nice build. how has it held up these past two winters? I built a low smoke/ smokeless firepit this year and need a cover. I like your structural design. I'm thinking I may want to prop one side and inch higher in the winter so water will drain off. I'd also like to incorporate some short legs, or have them handy, so that when I do pull it off for the fire, I can set it aside and use it as a table, for serving or eating. I might even use retaining wall blocks for that. the pocket holes seem to be a simple way to attach the boards- did you have much difference in height where the seams met?
Hey guys love the fire pit idea have some 2x6 cedar think I'll do the same but worried about pocket holes. I see you are using glue and pocket holes how has it held up since the build ? did you fill in the pocket holes later ?? love the video...
Thank you! So the pocket holes have held up great everywhere except the end boards. The end boards were the only boards that didn’t have the support board underneath keeping them secured. Doing this again, we would definitely that. 2x6 would work great, it might be kind of heavy though. We haven’t filled in the pocket hole because no one sees them. Hope this helps!
@@groovygrouch3105cedar will be about 2/3 the weight of fir - something like 21lbs per cubic ft compared to 33. I used cedar fence pickets from HD. Very cheap. However, this was labor intensive. I planned face grain to remove the “hairy surface”, then jointed the edge, then cut each 5.5 inch wide picket into 4 1.25 wide piece. Being smart with the geometry (needed 47” round cover, I used 12 6’ pickets (I think) at around $3.25 each to make 88 strips of various lengths. I did a large face grain glue up (needed smooth face for better adherence). At 5/8” thickness I needed around 88 pieces. It ended up 1.25” thick and looks fantastic. Because it’s cedar, the base weight is around 25lbs. I used 1.5” angle for supports and locaters underneath and that, along with black pipe designed handles added about 10lb. Not too bad overall. I played around with using AL angle but the reduction of about 5lbs wasn’t worth the increased deflection. I calculated moments of inertia for several different sized angle, but the modules of elasticity of steel is 3X that of AL so in the end steel is far “stiffer” even at lower HxW. Is used 1/8” thick.
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Very useful. Thanks!
Thank you! Glad it helped.
nice build. how has it held up these past two winters? I built a low smoke/ smokeless firepit this year and need a cover. I like your structural design. I'm thinking I may want to prop one side and inch higher in the winter so water will drain off. I'd also like to incorporate some short legs, or have them handy, so that when I do pull it off for the fire, I can set it aside and use it as a table, for serving or eating. I might even use retaining wall blocks for that. the pocket holes seem to be a simple way to attach the boards- did you have much difference in height where the seams met?
How has this held up over the years?
Just curious... is 3.41 supposed to represent pi (3.14) or is it different?
Yes. 3.14 is pi. You can get the same thing 2x3.14 x radius divided by 8, I think
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Hey guys love the fire pit idea have some 2x6 cedar think I'll do the same but worried about pocket holes. I see you are using glue and pocket holes how has it held up since the build ? did you fill in the pocket holes later ?? love the video...
Thank you! So the pocket holes have held up great everywhere except the end boards. The end boards were the only boards that didn’t have the support board underneath keeping them secured. Doing this again, we would definitely that. 2x6 would work great, it might be kind of heavy though. We haven’t filled in the pocket hole because no one sees them. Hope this helps!
@@BrocAndAimee great thanks planned on adding a support b/c yes the thing is heavy :). loved the video!
@@groovygrouch3105cedar will be about 2/3 the weight of fir - something like 21lbs per cubic ft compared to 33.
I used cedar fence pickets from HD. Very cheap. However, this was labor intensive. I planned face grain to remove the “hairy surface”, then jointed the edge, then cut each 5.5 inch wide picket into 4 1.25 wide piece. Being smart with the geometry (needed 47” round cover, I used 12 6’ pickets (I think) at around $3.25 each to make 88 strips of various lengths. I did a large face grain glue up (needed smooth face for better adherence). At 5/8” thickness I needed around 88 pieces. It ended up 1.25” thick and looks fantastic. Because it’s cedar, the base weight is around 25lbs. I used 1.5” angle for supports and locaters underneath and that, along with black pipe designed handles added about 10lb. Not too bad overall.
I played around with using AL angle but the reduction of about 5lbs wasn’t worth the increased deflection. I calculated moments of inertia for several different sized angle, but the modules of elasticity of steel is 3X that of AL so in the end steel is far “stiffer” even at lower HxW. Is used 1/8” thick.
Why pocket holes on the underside? Looks great!
Oh I see they were screwed together, nevermind lol
Ha no worries!
Did you use 1x6 boards?
We used 1x8 boards
What kind of wood did you use?
We used Douglas fir! But you could use any other type of exterior wood like cedar or redwood if you preferred
You too figured out an equation?? I highly doubt it
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