Thursday, April 5, 2012

53?

Celebrated the annual event by successfully rigging the first of 5 movable shade panels.  Frame built from ripped down the middle 2x4's...covered with Aluminet Reflective 80% Shade Cloth...hung via four little pulleys running along tight turnbuckled 1/8" galvanized cable. Glides along quite nicely which opens the prospect of an automated system. 78,90,47,0,B
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15 comments:

  1. repsychallbluesApril 5, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    Happy Birthday John, I was thinking about you today as I drove across dry, dry Wyoming. Didn't realize it was your day, hope it was good.

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  2. austinmodhouseApril 5, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    Looks great. But I think you will still get heat build up inside. To really reduce indoor temps it should be mounted outside the clear poly roof area. Then you can control solar gain more than just making shade.

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  3. createawayApril 5, 2012 at 10:42 PM

    happy birthday, John! you do know that Aries is the "Action Jackson" of astrology? you have certainly, single-handedly proved it....

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  4. rjApril 5, 2012 at 10:59 PM

    Looks like a winner. You have the height in the greenhouse to keep the heat at the top so inside shades should work, especially reflective aluminet. You will find it to be particularly strong and long lasting. (wish blogger would allow edits)

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  5. vintagemodelerApril 6, 2012 at 12:27 AM

    Happy B'day John. With your busy work schedule I hope you had time to pause and reduce the inventory of refrigerant! Cheers

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  6. AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    Very slick! Your fans and misting system along with these panels should keep temps down considerably. Happy Belated!

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  7. BilApril 6, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    Happy birthday, John.

    No shortage of hot water these days, I imagine?

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  8. kenApril 6, 2012 at 9:34 AM

    How about a "counter balance" type system to move em. This is my favorite blog of all time........Happy Birthday Mr. John Wells! Maker of good things in the desert.

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  9. Tana McApril 6, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    Happy Birthday!

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  10. UnknownApril 6, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    I built a shadecloth assembly by stringing guywires like yours, thru grommets installed in cloth every yard. Then installed a header board at each end of 10yd and a pull line at each end on headers, it worked well for me.

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  11. MsBelindaApril 6, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    Happy Birthday John. Hope you had a chance to enjoy a couple of cold ones.

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  12. edobnekApril 6, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    Happy Birthday John. You don't look a bit over 52 to me

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  13. janelvlApril 8, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    53! The best is yet to come!

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  14. Allen HareApril 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    I admire your design and fabrication skills.

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