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I thought about the board width vs saftey too and I think even with 10 inches that's pretty much an autobahn for Dash. If I make sure he's lined up properly before going up the ramp I think he will do very well on a narrower board. I'll be careful though, promise.
I ended up going with 2 by 4 framing for the a frame, the 1 by 4s were too warped and just didn't seem sturdy enough when I got my hands on them. 2 by 3s only came in 8 foot lengths, and I want a 9 foot a frame.
I also managed to get the wrong length of screws... I got a pack of 2" ones which is too long to attach hinges to 2 by anythings since 2 bys are thinner than 2 inches. #-o So I used the hack saw and the reverse claw thing on a hammer to saw and bend off a little more than one centimeter of all the screws ment for hinges (20...). Well, 2" screws are also too short to screw together two pieces of wood if the piece it has to go through is a two by...

so I have to sink in the head of the screws for that purpose.
Next time it'll all be perfect :lol:
But, I've had practical use of trigonometry for the first time ever!!!

Just to realize the angle I had to cut off the top of the a frame framing was slightly bigger than 45 degrees, so could have saved myself the math and just went with 45 to start with.
I did put the dogwalk ramps together, for now I'm using our pre existing 3' sawhorses before I definately decide on supports for it. I did notice that the up and down ramps are too bouncy and they will need supports to minimize that.
I got half of the framing for one side of the a-frame done before I had to pack up and be social and go to dinner. I hope I will finish the a frame tomorrow and also start painting contacts with a lovely yellow shade called "Dalen's Duckling".
I'll post a material list, material costs and pictures when it's closer to done.
I went and got some 2½ inch screws for the framing and some 1½ inch ones for attaching the plywood to the frames. I'm not to thrilled with the plywood I got (on some lumber persons suggestion), it feels very flimsy and creaks ominously... I will either need to fill in some of the gaps in the framing or get thicker plywood, either way it'll take me away from "light weight", and I haven't decided on which route to take yet.
Material List:
Six 2x4, 12 foot long
Two 4x8 sheets of plywood. I went with 11/32" exterior plywood and it felt very flimsy so I added three 8 foot lengths of 2x3 to the frames.
100 1½" wood screws, for attaching the plywood to the frame and for the hinges
100 2½" wood screws, for framing (you can get away with 75 if you skip the 2x3s in the frame)
Some hinges for the top of the A-frame and a long rod to replace the hinge pins with. I'm not all that happy with the hinges right now, they're incredibly hard to line up, I'll see if I can figure out how to adjust it.
Screw eye and screw hook and chain.
Paint and sand.
Tools:
Power drill/screwdriver,
Circular saw
Snap line (to mark the framing on the plywood)
Ruler/level/something longish and straight/measuring tape
The cost for the lumber ended up being $20 for the 2x4s another $5 for the 2x3s and $36 for the plywood.
I got hardware in too many different places since I got the wrong length of screws, I think it ended up being about $15 for screws and maybe $10 for hinges, metal rod, hooks. I haven't got a chain yet, figured I'd measure how long it needed to be.
The paint was $21 for a gallon of the yellow, I had blue exterior paint already. And I stole sand out of the boys' sandbox.

So this A-frame cost me a little more, but not much more, than $100. I'd definitely say it's worth building one if you compare that to how much it'd be to buy one. Even if it's not very portable, at all
