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This was an interesting build. My client had already purchased the screens, which are thin sheet steel, laser cut, 6' x 3'. My task was to design a roof deck and privacy wall using those screens. One early challenge was that the back corner of the existing fence is not 90°.
We wanted to give it the appearance that the screens were floating in the frame, but they do get rather high winds right on the corner of the building like they are.
This is what is sold locally as Mahogany decking, and is one of the hardest woods I've ever worked with. Each cut had to be fed extremely slowly, and cross-cutting all of the slats took forever.
Nothing really complicated with the joinery, the uprights and top bars are actually made of two laminated mahogany 2 X 4s, so I was able to cut a simple mortise and tenon for the joints, backing the whole thing up with strong-tie straps and lag bolts.
Overall, I am quite happy with how it turned out, and my client loves it…
We wanted to give it the appearance that the screens were floating in the frame, but they do get rather high winds right on the corner of the building like they are.
This is what is sold locally as Mahogany decking, and is one of the hardest woods I've ever worked with. Each cut had to be fed extremely slowly, and cross-cutting all of the slats took forever.
Nothing really complicated with the joinery, the uprights and top bars are actually made of two laminated mahogany 2 X 4s, so I was able to cut a simple mortise and tenon for the joints, backing the whole thing up with strong-tie straps and lag bolts.
Overall, I am quite happy with how it turned out, and my client loves it…
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