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- Sabin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14God that thing is ugly
- johndi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Classic
"My reaction was "$1000 for a bunch of aluminum tubes? That's nuts!" Of course I happened to have a bunch of aluminum tubes lying around and miter-sawed them to carefully calculated lengths based on the phase of the moon, the number of lines of code in the Linux kernel, and the zodiac (i.e.: "whatever") them suspended them on nylon cords below a piece of pressure-treated plywood. My windchimes sound just about as good as the typical dope-inspired new-age products but cost about $15 to make." - ai42, on 10/12/2007, -2/+111. Nice to know that guy doesn't use any sort of hand or eye protection while using a grinder.
2. Don't get me wrong it is a cool idea, but isn't that just a big lighting rod that is no longer grounded, with lots of flamable materials bolted and nailed to it? - HitLines, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Why not make it into something useful like a giant WiFi antenna? Nothing better for a farm then being able to access the web while in the field!
http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-build-a-wifi-biquad-dish-antenna/
http://wireless.hackaday.com/entry/1234000613024686/ - kevnaca, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That is so ugly. This guy has no craftsmanship. Wait till it collapses when he's sitting under it. In fact, it would make a better umbrella.
- JustEvk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Entertaining writeup, but man, the finished product is hideous.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That thing should have been "repurposed" right down to the recycling center
- cpirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Stop looking at the pretty pictures and RTFA: "We decided to mount the "roof" on 6 uprights consisting of pressure-treated 4x4 lumber sunk into concrete footings"
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you have no desire to use it as an actual dish (and some I've seen are so delapidated from sitting in a field and rusting that they wouldn't be useful as actual dishes anymore), then this is not a bad use for it.
However, I would have constructed a base to set the thing on, attached the poles to the dish, then attached the whole thing to the base. It would look more like a real gazebo.
Friend of mine converted an old BUD into a little pond/garden by the simple expedient of burying the thing flush with the ground and adding water and plants and such to it. Looks nice, although his neighbors weren't thrilled with the idea at first. They came around though, after he was finished with it. - dubski, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Thats a bit small to be useful for anything, apart from being an eyesore.
- DIGGADEEP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"We inherited a left-over "big ugly dish" and it was too cool to toss, but too ugly to keep. So we repurposed it."....into a BIG UGLY GAZEBO!
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41. Those hand held grinders have a guard which shoots the sparks away from you (but they usually end up hitting your legs). So no need for hand or eye protection. But you REALLY need to wear a pair of jeans when your grinding something, trust me on that one...
2. Lightning is WAY more likely to one of those pine trees, or even the house, than it is the Gazebo. This is because it's so poorly grounded. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My mamma had one oh those fancy thingamajigs once and we done made it into a BBQ:
http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/~debock/weblog/blog_040501_06_mongolianbbq.jpg - Neelix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3He should have reduced the Linux kernel to a prime number first....
- MrZop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We made a similar one. but it was using one with the Mesh metal between the struts of the satallite. so it was a sunblock aswell.
- kiwimonk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I personally would rather have kept the satellite dish ;/
- serra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That is cute, but I haven't ever seen a dish quite like that one.
- rspence, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3File under "Waste of Time".
- jumjum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I didn't even know there was such a thing as vinyl lattice. Seeing as how I have a broken wooden one, I may pick a vinyl one up.
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1I dunno, I think it has some potential to look cool and I like the patched blocks of that trellace crap that supports it... not the holes in the trellace but the way the whole thing has patches in its support.. again, not the actual holes in the trellace.
Could also be better with some greenery and landscaping, plus his grass is crappy and his yard is empty, then again it does look like he lives in BFE. - mrhaines, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I wanna go sit in a dirt patch in the middle of a field now too. You know your a redneck when...
- jgstew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If they really wanna worry about lightning all they would have to do is tie a ground wire to the dish and hook it up to a stake in the ground. This would actually provide lightning protection where a wooden gazebo wouldn't if it were struck. Like already stated, the trees are prolly a much more likely strike.
I enjoyed the DIY project and the documentation, even if it isn't the best looking final product. That isn't the point if you ask me. They need to add some pics later when its all completed the way they want it. - BeatJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like many of the projects that I see in Farm Show Magazine. Yee-haw!
- mikeyaj86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is dissapointing. I was planning on posting something very similar, except for the one my family made looks very nice ... unlike this one. No digg for ruining this idea.
- mrhaines, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Is that an old fridge in the background?! totally redneck.
- Dan100, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, but it will be cool when it blows up
- giveaphuk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2the only thing that could possibly be attracted to that gazebo would be lightning!
- casaprivado, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Your a complete moron. Most of the counrty does not concrete beams into the ground because the beams end up rotting that way. This is because there is no place for water in the wood to escape when you concrete the wood in, it is like the wood is sitting in a vase. Rotten wood is a pain in the ass. You must live in California, because in my experience, only California requires cementing in posts. Learn what you are talking about when it comes to construction before you make some offhanded remark about someone else's lack of skill genius.
- kevincupp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, we made an umbrella out of our old satellite and built a bar underneath it. It's pretty silly-looking, but I prefer it over this ugly thing any day.
- gothsquirrel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I've had one of those in my backyard since i moved in to this house. I didn't put it there but hey it is a good use of a giant dome and it can be done much nicer than the one shown. The one i have doesn't even look like a satalite dish anymore
- Fly1m1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Looks like *****.
- mutt2jeff, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4I am glad he had fun, but they have absolutely no idea about how to go about building structures (judging from the other projects on the site). They didn't even concrete the posts in.
- kolop1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... boring ....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2Satellite dishes are for Rednecks? What the *****?
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