Outstanding DYI shed build

mtn wrote: This is hilarious. Check out the time lapse he posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6T_XXh1WaG0

to judge by the buildings in the background... he's building to the local code

Looks like something I would build.

I will admit to being guilty of many of the sins depicted in that thread at one time or another. Just never all at once in such a perfect harmony of terror.

The only thing you could properly store inside that shed is despair.

jg

I can't wait for rain

Omigawd. I need to look into that further when I get home! Looks like something a bunch of neighborhood kids built with construction scraps.

True story, when I was ~12 we built a tree house out of chicken wire. Stretched it between the tree limbs and used those big barb wire fence staples to hold it in place.

That is going to be a snake and black widow hotel.

Thank you for sharing!

Barb wire fence staples are also known as Steeples. They come in all sizes. I last used them to put a rope handle on a wooden tailboard for tandom trailer.

That shed reminds me of some of the handy work my grandfather did in his later years.

JG Pasterjak wrote: I will admit to being guilty of many of the sins depicted in that thread at one time or another. Just never all at once in such a perfect harmony of terror. The only thing you could properly store inside that shed is despair. jg

This post shows why jg is employed as a putter-together-of-words where the rest of us do it for free.

In reply to Keith Tanner:

I'm glad you said that. I wanted to nominate that post for the magazine, and then I realized....

Well is done

Man, if that guy lives near the Gulf or Atlantic coast, it may not make the first tropical storm.

Did he paint it?

The finishing work really made it look good.

LOL I like how everything's still not square, not even and full of gaps and yet he took the time to make decorative window edging and paint everything up.

the back wall is going to blow out from the weight of the shingles.

That's going on a few blocks from my house.

I'll have to ride by and have a look.

I dunno...

I can't help but thinking there's something majestic about it. I mean, he finished the damn thing. Is it better to finish an imperfect project or to never begin because you're afraid you'll fail?

Now, having said that, I firmly believe he'll be killed or permanently maimed within seconds of entering it for the first time, but, you know, at least he got to live the dream.

jg

JG Pasterjak wrote: I dunno... I can't help but thinking there's something majestic about it. I mean, he finished the damn thing. Is it better to finish an imperfect project or to never begin because you're afraid you'll fail?

After seeing this, I feel compelled to go build a shed. Just to prove that if any idiot owns a T-Square, they can do better.

They say, "A little caulk and a little paint can make a carpenter what he ain't." I don't think that applies in this case.

alex wrote: They say, "A little caulk and a little paint can make a carpenter what he ain't." I don't think that applies in this case.

A LITTLE. Not the whole factory's yearly output.

Anti-stance wrote:

Man, if that guy lives near the Gulf or Atlantic coast, it may not make the first tropical storm.

I could fart and blow that thing down.

When the code inspector came out to check the progress on my last project, she looked around and said 'let me guess: next hurricane you are going to stay in here, right?'.

alex wrote: They say, "A little caulk and a little paint can make a carpenter what he ain't." I don't think that applies in this case.

That's my motto. I am building a new cabinet to replace a dying one in my bathroom and between the house not being square and my inability to use circular saw caluk is hiding a world of hurt. I always feel a little guilty buying wood knowing a tree died only to suffer under my hamfisted attempt at carpentry.

Wally wrote:

alex wrote: They say, "A little caulk and a little paint can make a carpenter what he ain't." I don't think that applies in this case.

That's my motto. I am building a new cabinet to replace a dying one in my bathroom and between the house not being square and my inability to use circular saw caluk is hiding a world of hurt. I always feel a little guilty buying wood knowing a tree died only to suffer under my hamfisted attempt at carpentry.

guys like you are the reason svrex and i are in business.

actually we like the guys that know their limits and won't even try. it's easier than going in and ripping out something the husband did while he is at work.