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The goal is to build this entirely by ourselves (ourselves = Barry and David, Barry and David = Cannot build our way out of a paper bag).
We also plan to build this for under US$1K.
We will be blogging about our progress as we go and all going to plan we will have this built in a couple of weeks.
Planning is overrated, so we thought we would just dive in and build it. "Measure once (with your eye or outstretched arms) cut 3 times is our motto."
So first thing we did is try and figure the size we wanted - there was no real scientific method to this and we were constrained by the space we had. In the end we settled with 41/2 meters wide, 4 meters deep and 4 meters high (4 meters = approx 13 feet). It seemed quite small, until we started making the frame.
Making curved walls is not that easy, so we decided we would figure that bit out once we had the framing done.
In order to save money we used 2x2 timber instead of traditional 4x2 framing timber. (WWF Wrestler Hacksaw Jim Duggan would have used 4x2.)
We borrowed a Nail Gun and a Drop saw and went to work... Well actually we stood around and scratched our heads for a good hour trying to figure out where to start.
We made all the frames on the ground then dragged them into position. There is this huge old steel pipe that is right in the way, so we had to cut out a few sections of the frame in order to get the wall to fit. Why we just didn't cut the pipe down before we began I do not know, I have a feeling this may come back to haunt us.
First frame in place - leaning on the pipe we should have cut down.
Second wall in place; after having to cut out a chunk due to that annoying pipe.
Third wall in place; again we had to hack it up a bit due to that #$#@ pipe. (I blame Barry)
Hot tip: Do not hold your hand behind where the nail gun will be firing
Framing done and dusted.. Well not dusted as you can see by the mess in the photo.
The almost builders
Check back on Friday; all going to plan the floor will be completed and the nail removed from my hand.
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