Pyramid Power Helps My Rabbits Grow

Article Tools

Image Gallery

Print

E-mail

Comments

RSS

For extra sturdiness, you may wantat this point-to join four more one-by-fours to the stand's legs. (See Fig. 3.)

Finally, nail some two-by-two cross braces inside the top of the stand as shown in Fig. 4. You now have a flat support surface on which to tack or staple a hardware cloth (or other) floor. With the installation of a floor, the stand is complete.

JOINING THE FRAME MEMBERS TO THE STAND

For this phase of construction, you'll need an assistant: One person will have to hold the piece(s) in position while the other person does the hammering.

First, angle the ends of the frame members (the ends with the 42' cut) so that they'll fit snugly in the 90* corners of the stand, as shown in Fig. 5. Then-one at a time-nail the frame members to the tops of the stand's legs (42* cut facing down). Finally, nail the uppermost ends of the four frame boards to the 2" X 2" block of wood discussed above (paragraph two under "The Frame").

At this point, you'll have an extremely strong basic structure on which to attach the pyramid's four walls:

THE WALLS AND DOOR

Label four 52" X 52" pieces of wall material (I used inexpensive wood paneling, but-here again-any non-ferrous material you want to use is fine) "East", "West", "North", and "South" I ... then—one at a time—lay these pieces up against the east-, west-, north-, and south-facing sides of the pyramid frame, trace a triangle on the inside of each piece using the 2 X 4 frame members as straightedges, and cut out the triangular-shaped wall pieces (leaving an extra inch around the perimeter of each piece to ensure a neat fit when the pieces are nailed in place).

Now nail three of the four wall pieces to the frame. Fill in any gaps or cracks at the walls' edges with caulking compound and/or strips of wood.

To make the pyramid's door, cut a rectangular opening near the base of the fourth wall panel (see Fig. 6). If you want, you can use this rectangular piece of paneling as the door itself ... otherwise-if you prefer a see-through opening-cut a rectangular section out of this piece and staple or tack a piece of screening (non-ferrous) to the "picture frame" you've just created. (See Fig. 6.)

Attach two hinges to the door's bottom edge, rig a latch at its top (you want the door to open down), and affix the door to the remaining wall panel (Fig. 7). Nail the last wall panel to the pyramid, and your "cosmic energy" hutch is complete!

A PARTING THOUGHT

A lot of people—I'm sure-will be totally turned off by the ideas expressed in this article. (I can hear it now: "It smells of occultism" . . . "Ah, another rip-off" . . . "What's this guy been smoking? ") All I can say is, nothing turns me off more than closed-mindedness. And that's exactly what it is when someone rejects hard data in favor of unfounded beliefs. There's no other word for it.

Remember: You don't have to take my word for the above results. Experiment for yourself! What have you got to lose? If just half my results are true, pyramid power has to be capable of benefiting every back- to-the- lander who raises animals. Think of it this way: Can you afford to guess that I'm wrong?

RSS | Comments | E-mail | Print