We’re putting some raised beds in our back yard, for veggies, strawberries, maybe some herbs. I watched a guy on YouTube make a good sturdy frame out of 2×10 lumber with a 2×4 cap but decided we could get away with 2x8s and 2x4s. I cut everything to length and built one yesterday. It’s a 4’x4′ bed, built like a brick shit house– it’ll take two people to move it into place.
No big deal, not exactly a Shaker piece, but for me it felt like an accomplishment. I’m 69 years old and I had never built anything by myself, from scratch, that involved using a circular saw, making numerous straight cuts, pre-drilling and countersinking, and cutting things to length. And no, I haven’t lived under a rock all my life.
Turns out making straight cuts, with the help of a speed square to guide the saw, really improves the overall result. No mitered corners– don’t have a miter saw yet– but I had enough tools for this job.
Very satisfying! I hope the next two turn out like the first one.
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