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Worth1 February 4, 2016 03:12 PM

E-Z Bean Tepee on the cheap.
 
I said I was going to drill hols in a block of wood and do this but by putting it off I had a better idea.
The idea struck me about 30 minutes ago and I had to do it.
Just so happens I had some scraps left over from an other project.:D
Here is what I did.
I cut a 2x4 3 1/2 inches long because this is how wide they are.
I then rolled my saw blade over to 30 degrees and cut that angle on all 4 sides.
I did this in the gap between the fence and the blade, but I set my saw up so I didn't cut right up to the top edge.
What you will need is 4 of those 1x1 or what ever they are sticks of lumber you get at home depot or Lowes and a 2X4.
8 screws long enough to go through the legs and into the 2X4. 2 for each leg.
1-1/2 inches will work fine.
The top screw is put in first in the middle and then the bottom screw is put in at a 30 degree angle so it wont go through the bottom of the 2X4.
You need to pre-drill your hole so you dont split out the wood.
It is a littl clumsy to put together by yourself but it can be done as I did it.
This thing is so light weight anyone can pick it up and move it.
If you dont have a table saw or know someone that does you can go to a cabinet shop and they will cut out a slew of them for you at not much cost.
I will post a pictuer with my phone as soon as I post this thread.
This is so cheap and so easy I cant believe it.:D
What you will have when you are done is a Tepee that is about 6 feet wide all around the bottom and about 7 feet tall.

Worth

Worth1 February 4, 2016 03:15 PM

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Here are the pictures.
Now all you have to do is get some stakes to secure it to the ground and some string or what ever for netting and the beans to climb on.

Worth
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BigVanVader February 4, 2016 03:20 PM

Nice, I'd leave one side open so you could just walk in and pick all your beans in the shade.

Worth1 February 4, 2016 03:25 PM

[QUOTE=BigVanVader;529791]Nice, I'd leave one side open so you could just walk in and pick all your beans in the shade.[/QUOTE]

I was going to leave an opening of sorts and place each side to the points of the compass.
This way the opening would be on the north side.:D

Worth

Worth1 February 4, 2016 03:42 PM

My next one will be made with a 2X6 or 8 and I will make a cucumber octagon/octopus with 8 legs.:D

Worth.

ginger2778 February 4, 2016 04:01 PM

Worth, I LOVE THIS! My husband is now officially mad at you:x "Oh honey-I have just found your next project." Muahahaha.:twisted:

OK he now wants to know, How do you store these if you make 20?

ginger2778 February 4, 2016 04:03 PM

So now we need a collapsible design. OK, thinking caps on.

Worth1 February 4, 2016 04:15 PM

[QUOTE=ginger2778;529800]So now we need a collapsible design. OK, thinking caps on.[/QUOTE]

Already done and was waiting to see if there was any interest.
What they have at the store are wood studs that have wood threads on one end and machine threads on the other.
They come in all sizes.
Screw these studs into the wood blocks and fasten the legs with wing nuts and washers.
You will simply have to drill your pilot holes all the way through the leg and the block at the same time this way everything will line up.
This way you can take it down and put it away at the end of the season.
If you are doing this by hand it will do you well to number and letter the legs and wood block so they go back to the same spot every year.
Lets say Tepee a leg one.
The block would have a big A on it and 1234 on each side.
The leg would have A 1 though 4 on each leg.
Now both of the studs will have to be parallel as close as you can get so they will slide on and off.
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Worth

Worth1 February 4, 2016 04:22 PM

They also have threaded wood inserts and you could use small bolts.
I could set up jigs and make this stuff all day long and sell them.:lol:
I could get fancy and cut a dado out for each leg to fit in.

You can also just take the screws out but I like the stud or insert idea better.

Worth

BigVanVader February 4, 2016 04:29 PM

Wingnuts are a option for easy storage and reassembly.

Hellmanns February 4, 2016 04:31 PM

Or hinges..

Worth1 February 4, 2016 04:47 PM

[QUOTE=Hellmanns;529811]Or hinges..[/QUOTE]

Hinges are another idea but I was fresh out.:lol:
That is how I did my A Frame for running terraces.

Worth1 February 4, 2016 04:52 PM

A small Tee hinge would work fantastic.:yes:

Worth
[url]http://www.stanleyhardware.com/type/t-hinges-strap-t-hinges[/url]

Hellmanns February 4, 2016 04:53 PM

This is a good project, Worth!

