"Bob F" wrote in message
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bob haller wrote:
On Jun 22, 3:21?am, Daniel Prince wrote:
I am going to build a compost sifter. ?It will be a shallow box
three feet long and two feet wide with wooden sides and a hardware
cloth bottom. ?I bought two five foot long, five inch wide, redwood
fence boards for the sides. ?I have a circular saw.

Should I miter the ends of the sides, or would a butt joint be
adequate? ?Should I use steel corner reinforcements? ?Should I put
the hardware cloth on the outside of the frame or on the inside?

Thank you in advance for all replies.


Redwood seems like a waste to me. I made mine out of pine 2x4 butt jointed.

I stapled mine to the bottom of the frame and covered the edges with some
scrap 1x stock.

If you use the 1x stock I would add the corner braces. Butt joint will be
stronger than miter in this case.


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