The Ten Minute Arbor

yeah, this perspective does give the optical illusion that the sides are flaring out towards to top. but very mild, and all in all, it looks good. I wouldn’t worry about it too much , esp. if you couple it up with a few more shots from other angles.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Might be my eyes, but it looks like the side are squared up pretty good. Ten minutes huh? Take me ten hours to do that! Looks great Dave. Like the dowels in the side. Gives it a look of elegance.

-- Rick

Thanks guys.

Dowels? Nuts! They were supposed to look like copper pipe.

Rick, I think it’s a lot easier when you’re making it up as you go along.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

Anymore time spent on design, if your like me, it would be over engineered. Nice, thanks for the ideas.

-- Willy Wally's Wood Stuff

Nice one Dave….I suppose this version is sans joinery?..based on the quickness of the design time. The two point does give the columns a little flare at the top but it still looks good.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Thanks Mr. Wally. Or may I call you “Willy?”

David, well, there’s no joinery in the pergola but I did ‘drill’ the holes for the pipes. I don’t know why I did that since this was only to be a concept drawing for my brother. I could have skipped the holes I guess. Thank you.

I think I’ll print this thing out and run my parallel rules on it just for fun.

Dave

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.