re: Neatest thing you have built?

No, I haven't. Still have sheetrock to hang and more. Waiting on the boys to have some time to help me.

Just have some much going on, but yet some days I just can't do crap. Hell, I need a job.

I just happen to have a slab of oak that is 2 1/2" thick sitting on the mill bed, an easy 15" wide and around 10'. It is green. I can cut it down to 6/4. I also have some pine slabs that are sawed 6/4 and they are an easy 15"x10'. Those were sawed out about 6-7 months ago. Still kind of green. Pine dries very fast compared to oak. All are live edge, both sides.

I can saw up something that will match your 10". What you looking to do?

Not the best picture and I'm not home to take a another. I want use the piece of live edge for a shelve at the top. This is going to be an outdoor cookstation. Everything else is fence boards and pressure treated pine.

Bump..

I'm looking for some help, suggestions, or pictures of some homemade gun cabinets.

I'm not looking for anything spectacular, just your traditional, wooden gun cabinet.

TIA - this is one of my favorite threads ever on TD

Yea.. that basic design.. not sure if I'm going to go with the reclaimed/rustic look.. might be more contemporary

In thinking oak would be the best type of wood for this, right? What would you (or anyone else) use?




ETA - I do like the way the wood in the back looks.. was initially thinking about using felt for the back, but the 'paneled' wood looks cool

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I'm not looking for anything spectacular, just your traditional, wooden gun cabinet.

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This might be a stupid question but do people actually store their guns in a cabinet full time? I've always wanted one myself but always been reserved about having my guns out on display rather than protected.

I'm mid way through my patio, boat shed project. Formed it up myself. Hired Mexicans to pour it. I plan on building the rest myself. The post started going up yesterday.

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Update, basically finished the patio/ boat shed. Came out pretty good for my first big project.
I pre cut all the rafters so they would all go up easily.

The 1xs took the longest to put up. 900 board ft I believe.


One of the harder parts was figuring out how to mount the rafters in the u section of the house. I had to get creative


Last of the roof is on

I tried it out last night, and it does indeed drink beer well....

That's awesome... I always get caught up mid-project and forget to take pictures of what I am doing.



You forgot to put your foot in the last picture

Need some light under there baw so you can see things and stuff.

Is the metal roof tied into the asphalt single roof in a way that makes it waterproof?