I have been thinking I would like to build a mini silo for the backyard. It would be more of a shed that looks like a silo. The purpose would be to store garden tools like shovels, rakes, maybe grass clippers and other smaller items. It would be maybe 4 feet in dia. and some pleasing height to make it look like a silo. I've attached a picture of the kind I'm talking about.
I've make some sketches but then came the roof........ I'm at a stand still because I just don't see any simple way to make it. I thought about cutting circles and stacking them on top of one another then sanding the dome shape but then that would be a lot of work and how would I protect it from the weather....... Next idea was fiberglass.... still a lot of messy work and expense. Sheet metal...... no tools and I mean no tools like a layout tool so this would be a drafting table design and lots of time to figure all that out by hand (3d- design tools with sheetmetal add ons are $$). I even looked at a toy store to see if anyone had a sandbox cover that was the right shape.........
So ideas? Think simple, quick, cheap weather proof........
Ed
I've make some sketches but then came the roof........ I'm at a stand still because I just don't see any simple way to make it. I thought about cutting circles and stacking them on top of one another then sanding the dome shape but then that would be a lot of work and how would I protect it from the weather....... Next idea was fiberglass.... still a lot of messy work and expense. Sheet metal...... no tools and I mean no tools like a layout tool so this would be a drafting table design and lots of time to figure all that out by hand (3d- design tools with sheetmetal add ons are $$). I even looked at a toy store to see if anyone had a sandbox cover that was the right shape.........
So ideas? Think simple, quick, cheap weather proof........
Ed
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