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7/8ths Projects................................ The Tool Shed

Work begins. The foundation is built. The beams and posts are 1/2"  square and except for the plywood floor it's all cedar. 1/2" in 1:13.7 " makes the beams and posts just under 7 scale inches. The whole thing is glued and nailed. The glue is Weldbond a wonderful white glue that I like and that I also use to glue ballast outdoors.

The frame above the foundation is very substantial as the inside is not to be seen and so will give good rigidity to the foundation as well as the walls.

The foundation is not warped there's probably some junk under one of the legs on the floor.

The shell and roof use a technique I've used before....heavy framing of pine or cedar, covered with plywood , that's glued and nailed with 5/8ths" brads from an air nail gun.  This goes together fast and provides for a strong structure. The skin gets covered with cedar planking that's about 1/8" think and then is painted.

Here's the roof view with some of the reinforcing.

Here's a shot of the whole shell.  Bob inspects and approves.

Work has begun on the exterior.  These doors don't open.  Construction is by first gluing the frame and sills
to the plywood wall for the door and the 2 windows. I have to wait for the frame to dry before adding the door planking and then again before adding the frame and cross members to each door panel. 
I'm using a new to me glue (Titebond III)...supposedly water proof....we'll see

The doors are done and work begins on the siding.  This will be board and batten style and here lead weights hold the siding in tight to the shell  while the glue sets up.

 The siding is all done now and the roof, in the background, has been coated with epoxy for weather proofing.
After the roof is dry it will be on to painting, adding roofing, and installing the windows.



Application of the roofing started with lining the roof panel every 2".  Since the roof is removable it was also painted on the underside and eves first.



Here's the finished roof.  The roofing is a non-slip material made by 3M that boaters used on the decks of their boats and on the docks.  It's tougher than sandpaper and has an adhesive on the back.  The store only had the 4" wide roll so I had to cut it down the middle to make 2" wide strips.  If I'm lucky the store will have the 2" wide roll the next time I need some.  It's not cheap.....$5 per foot for the 4".  So this roof cost about $80...yikes.  Still.... it's marine rated and ought to go along way to keeping this building dry for years.



Here's a close up. I installed the roofing in a shop that's about 6odeg F so I need to get it into a sunny window for a
couple of hours to make sure the adhesive takes hold.

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