i bought a metal framed stand from a local guy here, about 10 feet to the bottom, with r-panel sides, box 4x4x6 for $200. all it needed was a wooden floor. i think that is cheap, but thats just me.

Metal blinds are very durable but have you ever pulled the trigger on a high powered rifle in one? You need very good insulation or something to stabilize the sides because the boom from the rifle makes a metal stand ring like a bell. It will just rattle your head and ears to no end if you don't do something to sound deaden it.

When I build my metal stand it is metal inside and out, I do insulate the walls between the metal and carpet everything, including the shelves. My roof is a 4 pc. standing seam roof and it is also insulated. I will NEVER build a wood stand again. We have the first metal stand I built 20 years ago still in use this year. They are expensive but well worth the money compared to most of the sh#t I have seen built by others.

same here i do what you do with the metal blinds, i use 3/4 sq tubing with 1/4 walls

ive see the same people building blinds every 3 or 4 years over and over. i try to tell them to switch to metal, but it goes through one ear to the other.

wood rots takes water and worpes and basicly falls apart from being out in the weather all year.

if i have any of my wood on my metal blind mess up, all i ahve to do is remove the old wood and replace it with new wood. the skelton of the blind will always be there. ive had my blind up for over 12 yeras now and it looks like new.