Recent content by etherwalker

I just finished my second coop/run, using 1/2" hardware cloth. After installing the first couple pieces I really wondered if there was a good way to get it installed without bending everywhere. This strategy worked really well for me, using a pneumatic stapler. I only wish those first couple...

These were the bearings, with the lip flush to the surface of the board: Here is the new lift, already installed (so a little difficult to see the plates, but they are 4" angle plates)

Both of mine split at that pivot point, but they were helped along by the pockets I drilled for bearings. The new lever is 2x6, no bearings, with mending plates all around. 🤞

I put this on the coop page, but I'll also note here that the wheel lifts are really nicely balanced, but the 2x4s for them are not strong enough. I'm going to try 2x6s with metal mending plates, but if that doesn't work I'll go with an all metal kit (maybe this one)

Warning: The wheel lifts are really nicely balanced, but the 2x4s for them are not strong enough. I'm going to try 2x6s with metal mending plates, but if that doesn't work I'll go with an all metal kit (maybe this one)

This is with Fusion 360. I'm no drafter so I pretty much only put on the dimensions I knew I needed for cutting.

Over 6 weeks ago my daughter finally talked my wife into getting chickens. I've been wanting to do a Chicken Tractor for a while anyway, so we found somebody on Craigslist with baby chicks (supposedly all female) and brought four home. I've finished the tractor just in time to move them in. One...