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Its a good idea but not easy, especially if its your first time using a router. My greenhouse is a combination of the batten idea in which one side is profiled(rebated) for the glass to sit into and then the 2 timbers are joined together to create a solid fit and routed channels. Its currently in pieces so I just had a look at it.So that's what I need to do then.
How would glass have been mounted in a wooden greenhouse? Beading.
I chose CLS because I can apply wood preserver and stain myself. It was twice as much at least to buy sawn treated timber. But whether I bought CLS or pressure treated timber I'd still have had the same problem with how to mount the panels.
Im accused of over complicating it when all I'm trying to do is replicate what you can get for £60 on Amazon...those have inset panels not surface mounted ones.
The reason I'm building it myself is because I need it to fit the space I have available.
A palm router would probably do it if it has a guide to keep you straight but you will need some kind of work bench or workmate type thing to clamp it in to and to use as the straight edge.I'll have to buy the router or attempt to make a groove with a drill and hand chisel (drill a straight line of 6mm holes 10mm deep all the way along each piece of timber, and then use the chisel to clean it up and make it a continuous groove).
Not sure how long a manual approach would take. Obviously a router is better (more accurate, faster) and if I would use it again in future it might be worth having one. Not sure I will though.
Do you think a palm router or full size router is better for this? I will need to cut the groove in the centre of the 38mm edge of my timber, so not a lot of room for it to rest on.
I know you don't want to hear it but
It really would be easier to make the frame, surface mount the polycarbonate and then use the 10mm x 38mm strips of wood Rueben Klang referenced to trim the sides and window frame design on the outside.
It would look almost the same from a foot away.
It is but against the cost of a router and work bench it would probably be a lot cheaper.I think this is adding a lot of extra wood, cutting, screws/pins. I would have to frame the left side, right side, two front doors and the lid. Surely it's simpler and neater to groove the timbers and slot the panels in?
Looks good to me. You gotta get it off of the floor tho?
Looks good, can you like what you actually bought?
I have mainly bosch pro stuff but some are so expensive I haven't got a router or multitool to match.
Tempted to get similar to what you used there and have a play.
You want to fill the gaps as well, just something like scaff net or similar to avoid slugs getting in.
They love greenhouses as typically damp places.