An absolutely amazing transformation of that back yard. Kudos Jerry, excellent work.
I almost hate seeing your progress, makes me miss my pond even more.
Garrett
An absolutely amazing transformation of that back yard. Kudos Jerry, excellent work.
I almost hate seeing your progress, makes me miss my pond even more.
Garrett
Impressive!!!
Yen
Thank you all for your fine comments and praise it’s appreciated.
Has been a long road, now the first phase is done
Next is step two thru twelve.
Jerry
Cautum intransit devocoare cavusim...
Look out for the hole!!!
Jerry.~.
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it
I need to go to church Sunday to repent for my envy.
Beautiful work!
Well Anne & Steve
One of the switches is in pic #7&8 lower left corner of the pic see that piece of pvc sticking out of the wall, right in front of it there’s a outdoor outlet cover that’s were one switch is undercover.
There’s another inside the pit and I’m working to get a RF remote push button switch
With a combination so it won’t go up with out hitting the right buttons.
Like Marie said the joist are 1 ¾ inch square steel thin wall tube and the front is 2 inch angel the ¼ “ thick stuff I think they call It schedule 40.
The back side of the door is 3 inch angel and that’s what I made the hinges from also you can see them in pic#3 and 13.
The one pic with the cover open you prob can see were they are bolted down to the concrete wall with ½ “ threaded rod sunk in about 8 inches and epoxied in place
There’s five hinges a foot long each with a ½ inch steel rod for pins.
That frame only weighs about 300 pounds , the wood is another 250
Well the hydraulic piston is a 2 ½ inch by 36 long, more than I needed but what the hey
Its powered by a 12 volt DC hydro pump that they use with snowplows and such, I got this whole idea from Jeff Dunkel of the west coast poly dudes he helped Skip Russell with Upscale Coatings.
The pump runs on a car batt with a trickle charger and the remote will be 12 volt on that system too.
It only pushes up and gravity down, I still need to put in safety braces that latch when opened to hold incase a hose breaks, not likely but
With the wood you can see brackets called deck master by Grabber Co. so there’s no screws on top..
Got to go for now see you later and thanks again
Jerry
Cautum intransit devocoare cavusim...
Look out for the hole!!!
Jerry.~.
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it
That's the one thing that kept me from using hydralics... afraid of hydralic
fluid and pond water probably not mixing well. But I imagine a little routine
maintenance and the chances of a problem are probably thin.
Those are very cool!
It makes the deck! Wish I would have found those before I screwed
mine together... Oh well... maybe on the next one I build.
Thanks for the info Jerry! Again, great job!
Great explanation Jerry, thanks!
Those deck brackets are awesome...was it hard to maintain your board spacing with the screws driven in at an angle?
I suppose the hydraulics being powered with a battery takes care of getting into the pit if the power fails.
Anne (the 'e' is silent) the Armchair Ponder
Judge no one by their outward appearance or where they work or live or worship........but by the content of their character displayed in the integrity of their actions.
The pond and area are beautiful! What excellent craftsmanship! Great job! I know you'll enjoy it a lot.
Marie - just saw this thread. Your pond/water/fish all look amazing!!
Keith
Very sharp! It must make your day to look out and see your beautiful pond done...
Did the flow meter arrive yet?
Bill Putnam
I was planning to use pneumatics but trying to get one for my weight and stroke would have been custom made, and that was too much plus air is more squishy with lifts like bouncy and the pressure to build up then overcome the weight you’d get a sudden jump then drop then back up again, like to much stress on hinges and stuff.
That smaller section of deck I might still use a pair of mech lifts yet I’ll have to see next year
Those things are 12 volt too.
Anne as for the deck under clamps the angled screws pull the board the long way and you set them on opposite sides of the joists so they tension the board in both directions they work good but screw them to the joist every other hole like in the instructions, all the screws come with the kit.
Jerry
Cautum intransit devocoare cavusim...
Look out for the hole!!!
Jerry.~.
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it
Jerry , the deck is spactular !!!!!!!
Marie , feel better now ?
Disclaimer : I am no expert and anyone taking my advice might be as big a fool as I am.