Good video. I build thousands of these covers. It's nice to see someone besides me talk about grain direction. I'll note, however, that boards and planks actually cup in the opposite direction to the cup of the grain not with the cup. This is trivia which won't affect the finished project. For the cleats, I prefer to hang the top cleat over the end cleat so that there is no joint on top, exposed to rain. A 1" staple through a 3/4" board nets a 1/4" penetration. I'd personally go for more. My rule of thumb is at least as much penetration as the thickness of the face material. In this case, that would be 1 1/2" minimum. TB III, good choice!
Nice simple project, I saw another channel make bottom boards in a similar design and its slick. My problem is lumber quality is garbage and expensive, I usually end up buying these ready made. Pressure treated 1x6 runs 6 bucks and shrinks back 1/4 inch in the sun. Kiln dried is 13 bucks and nearly the price of a ready made cover.. Just made two bottom boards and they are nice with materials at 6-8 bucks. I may try your pattern with pressure treated because its cheap. Some projects I use dog ear fence boards but the quality can be sketchy.
Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I sometimes buy equipment too because I have a local supplier that mass produces and makes good stuff. Part of the reason I build is that I enjoy simple woodworking projects. Thanks for watching!
like your work bench, it's the same as mine, the good old table saw.. I make the tops out of pallet lumber now, lumber at the box stores has got to pricey
For sure! It’s a great surface to use. I’ve kicked around making some type of temporary cover for assembling things but so far just scrape the glue and wax the top again. Thanks for watching.
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?😂 great vid thanks for sharing.
😂 just a peak into my mind with near constant movie references. Thanks for watching!
Good video. I build thousands of these covers. It's nice to see someone besides me talk about grain direction. I'll note, however, that boards and planks actually cup in the opposite direction to the cup of the grain not with the cup. This is trivia which won't affect the finished project.
For the cleats, I prefer to hang the top cleat over the end cleat so that there is no joint on top, exposed to rain.
A 1" staple through a 3/4" board nets a 1/4" penetration. I'd personally go for more. My rule of thumb is at least as much penetration as the thickness of the face material. In this case, that would be 1 1/2" minimum.
TB III, good choice!
Thanks for the kind words, tips and extra knowledge. I appreciate the advice from your perspective!
Thanks for the tips, I need to build about 10 and appreciate the demonstration, saved me several steps thinking through.
Glad to hear it was helpful! Thanks for watching and happy building.
Nice simple project, I saw another channel make bottom boards in a similar design and its slick. My problem is lumber quality is garbage and expensive, I usually end up buying these ready made. Pressure treated 1x6 runs 6 bucks and shrinks back 1/4 inch in the sun. Kiln dried is 13 bucks and nearly the price of a ready made cover.. Just made two bottom boards and they are nice with materials at 6-8 bucks. I may try your pattern with pressure treated because its cheap. Some projects I use dog ear fence boards but the quality can be sketchy.
Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I sometimes buy equipment too because I have a local supplier that mass produces and makes good stuff. Part of the reason I build is that I enjoy simple woodworking projects. Thanks for watching!
Nice project and thanks for the video. I’m short on covers right now and this is a simple fix.
Thank you friend! Looking forward to watching your new video asap.
like your work bench, it's the same as mine, the good old table saw.. I make the tops out of pallet lumber now, lumber at the box stores has got to pricey
For sure! It’s a great surface to use. I’ve kicked around making some type of temporary cover for assembling things but so far just scrape the glue and wax the top again. Thanks for watching.
Worst lid ever
This style of lid, or the one I built?
@@scottthornandhisbeesandtrees this style I have 6 two I made and 4 other from two different companies and they all wrapped.
Thanks, at least you’re not saying my lid building skills are bad 😂 so far this one is holding up straight and square for me. Best wishes to you!