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With the advent of winter coming soon and a supply of firewood sitting outside getting rained on, it seemed to me that a
good project would be to use the pile of rough sawn lumber to construct a woodshed. The first step was to position and level
patio blocks on the ground and lay out two 12 foot 6x8 oak beams. A floor was made by laying out 2x8 material flat on the
beams and nailing it down well with pole barn nails. I covered the floor with 3/4 CDX plywood for a nice smooth surface.
With that part completed, it was relatively easy to build on since the base was flat, level, and square. I used 4x4 beams
for the vertical supports and constructed the roof first so I had a place out of the rain to work in. Instead of perlins, I covered
the whole roof with boards as I had plenty of material. The whole roof was covered with 30 pound roofing felt and topped
off with green metal roofing. The walls were the last part of the project to close it in on three sides. I have not decided if
I will include some barn doors on the front yet but probably will when time permits.
This shed will hold a goodly amount of firewood, six cords or maybe a little more.
The interior of the roof was quite appealing to me with the ridge beam so was happy with the build. Most of the boards are made of
basswood which had been dried and stickered for a year or so. Some of the boards became blackened as they were on the top of the pile or were the board ends exposed to the elements. Later on I can add battens to the outside of the building if I want to tighten it up more. I see
a lot of woodsheds with spaces between the vertical boards but I prefer it more closed in.
This is the home made band saw I built and used to make the lumber to build the wood shed.
An interesting anecdode is that my only expenses for the shed was for 3 sheets of CDX plywood, a roll of roofing felt and some nails
and a few screws. I was lucky in that a friend was cleaning up his yard and gave me the roofing metal. My total expense for the building
was under $200.
good project would be to use the pile of rough sawn lumber to construct a woodshed. The first step was to position and level
patio blocks on the ground and lay out two 12 foot 6x8 oak beams. A floor was made by laying out 2x8 material flat on the
beams and nailing it down well with pole barn nails. I covered the floor with 3/4 CDX plywood for a nice smooth surface.
With that part completed, it was relatively easy to build on since the base was flat, level, and square. I used 4x4 beams
for the vertical supports and constructed the roof first so I had a place out of the rain to work in. Instead of perlins, I covered
the whole roof with boards as I had plenty of material. The whole roof was covered with 30 pound roofing felt and topped
off with green metal roofing. The walls were the last part of the project to close it in on three sides. I have not decided if
I will include some barn doors on the front yet but probably will when time permits.
This shed will hold a goodly amount of firewood, six cords or maybe a little more.The interior of the roof was quite appealing to me with the ridge beam so was happy with the build. Most of the boards are made of
basswood which had been dried and stickered for a year or so. Some of the boards became blackened as they were on the top of the pile or were the board ends exposed to the elements. Later on I can add battens to the outside of the building if I want to tighten it up more. I see
a lot of woodsheds with spaces between the vertical boards but I prefer it more closed in.
This is the home made band saw I built and used to make the lumber to build the wood shed. An interesting anecdode is that my only expenses for the shed was for 3 sheets of CDX plywood, a roll of roofing felt and some nails
and a few screws. I was lucky in that a friend was cleaning up his yard and gave me the roofing metal. My total expense for the building
was under $200.