Hellmanns February 4, 2016 04:55 PM

[QUOTE=Worth1;529817]A small Tee hinge would work fantastic.:yes:

Worth
[url]http://www.stanleyhardware.com/type/t-hinges-strap-t-hinges[/url][/QUOTE]
:yes:

ginger2778 February 4, 2016 04:58 PM

Heck yeah it is!

Worth1 February 4, 2016 04:59 PM

[QUOTE=Hellmanns;529819]:yes:[/QUOTE]

Thanks.

I now have the thing staked and tied to the ground and am going back out to make the bean net before sundown.
I just happen to have several thousand feet of bailing twine on hand.:lol:

Worth

PhilaGardener February 4, 2016 05:05 PM

Now that's getting tied up in a project!:roll:

Worth1 February 4, 2016 06:07 PM

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Here you go guys ready for some beans.
The pictures show the opening to the north and from the south and how I staked it to the ground.

I want to add that the dark green bush you see to the right in the middle pictuer is my never ending supply of Bay leaves.:yes:
The stakes I had on hand.
Worth
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sdambr February 4, 2016 08:32 PM

Those look great!

I picked up 2 rubber toppers from the greenhouse megastore last year out of curiosity. I have been very happy with everything I have purchased before from them, but these were a fail. They dried up and split before the end of the season.

No on to a new project, making new bean teepees!

I should start a thread: How many projects have I started from reading Tville.

Worth, I think you have been the initiator of a few. :dizzy: :lol:

Worth1 February 4, 2016 08:52 PM

[QUOTE=sdambr;529845]Those look great!

I picked up 2 rubber toppers from the greenhouse megastore last year out of curiosity. I have been very happy with everything I have purchased before from them, but these were a fail. They dried up and split before the end of the season.

No on to a new project, making new bean teepees!

I should start a thread: How many projects have I started from reading Tville.

Worth, I think you have been the initiator of a few. :dizzy: :lol:[/QUOTE]

Sue I am glad I can be of assistance.:twisted:

Worth

MissS February 4, 2016 09:15 PM

Worth I love it. I built one very similar many years ago for my then young daughter. I planted it with Morning Glories and cherry tomatoes as shrubs in the front. She played for hours in there. She did not care for the flavor of the tomatoes, but they made great toys for the sandbox.
Sadly one day Dad got mad and took the sledge hammer to the frame of her tee pee. I heard her screaming at our sliding doors as she watched him out the window taking down her little world.
That was it for me..........

Worth1 February 4, 2016 09:29 PM

[QUOTE=MissS;529850]Worth I love it. I built one very similar many years ago for my then young daughter. I planted it with Morning Glories and cherry tomatoes as shrubs in the front. She played for hours in there. She did not care for the flavor of the tomatoes, but they made great toys for the sandbox.
Sadly one day Dad got mad and took the sledge hammer to the frame of her tee pee. I heard her screaming at our sliding doors as she watched him out the window taking down her little world.
That was it for me..........[/QUOTE]

Patti that makes me almost want to cry.:(
I have always had a fondness for little girls, not in a creepy way mind you.
If I would have had children I always wanted to have girls not boys.
I wanted to be able to teach them everything I knew how to do from welding to cooking and gardening.
For someone to make a girl cry or hurt them in any way makes me mad to no end.

Worth

MissS February 4, 2016 09:56 PM

Such was life with a drunk..... There was NEVER a dull moment.

Keep us updated. It brings back many good memories for me too.
I wish that she had a dad like you Worth. It would have been just as colorful but way more fun.

Worth1 February 4, 2016 10:15 PM

[QUOTE=MissS;529857]Such was life with a drunk..... There was NEVER a dull moment.

Keep us updated. It brings back many good memories for me too.
I wish that she had a dad like you Worth. It would have been just as colorful but way more fun.[/QUOTE]


Maybe so.
It reminds me of back when that Jackson feller which was the same age as me got accused of bad things with children.
The dirty minded guys at work were talking about how inappropriate it was for a grown man to take naps with little girls.
One of my friends across the way had a little 6 year old girl and a 11 year old that girl that loved me to death.
On Saturday night they would come over and help me hand load ammunition.
On Sunday we would go to the gun club and shoot the ammunition they loaded.
On some Sundays the 6 year old would have her mom bring her over and hang out with my wife and I when I wanted to take my evening nap she would come take a nap with me.
These children had parents that loved them.
I told the guys at work this and they almost fell over.
I called every one of them perverts for even thinking such a thing.
It would have broken that child's heart to not be able to take a nap with me.
I am white and they are African American to boot.

