Forbinwasblue
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Any ideas on making my vertical boards stable. I have my trellis on them and they get pretty loose back and forth. I was thinking a bracket of some sort but I have no idea what kind. Thanks
Any carpenters out there? You probably don’t need to be a carpenter to solve this one.
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Any ideas on making my vertical boards stable. I have my trellis on them and they get pretty loose back and forth. I was thinking a bracket of some sort but I have no idea what kind. Thanks
boilingoil
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Just make some plywood gussets.
Forbinwasblue
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Thanks. I would try to put another pic up but that took an hour cause my service is pretty bad today.
Forbinwasblue
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I tried that when I built them and it didn’t work very well. Maybe I put them in the wrong place.
Jimdamick
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Nice joinery, what wood did you use, poplar?
Jimdamick
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One thing is that your angle is too extreme. Is that for drainage?
Flatten it out or you plants will grow crooked, which is not great.
You will have to stabilize your legs, so cut another 2x4 and cross brace your legs at around 16" from the ground, just screw it directly into the legs and that will stop the wobble that I'm sure you have.
Forbinwasblue
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The table actually doesn’t wobble. I have a cross bar 3 ft in on both sides of the frame. Originally it wasn’t such a slope but the vertical board wouldn’t attach right so I added another 2x4. I guess it didn’t help. I’m leveling everything out quite a bit next week when the plants are off so hopefully I can fix the whole thing. Thanks for the help. I’d like to see if the houses I helped build in my early 20s working construction are still standing.
Thundercat
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I used the metal joist braces to re-enforce my table when I built it.
Jimdamick
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I'm sure they are unless you were as fucked up as me when I was that age, but then again all the guy's that I built with were as drunk as me.
Ah, the good old day's when a six pack at lunch was the norm
Forbinwasblue
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Yea. Now it’s breakfast. Cheers.I'm sure they are unless you were as fucked up as me when I was that age, but then again all the guy's that I built with were as drunk as me.
Ah, the good old day's when a six pack at lunch was the norm
Forbinwasblue
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So really any kind of brace should work?
JohnDee
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Hey Jim...I remember those days. During my High School years I worked summers on a concrete crew building basements. The truck drivers knew that the last truck always picked up a case of beer for us. lolI'm sure they are unless you were as fucked up as me when I was that age, but then again all the guy's that I built with were as drunk as me.
Ah, the good old day's when a six pack at lunch was the norm
JD
JohnDee
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You want the brace to form a triangle. Most any rigid material will do.
JD
Forbinwasblue
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So I went ahead and tried this corner brace thing. It seems more stable so far. I used pocket holes on these, I think, first time trying that technique. So now my frame is a bit more stabilized, how do I get my 5 ft vertical 2x4s up so they stay stable? Anyone got a trick that’s just involves wood? Oh, and should I move the cross boards? Thanks you guys. Happy Holidaze.