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13th December 2016, 07:17 PM #1Novice
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What equipment would you need to make trellises?
Hi,
Can anyone please advise me on the equipment required to make trellis screens?
I have 5 large trellis screens that need to be repainted but they will have to be sanded down first which is going to be a major job.
Would it be easier to just make new screens with a table saw and router?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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13th December 2016, 09:01 PM #2Taking a break
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I just did some quick "back-of-the-envelope" calculations working off 2.1m x 2.1m trellises and you're looking at some 250m (give or take) of slats... Are you really sure you want to make new ones?
EDIT: Just re-did the maths properly and I was waaay off... 2.1 x 2.1 works out to over 600m and 2.4 x 2.4 is around 700m
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14th December 2016, 02:27 AM #3China
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Water blaster followed by spray gun
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14th December 2016, 06:21 AM #4Novice
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14th December 2016, 06:21 AM #5Novice
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14th December 2016, 08:51 AM #6
To make the trellis, once you have cut and profiled the battens they are laid out in a flat bed jig of blocks that hold everything in the right crisscross pattern. It is then just a matter of shooting a nail into every crossover. Looks fast in a production run, but I suspect it's not worth the time and energy for just a couple of panels.
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14th December 2016, 10:17 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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I'm with China on this one. Trellis is generally made of pretty crap timber and my view would be that 'close enough is good enough'.
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14th December 2016, 05:29 PM #8Senior Member
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How can anyone have that much lattice without growing a passionfruit vine on it?
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14th December 2016, 05:34 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Maybe some people don't like eating mouse t*rds.
Unless you're able to get a large amount of 35 or 45 mm pine for virtually nix, and be prepared to rip it down with a saw bench, run it through a drum sander or thicknesser, to smooth it for painting, then paint the strips, and then use a brad gun to staple it together, I wouldn't bother. For the cost and effort of making it, I'd buy it ready made, I priced a bundle of battens once, 120 metres $20.00
A ready made panel $27.00
Probably an easier way, would be to cut a block of wood to fit in between the slays, wrap sandpaper around it and rub in between the slats, you only need to remove the flaky paint to prepare it.
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14th December 2016, 09:43 PM #10Taking a break
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Found this: Sanding and Polishing Drill Accessories
Abrasive nylon brushes; stick one in a cordless drill and go for it.
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2nd December 2017, 05:36 PM #11New Member
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Not quite sure how you get to 600 lm, my maths says about 110 lm on a 42 mm grid
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3rd December 2017, 01:04 PM #12Taking a break
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I simply counted the number of pieces in the pic.
36 pieces per side, divide by 2 to get number of full diagonals per side, times 2 for both sides of a panel. So we're at 36 full diagonal lengths per panel.
Diagonal in a 2.1m square is 2.97m - call it 3m to make life easy - times 36 is 108m per panel, times 5 panels is 540m +10% for miscuts/defects/waste is 594 lm
EDIT: Just noticed the 2 panels at the very end, so now we're over 800lm based on a 2.1m square
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4th December 2017, 05:08 AM #13GOLD MEMBER
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I had trellis as a skirt around the posts beneath my summer house.
Noble thought but the biggest, most tedious concept to maintain and a nightmare to paint by any means.
Self-abuse, I think. Was easier in the long run to sell the house.
I'd try a pressure washer first to see if cleaning is possible.
If so, who gets to clean up all the paint flakes?
I can buy a 4' x 8' panel of pressure treated lath lattice for $16.50. For my time, replacement might be less grief.
What other choices for privacy have you got?
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4th December 2017, 09:17 PM #14Taking a break
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BTW everyone, this thread is a year old so I'm tipping he's worked something out...
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