For the shelves What: Shelf slats Material: red cedar Size (TxWxL*): 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 36" Qty.: 64
What: Shelf cleats Material: red cedar Size (TxWxL*): 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 19 1/4" Qty.: 16
What: Centre shelf supports Material: red cedar Size (TxWxL*): 1 1/2" x 1 5/8" x 22 1/4" Qty.: 4
What: Centre shelf support blocks Material: red cedar Size (TxWxL*): 1 1/2" x 1 5/8" x 4" Qty.: 8
What: Dowel pegs Material: red cedar Size (TxWxL*): 1/4" x 2" Qty.: 8
For the door latches What: Door latches Material: red cedar Size (TxWxL*): 3/8" x 1 1 /2" x 4 1/2" Qty.: 2
What: Spacers Material: pine batten Size (TxWxL*): 1/4" X 1 1/2" X 3" strips Qty.: 2
*Length indicates grain direction **Cut as required
Builder's Tip: Cedar is highly prone to splitting. Be sure to predrill and countersink all your screws for this project.
Don Ross is preparing buds for his garden this spring at his home in Ontario's Thousand Islands region.
Big Cross Cutting by Steve Maxwell Success with this project depends on consistent part lengths. You'll get more accurate results more quickly if you set up a stop system to regulate the cross cutting of all parts that are supposed to be the same length. This kind of thing is standard workshop practice with more typical project part sizes, but you'll need to tackle the job differently with the much longer components of this greenhouse. There are two ways to go.
Does your chop saw sit on a support stand? Position it the right distance from a wall or vehicle so the object acts as a big, stationary stop block. Fine-tune the location of the saw so your wood gets cut at just the right length as its end butts up to whatever you're working against. Cut all required parts to this length, then move the saw and stand for the other parts.
If you don't have a stand, create wooden T-shaped supports that are the same height as the worktable for your saw. Use some Ts to hold up the wood, with the last one raised higher to act as a length stop. Screw the saw and the stop down to a wooden deck or your workshop floor to keep the correct relationship between the saw and the stop. It takes just a few minutes to create a large-sized stop-block set-up, and it's much faster and more reliable than measuring and marking each piece individually.
