Only in Texas, Don and Harv doing

[wroughtn_harv]

One of the things we do is put on the sheeting for the roof on the roof.

Here's four of us up there.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

When I tell folks that us guys in Texas cut our thirty year siding with box knives they think we're talking stuff.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

When I tell folks that us guys in Texas cut our thirty year siding with box knives they think we're talking stuff.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

And it is, tough stuff!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

And it is, tough stuff!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Any time we have to make a cut and there's a seam to follow we'll usually use a box knife to score the metal using the seam as a guide. It's hard on the blades and thirty year sheeting is thick and tough. But after a couple of passes with the box knife we can fold the metal back and forth and it'll break clean as a whistle.

Keep in mind I carry all kinds of metal snips, a plasma torch, a Bosch nibbler, and a Milwaukee hand shear. But on long lengthwise cuts where I have a seam as a guide I prefer a box knife.

It just looks hard. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Any time we have to make a cut and there's a seam to follow we'll usually use a box knife to score the metal using the seam as a guide. It's hard on the blades and thirty year sheeting is thick and tough. But after a couple of passes with the box knife we can fold the metal back and forth and it'll break clean as a whistle.

Keep in mind I carry all kinds of metal snips, a plasma torch, a Bosch nibbler, and a Milwaukee hand shear. But on long lengthwise cuts where I have a seam as a guide I prefer a box knife.

It just looks hard. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

Hi Harvey,

When you say a box knife, is that the same as a sheetrock knife? Or are you talking about those smaller versions that you keep beaking the tip off of when it goes dull?

Great tip, thanks.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Hi Harvey,

When you say a box knife, is that the same as a sheetrock knife? Or are you talking about those smaller versions that you keep beaking the tip off of when it goes dull?

Great tip, thanks.

Eddie

 

[txdon]

Thanks Wushaw, Harvey's calculator also says #4 wire.

Harvey I will need a lot of tips when I get to the sheet metal cutting.

I noticed the trim. Did you make it yourself or do you order it with the sheets? How many different types of trim are there?

OK, continuing with the carport/storage, after the vegetation is removed I replace it with a good sand based gravel.