Hello everyone, so I'm moving along with my plans for a cage and was wondering if I could get some opinions/ideas/criticism and all that on these plans I have. Here is a sketch and below are the reasonings for why everything is the size that it is, along with a description of how it will all go together. I realize this is time consuming and probably very boring for those of you with the most experiance but I assure you it is MUCH appreciated.
Ok, enough jibber jabber :P
Ok, the first sketch is of how I plan to cut a 8'x4' 3/4" Oak Plywood board.
A - Top of the cage, 48"x24"
B - Bottom of the cage, 48"x24"
C - Left side of the cage, 24"x34"
D - Right side of the cage, 24"x34"
E - "Outside Top Lip" 46.5" x 2 1/2"
F - "Outside Bottom Lip" 46.5" x 10 1/2"
G - Back of the cage 46.5" x 34"
H - "Bottom Rear Dam" - 46.5" x 11"
I - "Top Rear Dam" - 46.5" x 3"
J - Bottom Face Piece - 49.5" x 11 3/4"
K - Top Face Piece - 49.5" x 3 3/4"
L - Left side face piece - 20" x 1 1/4"
M - Right side face piece - 20" x 1 1/4"
For these pieces please refer to the following link. These represent the substrate damn and piece where the track for sliding glass doors will go.
For these pieces also follow the below link, they will be like the final thing added in the link. Just for astetics.
http://www.freewebs.com/crossfireenclosures/
I will get 2 pieces of glass measuring 24"x19 3/4 inches (allowing 1/4" for the tracks) that way they will overlap by an inch or two in the middle.
With the damns I will have about 10" of room for substrate with another 1" left over to prevent substrate from getting into the tracks for the glass doors.
Do all the cuts seem like they will be realisitc? I was reading in a woodworking text that trying to get 2 24" pieces out of a 48" piece is unrealistic because some wood is lost just from cutting. If I get it cut at home depot will these pieces still come out close enough to be able to put this thing together?
The final measurements will be: Outside 48" x 24" x 35 1/2" and Inside will be 46 1/2" x 22 3/4" x 34".
If anyone sees any errors in my calculations or perhaps somewhere that I could improve my plans please let me know!!