Aim:
To build a durable, wooden frame for our climbing plants to climb up on. Specifically our snow peas in our new vege patch.
Maz wanted a wooden frame as any plastic/metal frames wouldnt suit the patch. So I decided to build one.
Cost: ~$50
Duration: Just under 1.5 hours
Method and Result:
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- Raw material needed for the job
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- Measuring dowel diameter to get correct drill size
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- One side of the frame has larger drill holes than the other. This is so that the dowel slips through one side easily and wedges in to the other. This prevents the dowel slipping out.
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- More drilling
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- Cutting the dowels to size
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- Making the frame. Pre-drilling is required but even then my impact driver was too powerful and split the wood on one side.
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- Measuring and preparing the frame
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- Measuring and preparing the frame
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- Slipping the dowels through and cross weaving them
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- Covering all holes with hot glue, this will ensure no dowel movement
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- Hot glue
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- The finished product
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- The finish product
Conclusion:
It looks decent. Apart from splitting the corner of one of the longer posts the frame is fairly sturdy and can be reused a number of times.
Only time will tell how well its built, but so far things look good and the size is about right.
I may need to build another one for the cucumbers later on.
Final prognosis. Maz loves it so it was worth it! 🙂
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