Notching will hold more weight than simply screwing them together. 40 Gallons of water is 320 pounds. Notching and lag bolts should be fine.
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry about this folks, but i'm sure someone here will have an answer. > > Last year, after i had some trees cut down, i built an X frame > sawhorse log cutter, like number 2 in this > links:http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Sawbuck-for-Cutting-Firewood, so > i decided to build a similar one for my 40 gallon rain barrel i built > as it looked like it would be sturdy enough to hold it on its side. > About 1/2 way through summer it buckled a bit out but did not fall > apart. I only screwed the X member in, i did not do a notch and > secure. I have decided this winter i will take it apart, the reason > for using screws instead of nails, and notch out the parts that meet > at the X, i suppose it would be 3/4" on each piece of the 2x4, then > put two 1/4" or 3/8 carrage bolts and some screws, as well as the side > braces. > > question now is, would you think that by notching out the X pieces and > using 1-2 lag bolts plus a few screws would hold 40 US gallons of > waters, weight./?? > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
