by Nutcase » Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:04 pm
Frankly, I am amazed that what I am calling scissor-lock cattle panel construction isn't already in wide use. Lots of DIY type people are doing things with lots of cattle panels and 2x4s all the time. Even so, I certainly didn't see anything like this when I first decided to make a cattle panel hoop house for a chicken coop and asked Google Sensei for some design suggestions. I saw a lot of interesting things, but not this. So I built something more conventional for the chickens, noticed some things that are there to see for anybody sticking 2x4s through cattle panels, then noticed some more things...It's like picking up a c-note lying on a sidewalk on a city street with footprints all over it. Strange. Some of the follow-up I've done is arguably a bit clever, but the basic idea is just right there. When i brought this up with my wife she said, "well, maybe there's some hidden flaw that makes it not work as well as you think..." Well, yeah, but it actually does work as well as I think.
Mark
(aka Nutcase)