--- Eric J Russell <ejrussell@mebtel.net> wrote:
>
> Very nice Doug! Looks great painted.
I used the paint that was lying around: Grey
latex floor paint outside, and white oil floor
paint inside.
> Mine has wooden legs, I used 1/2 plywood as a
> compromise between
> strength & weight, and I put a sheet of resist
> (rubber sheet used for
> making sand-blast design stencils) on the back wall.
I used 3/4" plywood, and it is indeed heavy, but
it has those adjustable plastic-tipped appliance feet,
and I can slide/drag it around fairly easily.
> The trickiest part of construction was the hopper
> part. Don't know
> exactly what you call the shape - an upside down
> rectangular pyramid.
> I tried to calculate angles but ended up cutting
> parts slightly
> over-size and then trimming/sanding things to fit.
Yep. The edges of the hopper have a few
not-quite-right angles, but some caulking took
care of that.
Doug
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