Boutta rip this once snow comes

Looks good! You may want to consider adding some horizontal beams for more support:

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Otherwise you might be at risk of the top plank getting shoved forward, collapsing the whole thing, which would be a tragedy after all that work
 
14350204:bertBertson said:
Looks good! You may want to consider adding some horizontal beams for more support:

View attachment 1018824

Otherwise you might be at risk of the top plank getting shoved forward, collapsing the whole thing, which would be a tragedy after all that work

You want diagonal beams to form triangles. Rectangles shear very easily
 
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k00l pic of a similar rail i built 11 years ago with my dad
 
14350204:bertBertson said:
Looks good! You may want to consider adding some horizontal beams for more support:

View attachment 1018824

Otherwise you might be at risk of the top plank getting shoved forward, collapsing the whole thing, which would be a tragedy after all that work

If you throw a 45 in there instead itll be like a rock. If you get it to fot nice and snug.

Also to the feet post. You can go wide af on the front feet without worrying sbout running itno one at the end. And even at the end pretty easy to cove unless minimal summer sesh.

$.02
 
Yeah like a bracket? Or like some more wood

14350238:theabortionator said:
If you throw a 45 in there instead itll be like a rock. If you get it to fot nice and snug.

Also to the feet post. You can go wide af on the front feet without worrying sbout running itno one at the end. And even at the end pretty easy to cove unless minimal summer sesh.

$.02
 
14351091:Coleg55 said:
Yeah like a bracket? Or like some more wood

I would just cut a piece to go sll the way aceoss. If you 45 the ends of the 2x4 where it barely fits thing will be bomb proof before you even sink a screw into it. Helps to tske a minute and get a really good fit so it's snug. Better even if you have to smash it into place. Then that thing will survive the Yellowstone erruption
 
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