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After many years of chasing down rakes, shovels, trimmers, posthole diggers, etc., I figured it was time to consolidate the lot of them. Last December I went tho the sawmill in Bushnell and bought 400 bd ft of mill run 4/4 cypress stickered it and let it dry for five months.
I would have let it dry longer but wanted to finish the shed before I left for the summer in Alaska. As it turned out it was more than dry enough for planing and shaping
After planing the cypress I used a panel raising bit and rabbiting bit to make the novelty siding. Start to finish the shed took about two weeks to complete and as a bonus, the wife got 12 30gal plastic bags of cypress chips (mulch) for the gardens.
I didn’t have enough of the Bald Cypress left to make the door so I bit the bullet and bought two 1 X 10 X 14’ kiln dried cypress boards for the door.
My thought is to leave it unfinished and let it gray out naturally.
-- Tom Landon, Lakeland, Fl. When you're through learning, you're through.
12 comments so far
SteveKorz
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posted 564 days ago
Thom, that is cool as heck!! My wife would love to have one of these. I absolutely love the look of it, you’ve done a fantastic job! Thanks for the post…
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
Roper
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posted 564 days ago
great looking shed, and i love the outhouse style door.
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David
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posted 563 days ago
SWEET! Love the trim over the door. Nice job
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Max
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I really like the half moon door. It reminds me of the old WPA outhouses. My folks had one at a cabin they had….
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
jjohn
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posted 563 days ago
Hope someone doesn’t mistake it…Great looking Out Hou….I mean, Garden tool shed.
-- JJohn
Paul D
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posted 563 days ago
Great looking shed and something I can really use for my house.
-- Paul D, Atlanta GA
Napaman
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posted 563 days ago
very nice…I like the door as well…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
irishhandyman
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posted 563 days ago
That is a great design. Is it yours? I have showed that pic to friends of mine and they all want one. Wanna start a small business here in So. IN.? I got buyers lined up. Really though, its a great lil shed. Very nice details. Keep up the good work.
-- God bless the men and women who protect our counrty.
jcees
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posted 563 days ago
I’d HAVE TO put a lock on the door lest one of my practical joker friends decided to visit my… ahem, shed.
always,
J.C.
P.S. Nicely done and by the way, I live in Lakeland too. Better get a lock on that door… and soon!
-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein
Tom Landon
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posted 563 days ago
Thanks for all the compliments folks. As to the design, I started by building the floor 52” X 70” so with the siding on it would be 4 1/2 X 6 feet and went from there. The studs I cut at 90” and the rafters were something like a 5.5/12 pitch. Made the door 30 X 80 then built the jamb to fit. Overall, I just wanted it to be in proportion and pleasing to the eye.
-- Tom Landon, Lakeland, Fl. When you're through learning, you're through.
Scott Bryan
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posted 563 days ago
Thom,
You put together a nice shed with this. It not only serves a useful function but it looks good as well. The door does add an interesting touch to the shed.
Well done and have fun in Alaska.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
ND2ELK
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posted 560 days ago
Love your tool shed. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.
God bless
tom
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