TO: wtnhunt I'm drawing out plans for a steel frame 6x6 box blind for bowhunting and I want to be able to weld up the walls, floor and roof frames at home and then bolt them together and add wood or maybe alupanel in place once. I'm thinking of using 14 gauge 1" square tubing for the outer framework of the walls/roof and 16 gauge 3/4" square tubing for the inner framework portions of the walls/roof (square panels made of 1" and the bracing/window frames out of 3/4") to save on the overall weight of the blind. Do you think that would be adequate? I'm also an amateur welder and I've built a few tables, grills, etc., but nothing that I'm going to have to rely on to support my weight yet up on a 3 or 4 foot tower while I've got a bunch of arrows with hunting broad heads attached to the ends around me haha. The floor frame will be all 1" square tubing and I'd love to save some weight on the walls and roof but I don't want this thing to come out too flimsy to survive a good high-winds storm in South TX.
TO: MUDRUNNER What kind of places sell maxmetal/alupanel? I've been digging around on the internet a bit but haven't been able to locate any.
TO: LEGONZA Did you have any luck tracking down the sheet metal that the expensive blind companies use?
Sorry, I know this is an old thread but figured I'd give it a shot
