Post by Benathema on Oct 15, 2021 3:01:22 GMT -5
Between Craigslist and keeping my eyes peeled as I drive around, I've managed to score a few deals this summer. Beyond a trailer and some nice metal bookshelves, I've amassed a pile of assorted lumber. I knew it would be useful at some point, even if I didn't have an immediate plan for it. I've been keeping an eye out for a sink that I could turn into a washout station, and lo and behold if a neighbor a couple blocks away didn't have one at the side of the road last week. It's kind of perfect, really. Built-in counter space and no edges around the basin itself. Gutted the fixtures, saving the copper to melt down later.
Aha! There's a use for the lumber now! Okay, "lumber" is a bit of a loose term here... cutoffs of assorted sizes is more like it, half already covered in paint, multiple sources. Besides a box of screws, I had everything I needed already. Paired up boards, didn't bother cutting, or planning it out for that matter. Tried to cut down on end-grain tie in. Something I've learned since after building the cabinet. There's a few places, but I tied corners cross grain with the legs. Pressure treated wood under the legs to distribute the load and keep the untreated wood off the ground. Drain goes through the classifier to bucket, to bucket, to drain trench behind garage. It's tall on purpose and I got a chance to use it last night. It's so much easier and faster than stooping over the buckets. About the only thing I can think to make it a little better is to find a can of leftover outdoor paint that they used on the house - make it match and save it from the WA wet season. Maybe a little shelf underneath.
Why I switched the order of the front and side boards at the top and middle, I think it was that I hadn't decided where the left-right crossmember would go and put the side ones on first and thought the front stickout would look weird if I decided to put it in the back. Bucket clearance pushed it to the front.
Aha! There's a use for the lumber now! Okay, "lumber" is a bit of a loose term here... cutoffs of assorted sizes is more like it, half already covered in paint, multiple sources. Besides a box of screws, I had everything I needed already. Paired up boards, didn't bother cutting, or planning it out for that matter. Tried to cut down on end-grain tie in. Something I've learned since after building the cabinet. There's a few places, but I tied corners cross grain with the legs. Pressure treated wood under the legs to distribute the load and keep the untreated wood off the ground. Drain goes through the classifier to bucket, to bucket, to drain trench behind garage. It's tall on purpose and I got a chance to use it last night. It's so much easier and faster than stooping over the buckets. About the only thing I can think to make it a little better is to find a can of leftover outdoor paint that they used on the house - make it match and save it from the WA wet season. Maybe a little shelf underneath.
Why I switched the order of the front and side boards at the top and middle, I think it was that I hadn't decided where the left-right crossmember would go and put the side ones on first and thought the front stickout would look weird if I decided to put it in the back. Bucket clearance pushed it to the front.