I'm going to get in my bean Tepee with my cat this summer and hide out.:lol:

Worth

MissS February 5, 2016 12:56 AM

Well don't forget to take a blanket and some snacks for the both of you. It's a good place to lie down and look up to see whatever it is there is going by to see and dream some dreams too.

Starlight February 8, 2016 08:06 AM

Worth... I am so glad I found this thread. Awesome set up. I was just going to start a thread asking about tepee's. One year I tried pvc, several years bamboo which molded so bad from rains and humidity. Neither worked.

You gave me a perfect solution. I do have a couple of questions. Do I need to paint or treat the wood with anything and also how do you figure out how to do the webbing?

Thanks for sharing. : )

Worth1 February 8, 2016 10:01 AM

[QUOTE=Starlight;530698]Worth... I am so glad I found this thread. Awesome set up. I was just going to start a thread asking about tepee's. One year I tried pvc, several years bamboo which molded so bad from rains and humidity. Neither worked.

You gave me a perfect solution. I do have a couple of questions. Do I need to paint or treat the wood with anything and also how do you figure out how to do the webbing?

Thanks for sharing. : )[/QUOTE]

You know I was going to stain this stuff blue but forgot and remembered after I had the web on.:lol:
You can buy this stuff treated or untreated your choice.
When you go down to get it make sure it is nice and straight with no bends or any knots in it that are very big.
If there is it will just break.
I will get some with defects if I know I am going to be cutting it in short pieces.
I also dont always buy treated lumber to use outside.
That is what paint and stain is for.
Treated lumber is also many times soaking wet when you buy it so it has to dry out before you can paint it.

As for the web.

The best way for me to describe what I did is to do a pictuer.

But the clove hitch needs to be learned.
Clove hitch.
[IMG]http://www.chsmith.com.au/media/wiki/clove-hitch.jpg[/IMG]

Back later with drawing.

Worth

Worth1 February 8, 2016 10:59 AM

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Okay here is what I did on the fly and took almost to the minute an hour.
Get your roll of twine and set it next to you.
Tie the string to the top of one of the legs and go around the top and tie it back to the leg you started from.
It is easier to do this if you cut the string to the length you need.
Tie clove hitches on each leg as you go around to each leg.
Do the same thing to the next one.
Now figure out where you want the opening to be and tie your string to that side.
Go around as you did before but stop at the other leg on that side.
Keep doing this all the way down the Tepee.
Don't try to make the string super tight as it will just suck the legs in and make the one you just did sag.

I found the best way to figure out how much string you need for each horizontal line is to tie it to the first leg and drape it around the Tepee and add some before you cut it.

Now that you have this done you can start on the vertical string.
Start in the middle of the top string and cut enough string to go to the bottom and add a foot.
Tie the string to the top string.
Now without pulling tie it to the next horizontal string but as you do it lift up on the horizontal string a little.
Keep doing this all the way down.
You will get the hang of tying the string as you go along and get better at it.
Do the same thing to the left and right of the middle string and you are done with that side and you can move on to the next one.

Yes you can add more braces, you can use wire, you can make the web different, you can do a lot of things.
What I wanted to do was make one that cost the very least amount of money I could think of.
The absolute most important thing to not do is split that wood if you do it is junk.
Drill pilot holes and dont over tighten the screws.
The pilot hole in the sticks should be just big enough for the screw to slide through or a wee tiny wee bit smaller.:lol:

Now that you see how this is done you can tell by looking at the pictuer how I did the opening.
String cutting hint dont try to cut at a 90 degree angle to the string cut a little at an an angle and the knife will zip right through it.
This is where one of those open and close with on hand knives comes in handy.
In and out of the pocket in a flash with one hand.:yes:
Worth

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Starlight February 8, 2016 11:28 AM

Thanks so much Worth! I appreciate you taking the time to tell and show me to do this. Thanks for saying you staked them down too. The one year I put up a bunch of bamboo tepee's and didn't realize you had to stake them down. Was not nice when the tornado winds came through and took down everything. I fully admit I am lacking in building skills, so appreciate folks who share. Especially love having something look decent and don't cost an arm and a leg to build.


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