Wooden tuba--for Sean's Shed

FarahShazam · Post by **FarahShazam** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:47 pm

I need a flat tuba shaped board to place on the point of a roof of a shed. Doesn't have to be fancy or ornate but it does need to cover a crack so water doesn't flow into the shed.

It needs to be 12in by 6in (or so). This is for Sean's shed. Please help! (It will be placed at the top where the gap is at the V of the shed)

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:10 pm

Or you could just stick one of those tubas you have lying around up there!.............say, arent you a half carpenter yourself?

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:28 pm

Noting the size of the crack where the facia boards come together, you need to find something to put over it or try to find some half-inch caulk.

Cool shed!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:45 pm

Naw, Schlep, somebody's gotta carve out a tuba or get busy on some plywood with a jigsaw. We owe Sean that much at the very least.

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:38 pm

tubatooter1940 wrote:Naw, Schlep, somebody's gotta carve out a tuba or get busy on some plywood with a jigsaw. We owe Sean that much at the very least.

My fine carpentry skeelz made another miter end which does not meet fully on the rear gable also. So I need 2 thingies to cover my carefully planned mistake(s).

FarahShazam · Post by **FarahShazam** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:45 pm

Wait, wait wait

I'm not asking someone to pony up some skills. I am wondering if someone knows of an internet site or has seen something like that... I actually like Schlep's suggestion

and you're right about the crack.

It would make sense that a crack that big would be evident in Sean's "woodshedding shed"

DLThomas · Post by **DLThomas** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:57 pm

Presuming it's structurally sound (looks like it is from the picture) fill most of the gap with that spray-foam-insulation-in-a-can stuff, then finish (after it sets up - trim as needed) with a high quality exterior paintable caulking...you're good to go.

Dave "whose carpentry projects usually need some creative help" Thomas

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:33 pm

DLThomas wrote:Presuming it's structurally sound (looks like it is from the picture) fill most of the gap with that spray-foam-insulation-in-a-can stuff, then finish (after it sets up - trim as needed) with a high quality exterior paintable caulking...you're good to go.

Dave "whose carpentry projects usually need some creative help" Thomas

It is just the facia board. Purely cosmetic issue.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:05 pm

If it was my crack and my shed I'd have to cover it with something purty to hide the caulk.
On my old wooden sailboat I had a bad spot in the varnished grain on my cabin door that I covered with a rectangular brass plate that said, "The Captain's Word Is Law".

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:04 am

How about covering it up with a nice gable pediment?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:11 am

Aw, just nail any old viola up there!

FarahShazam · Post by **FarahShazam** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:04 pm

Chuck(G) wrote:How about covering it up with a nice gable pediment?

I'm sorry, but this is a little too.. well.. too much. I was hoping for something simple and tuba shaped.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:56 pm

The lady wants a tuba. Who's man enough to tell her she can't have one?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:19 pm

tubatooter1940 wrote:The lady wants a tuba. Who's man enough to tell her she can't have one?

Who's man enough to tell her she can?

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:08 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TUBA-MUSICIAN-S ... dZViewItem

http://texsignonline.com/product/B00095 ... ---mus.htm

And a bunch of others on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_etk_h ... y=12&Go=Go

Good luck,

Jim Wagner

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:58 pm

That tuba lovers sign on Amazon would slide up into that triangle and a couple of stainless steel screws-bingo!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:19 am

zoro wrote:I'd just caulk the space,

Yeah, find an appropriately-sized cedar shake, smear some Probond on it and tap it into the gap and sand smooth. Under a coat of paint, no one will ever see it. Heck, it'll even be structural.

The "professionals" who build houses out here do far worse things.