My entrance door pergola is underway, and I feel that is the venture that’s going to make the largest influence to the look of the constructing. Should you’ll keep in mind, one thing like that is the purpose…
So right this moment, I’m going to indicate you ways I made the brackets for the pergola.
I wished my brackets to be 31″ x 31″. So I began with a 2″x4″, and I reduce one piece to 29.5″ and the opposite piece to 31″. I sanded these very well with 80-grit sandpaper with my orbital sander, after which sanded the corners by hand.
Standing the boards on edge, I used a can to attract a curve on one finish of every board.
After which I used my band noticed to chop that curve.
Right here’s what it regarded like after slicing it with the band noticed.
I adopted up with sanding it with an 80-grit sanding disc to get it actually clean.
Right here’s what it regarded like after sanding.
With each items sanded, I put them collectively at a 90-degree angle to kind the 31″ x 31″ bracket. I put the items along with a liberal quantity of wooden glue after which two 16-gauge 2.5-inch nails.
After which I adopted up with two 3-inch exterior nails.
Right here’s a better have a look at the boards connected to one another.
To make the adorn a part of the bracket, I used a 2″x6″ board. I positioned the angle of the bracket onto a scrap piece of two″x6″ wooden, after which used my pace sq. to verify it was completely sq.. After which I positioned the two″x6″ board below the arms of the bracket. I measured and made certain that the board was evenly positioned on each arms of the bracket.
After which I used my pencil to mark the reduce strains for this piece. Utilizing these reduce strains, I reduce the piece to suit utilizing my miter noticed.
To make the ornamental design, I traced a sanding disc to get the curves on every finish.
After which I measured a selected level on the circle (in order that I might repeat it precisely on the opposite finish) and used the pace sq. to attract a straight line.
Right here’s that design repeated on the opposite facet.
After which to get the lengthy curve between these two factors, I measured and marked the middle level of the board two inches from the sting of the board.
After which I freehanded the curve on both facet, simply eyeballing it to verify they regarded the identical. Should you’re not snug with free handing a curve design, you should utilize craft paper or printer paper taped collectively to attract half of the design, reduce that out with scissors, after which use that as a sample. Hint on half of the board, flip the sample, and hint on the opposite half.
With the design drawn, I then used my band noticed to chop out the design.
My band noticed is a really cheap one, so it’s not the smoothest reduce. Nevertheless it does the job. There’s at all times some sanding that must be performed, although.
So I used my sander and 80-grit sanding discs to wash up these edges, after which adopted up with some hand sanding to make the corners and the tight areas that my sander received’t attain look very nice.
To place the items collectively, I put this piece on scrap 1″ lumber.
After which I assembled it in the identical approach — wooden glue and a pair of.5-inch nails.
After which I adopted up with 3-inch exterior screws.
Right here’s a better have a look at these.
With that, they had been assembled and able to caulk, prime, and paint.
I’m actually hoping I can get this pergola completed this weekend, nevertheless it all relies on how the climate holds up, and how briskly my primer and paint dry between every step. However my purpose is to have a completed pergola to indicate y’all firstly of subsequent week.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
