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2x4 Box Blind
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03/17/17 06:58 PM
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Randallc
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I've built a couple of these the last few years and need to build another so I thought I would share a model I made. I build'em like this out of wood because I no longer have a shop, and I have to build them in my garage. I make the height this size so I can put casters under it while the build is ongoing and it will still fit under the garage doors. I'm vertically challenged so the height is fine with me. I use 2x6's for the base so I can add 4x4 double angle brackets in the field for legs. Once I add the plywood I use corner mold on all the corners and make it air tight and protect the edges of the plywood. This is just the basic model I made in Google Sketchup, you can add shelfs, move windows, whatever. I make the windows 11 1/4 tall so I can use lattice cap, and one foot tall Plexiglas for windows, I'll add a pick of that too. I'm by no means an architect or a draftsman but I hope someone else can use these. Brackets [img] https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/...9d3528d1667_145[/img] Windows
Last edited by Randallc; 03/17/17 07:00 PM.
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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03/21/17 04:59 PM
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7mag
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Very impressed. Still not sure how you did the windows though?
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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03/23/17 07:48 PM
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Randallc
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I used plastic lattice cap from Lowes. It has a slot in it and I use two pieces of plex and it slides or they come out.
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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03/25/17 02:16 PM
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dlrz71
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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03/26/17 11:55 AM
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mikei
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Well done! Good looking build with no fancy tools and no advanced wood working skills required to make it!
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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03/27/17 04:24 PM
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Randallc
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Well done! Good looking build with no fancy tools and no advanced wood working skills required to make it! Thanks. The only tool out of the ordinary is a Kreg Pocket Hole set. I use it where you have a board butting up to the 3.5" side of another.
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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03/27/17 10:50 PM
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Reydonpete
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Looks good , I like the way you did windows great job
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Re: 2x4 Box Blind
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05/23/17 04:08 PM
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Randallc
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Got the stand put up last weekend, worked out good.
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