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Conference 7.286::home_work

Title:Home_work
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Created:Tue Nov 05 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2100
Total number of notes:78741

894.0. "Plans, Wishing Well" by ASDG::SBILL () Thu Mar 04 1993 15:38

    
    Does anybody out there know where I can find some plans for a wishing
    well? Keep in mind that I am a NOVICE carpenter. I haven't built anything 
    out of wood in my life except a pair of sawhorses (gotta start somewhere
    right?). Anyway, my wife would like me to build one and I figure it's
    probably a good beginners' project. It looks simple enough, but the
    thing that I'm most concerned about is getting the roof right. I plan
    to build a medium size one about 3' square (I hope :-]). I haven't been
    able to find any plans at Somerville lumber or HQ. I think they have
    plans for everything BUT wishing wells. Maybe they're "out of style" or
    something. Are there any out there?
    
    Steve   
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894.1Let me take a lookCTHQ::EHRAMJIANAnd Twins Makes 3Thu Mar 04 1993 19:155
    Well, the saw horses were a good start...let me look around a little. 
    Seems that I may have come across something like this before.
    
    Carl
    
894.2Wire spools work goodISLNDS::CARLBERGFri Mar 05 1993 15:1119
    I used an old wire spool laid flat. Take some one by's and nail to the
    edges of the round parts. Make a cutout on on the top part for two 
    4x4's mounted vertically and set the roof on them. You could try to
    find a wooden bucket at a flea market and attach with rope. I've made a
    coule of them in the past and they look great.
    
    
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    Something like this good luck
    Mike
894.3No cost wellELWOOD::DYMONWed Mar 10 1993 10:4910
    
    Steve
    Spag's had an easy looking WW on sale some time ago.  Its design was
    simple.  Take some 2X and offset stack them  (  _-_-_  ) something
    like this.  In an octogon pattern.   Slap 2 uprights for the roof
    and make 2 2'x2' sections of plywood for the rooof.  finish with
    wood singles and add the crank and rope.  Looks simple to
    build and you could do it with scrap too...
    
    JD
894.4I've seen those...ASDG::SBILLWed Mar 10 1993 15:059
    
    I've been looking around at other peoples' wishing wells and have seen
    the one you're (-.1) talking about. I think my wife likes it but I'm
    not sure if I do. It's a possibility though. My sister-in-law has a
    wishing well in her yard so I'll probably go over there when the snow melts
    and do some reverse engineering (I promise not to take it apart
    though). 
    
    Steve B.