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Jan Stenkamp edited this page Aug 17, 2022 · 9 revisions

Assembling wood panels

In the following it is described how you can screw the wood parts together.

Better use a manual screwdriver than a cordless drill driver to not damage the wood.

General

Choose one of the side panels and screw it togehter with the other parts in the mentioned order and how described and depicted on the images.

Fastening the screws make sure the parts are positioned tight to each other and placed in an angle of 90 degrees correctly.

Screws to use: Spax 3 x 25

1. Back panel

  • Drill holes for (wall) mounting
Before After
Zusammenbau_1_0 Zusammenbau_1_1

2. Bottom panel

Before After
Zusammenbau_2_0 Zusammenbau_2_1

3. Strain gauge bar

Before After
Zusammenbau_3_0 Zusammenbau_3_1

4. Front panel

Before Result
Zusammenbau_4_1

5. Silo bottom

Attention

Make sure you put the screws in the middle of the panels. Hint: If you used multiplex plates as wood you can look through the hole in the side panel and see the stripes of the wood and use them as an indicator.

Before After
Zusammenbau_5_0 Zusammenbau_5_1

6. Interior panel

Before After
Zusammenbau_6_1

Roof

1. Drill holes

1.1 Shorter roof panel

On one of the slightly shorter sides of the panel drill two holes in a distance of 4.5 mm to the edge.

Before After
Roof_short Roof_short_drilled

1.2 Bars

In the two wood bars, in each drill two holes in a sufficient distance to each other.

Before After
Roof_bar_single Roof_bar_single_drilled

2. Screw panels together and attach bars

To fit the roof to the casing, screw the bars to the inside of the roof. Take care to put the bars in the middle of the roof and not to far at the front or back. They should fit inside the casing.

Before In between After
Roof_both_indiviual Roof_bars_single Roof_inner
Use long screws (Spax 3 x 25) Use short screws (Spax 3 x 16)

3. Staple roofing felt

Before After
Roof_with_felt