While we calculated what we think it "should" weigh prior to building and we will calculate on a scale after it's complete, we're also keeping a weight tally as we go
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Onajourney wrote:I developed a highly sophisticated accurate weight calculator. Take your estimated weight and multiply by 1.5. Should put you crazy close.
S. Heisley wrote:I weighed each piece as I built. The only thing I couldn't weigh was the final layers of paint and some coatings.
My weighed parts added up to just over a thousand pounds. The final weight, including an extra cabinet added later, was 1160 lbs.
This was for a 5x8' with a lifting roof.
What I found was that the darker the wood, the more it weighed, especially if it had green running through it. (I avoided those.)
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