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I am going to blame this weather on the plage, with everyone home there is not enough crap in the air for the climate to be normal. So everyone's weather is all messed up. We are having a May and August type of month. Cutting grass between rainy days in very high humidity. Good luck with your garden. DOWeaver INDY

Ed-
That is a nice design...the alternating long and short vertical pieces are a nice touch. Without dimensions, can't figure the loading on the platform, but the sizes of all the pieces seem appropriate. If there is a "weak link", it might be the point of attachment of the cross-beams with the legs. I am thinking a bolt might be the way to go there instead of screws. Or maybe a combination...the bolt for shear and a screw to stabilize the joint from twisting.
Would enjoy seeing photos of the finished project.

BTW, 105 in Sandpoint, Idaho yesterday and 109 at the house, and we are 600 feet above town! Closer to the sun, I guess.

Good looking platform , when you said barrel I imagined a plastic tote , the square ones with the metal cage around it . on the heat wave maybe its all the micro waves from all the satellites beaming down ? seems like the more they launch the warmer it gets .

Made some good progress today. The bottom, the part the barrel sits on is put together but needs to be shaped. Most of the other wood is cut and I hope I have enough wood to finish these last three pieces, two cuts..... going to be close.

Photo proof:
I'll try to get the cutting done but no time tomorrow to do much else on this project. Maybe Saturday??

Ed

Our daughter and family are here from DE and today was designated hiking day so I had only a short while to work on the rain barrel stand. I found I was indeed short of lumber so tomorrow I have to go and get another 2x3x8' treated piece, $6.99 each plus tax. Not cheap. There is a lot of wood stacked up in the lumber yard, no selling so well at the higher prices??

This the bottom with the cut lines marked so I can use my track saw to make the cuts. I'm not so sure how accurate this is but then it is just a stand for a rain barrel........
Here is a closer look showing the segments and cut line:
Tie dye t-shirts tomorrow which I think I will opt out of if I can and get some more done on this project.

Ed

Made some progress today. Started by using the track saw to cut the bottom to shape. Track saw is ideal for this sort of thing. Put the track on the line and cut.
At his point I have all the parts cut. I might have to do a few tweaks as assy goes along since all these parts are not going to be perfect.
I then started the assembly. Drilled a tight fit clearance fit for the lag bolts in the one part and then a little starter hole in the other part before screwing them together.
I then started the dry fit of parts but ran out of time so I will have to pickup another day to get this done. And then the actual assembly will start. Don't have a feel for how well the design will really work until it starts to get screwed together.
Ed

The build is done. Still have site prep and plumbing to do. I did snap a few pictures which I will share now.
I think I counted 16 clamps in use at one point, they might not all be pictured here:
Here it is right side up:
I made the frame over sized in case the barrel we have needs to be replaced at some point I have room to grow slightly. And yes it fits.
Ed

Very nice, Ed. Living in San Diego, first thing that comes to my mind is, is it earthquake proof?

Majones1 wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:27 pm Very nice, Ed. Living in San Diego, first thing that comes to my mind is, is it earthquake proof?

Does it matter since it will probably never be filled with water?

jsburger wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:10 pm
Does it matter since it will probably never be filled with water?

Excellent observation! If it were to be used here at my home in San Diego, it would likely have no water, but would fill with dust and sand.