jml755
Silver Member
Finally finished my sun canopy. Kinda copied Soundguy's bracket design. Used all "scrounged" material. Top was a piece of metal barn siding. Frame was from steel destined for the dumpster at work. Couldn't find nice pieces of wide 3/8" flat stock for the brackets so I took some curved scrap 4" wide that was torched off of some equipment we were redoing, flattened it and welded 2 pieces together for each bracket. The joint is pretty rough but, hey, the stock was FREE. I used some rubber edge trim found in the trash can
at work. Only stuff I bought was a can of primer and a can of black paint. Also used a few sticks of 6011 along with a few cutoff wheels for the angle grinder. Probably don't have more than $15 in it. Can't wait to take it out on a nice sunny day. Hopefully it'll stand up to the bouncing. That's one reason I tried to make it as light as possible but sturdy.
Wife's glad to have one less "project" taking up space in the garage. Next thing to finish is a 3 pt fence unroller. Actually, it's done, just needs tryout on the tractor and painting. The refurbed 6' box blade is taking up the most space and needs a little welding and painting. Hopefully before winter, I'll have room in the garage for ...... wait, forget about the car, I just thought of another project.
at work. Only stuff I bought was a can of primer and a can of black paint. Also used a few sticks of 6011 along with a few cutoff wheels for the angle grinder. Probably don't have more than $15 in it. Can't wait to take it out on a nice sunny day. Hopefully it'll stand up to the bouncing. That's one reason I tried to make it as light as possible but sturdy.
Wife's glad to have one less "project" taking up space in the garage. Next thing to finish is a 3 pt fence unroller. Actually, it's done, just needs tryout on the tractor and painting. The refurbed 6' box blade is taking up the most space and needs a little welding and painting. Hopefully before winter, I'll have room in the garage for ...... wait, forget about the car, I just thought of another project.