If you don’t have the ability to buy the poles and bend them consistently, buy a pre fabbed kit and add the ends as desired
JesusOnline_89
If I were to attempt to do this DIY style. I’d probably get a sheet or two of plywood. Trace out the arc you want then cut a piece of 2×8 to that arc and screw it to the plywood. You may be able to hand bend them and use the rig as a guide for consistency
Scared_Chart_1245
Check out the Bootstrap Farmer web page. I have been using chain link top rails for greenhouse buildings and have survived 60 mph winds and heavy snow loads.
EnvironmentNo1879
Get a plan and talk to an electrician! See if he/she is willing to do a little side job and bend you some poles. Bending ENT or metal conduit isn’t as simple as it seems! Plus, the bender bar is pretty damn expensive, too!
If you want to try something different, figure out the height you want and make a jig on a couple of pieces of ply wood. Drill holes and fill with dowel rods in the shape you desire. Then, take 11/4″-2″ and schedule 80 PVC and get a heat gun so you can bend them easily. I’ve done something like that before, and it worked really well for my chicken tractors. Put some eye bolts on the corners and midway on the sides and hammer some rear through them to anchor it down.
KE3559
The bows are pretty affordable. Highly recommend buying them.
InTheFDN
Depending on how formidable/wind proof you want it to be: http://www.polycrub.co.uk
Hurricane proof, and modular enough to be any length.
They sell the kits, however the design doesn’t seem too complicated, but I imagine the devil is in the details.
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You bend EMT conduit for the metal pieces.
If you don’t have the ability to buy the poles and bend them consistently, buy a pre fabbed kit and add the ends as desired
If I were to attempt to do this DIY style. I’d probably get a sheet or two of plywood. Trace out the arc you want then cut a piece of 2×8 to that arc and screw it to the plywood. You may be able to hand bend them and use the rig as a guide for consistency
Check out the Bootstrap Farmer web page. I have been using chain link top rails for greenhouse buildings and have survived 60 mph winds and heavy snow loads.
Get a plan and talk to an electrician! See if he/she is willing to do a little side job and bend you some poles. Bending ENT or metal conduit isn’t as simple as it seems! Plus, the bender bar is pretty damn expensive, too!
If you want to try something different, figure out the height you want and make a jig on a couple of pieces of ply wood. Drill holes and fill with dowel rods in the shape you desire. Then, take 11/4″-2″ and schedule 80 PVC and get a heat gun so you can bend them easily. I’ve done something like that before, and it worked really well for my chicken tractors. Put some eye bolts on the corners and midway on the sides and hammer some rear through them to anchor it down.
The bows are pretty affordable. Highly recommend buying them.
Depending on how formidable/wind proof you want it to be: http://www.polycrub.co.uk
Hurricane proof, and modular enough to be any length.
They sell the kits, however the design doesn’t seem too complicated, but I imagine the devil is in the details.