February 15th - Display Fencing and Crate
Since building the crane on the Dodge and
the additional crates, I've wanted a better fence to encircle the display;
whether I've got one or all three vehicles on show. I recently bought twenty
steel fence stakes and 100 metres of silver/grey nylon string to make some fake
barbed wire. Some of the string was cut into two and a quarter inch lengths,
the ends melted to stop fraying and they were tied and glued along the
remaining 90 metres of string. I also made a new longer, but narrower bobbin to
wrap the 'barbed wire' around.
The steel stakes arrived in a cardboard box
that barely made it through the post. As a result, I decided to make a wooden
crate to keep them in. I didn't want it to look out of place with all the other
stuff I carry around, but I couldn't find any pictures of original suitably
shaped crates to copy. In the end, I made a crate big enough for the stakes and
barbed wire and stencilled it up as a box of replacement barrels for Browning
.50 calibre machine guns.
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