with wood. However, I was able to get enough wood very cheaply, so that I could frame the blind instead. Even though using pallets was a good option, framing is much better. This weekThe first thing I did when framing the blind was build the outside supports. I made the supports of the corners two sides, so that the frame was stronger and was even all the way around. I made the walls 4ft high which should be plenty tall enough to hunt out. This was a relatively easy process to do because the tools I had access to. Next I attached several beams to the tops of the supports to connect them together. At this step I ran into a minor problem. Even with my efforts to make the blind a perfect square, it still was longer on two sides than the other two. The wood that I had available to me was not long enough to finish the final side of the blind. Next week I will have to go to Lowes Hardware to get a board that is long enough to finish that side of the blind. Next week PlansNext week I will be finishing the walls of the blind. To do this I need to cut pieces of plywood to place on the outside of the walls. This week I took the measurements so that I know what size I need to cut the plywood to next week. After that I will have finished the main structure of the deer blind.
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AuthorI'm Ty and these blog posts are to show off my progress for my Genius Hour project. Archives
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