) Made out of old 16 ft cow panels, 6ft square by a little over 6 ft tall. Made taller by welding a torching a panel in half on the 50" side, torch em to the right width (6ft) , and welded to the top of the full height 6ft pieces. Mocked up all 8 sides in my shop, (4 sides for 2 blinds)wired corners together to figure out window height, cut out windows , and made the hinged doors. Forgot that part, one side of each blind had a hinged 3ft door on the end. Made door same height as all existing sides, but on one edge left four long/uncut lengths of panel rods, heated, bent around panel it went on, and tacked back to door. Makes for a strong, quiet, lasts forever door hinge! Used three sides of a panel square for door pull handle. Takes 5 t-posts to set, 1 at each corner, and one right by hinge for strength for door operation. Balin wire firmly to t-posts, zip-tie or wire some of that black flower bed cloth (I did two layers for cave like darkness ) Originally went right over my window cut outs, then sharp knife and scissor cut out after. Covered with old sheet iron from a falling down barn on my place. Attached to top by drilling holes in sheet iron, wiring to panels on edges, then siliconed all holes from my wiring/old screws after that. Cut and covered with cedars, but as early as I put em out, prolly coulda just left em black. Almost forgot, welded up some shelves for inside walls for binos, thermacell , and such. Have cut bicycle inner tube with wire hooks inside and outside of door for "latches". One more thing, have some small lift up windows by my sittin chair in case I hear somethin I can't see I setup these on a "diamond" , by that I mean I sit in a back corner, and face directly to the opposite corner. The two front sides of the diamond are my windows, and my corner where I sit is the farthest away/the darkest. I'm sure all of this "novel" was clear as mud! Lookin for pictures! God Bless, Rusty
Still workin on it! I looked, and I do have several pics of the outside of the blind. Will take some inside pics this week, and post them as well....if I can ever figure out how!!!! God Bless, Rusty
I can't say enough on how much I like the "flower bed cloth" I used on the sides of my blind. It's made to be in the ground, not rot, and last for umpteen years. I did two layers on my blinds, cuz after one, I felt like I could still see a little light. I left 3-4" of skirt on bottom and buried it, so maybe not quite as many critters would feel like they needed in. You won't regret on takin a little extra time, and putting some type of shelves in arms reach. I'll usually have my thermacell on one, maybe binos, grunt call , etc. on another. You get the picture. Good luck, and God Bless, Rusty . STILL tryin to get pics on here. They are on my album, on this very I-pad, and I still ain't figured it out !.......
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