I am in the middle of building a steel blind very similar to the Atascosa/Executive type insulated blinds. Measurements are 5x5 with a 2x5 porch and 78" ceiling. Floor and 5' tower will be made with 2" square 14 gauge tube, the frame of the blind itself is 1" square 14 gauge tube. Windows will be sliders from Tyler at DeerView in Burleson.

WOW....very nice. I cant wait to see the finished blind. Please keep posting pic of progress.

Steve

crazy nice blind. there are some incredible craftsmen on this board

Very nice

Looking good. What do you plan to skin it with? I just finished one similar, and skinned with 24 ga. galvanized sheet. I found that I had to use additional supports to keep the sheet tight.

This one will be skinned with 16 ga. sheet

I built a 4x4 with 16 & 18ga.

I will say its easier to use metal screws, then try to spot weld it

I have one like this with the same dimensions (5X5)on 14' legs. You should consider a 10 or 12 inch shelf around 3 sides so you can shoot off sand bags. The one thing that is missing from mine that I would do next time is put adjustable shutters on all of the windows. This aids in transport, (some) control of sun and rain and will allow you to black out the rear window to prevent
being silhouetted. I placed mine on top of a 4" hackberry tree that I topped and tied down with cables. Mine is the only one (of 8) that has not blown over in 20 years.

Looks like it is going to be a good'n!

Floor is in, I need a bigger shop!!!

The door was a pain to get to sit right, and I had to fill a 1/4" gap between the floor and the back wall but it's coming along nicely now.

looks great i need this set up at my ranch asp

This one is actually already sold and I have 8 more to build before October, you might flinch at the price though!

send a pm with price

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Looking good Mike

A little more progress earlier, I have to wait until my apprentice gets home from work to mig up the bottom part:

Nice Work, that dude is going to be heavy!!

Looking good! What's your weight estimate with running 16ga for skin? Ought to be stout!

The skin of it alone weighs in at around 550 lbs. I estimate it to weigh right around 1200 or so when it's all said and done.

Very nice. It should last as long as you do.

Any progress brother?

Life has been getting in the way lately, but I plan on building the tower on Tuesday and getting it rollin again

Holy crap, that's a nice blind.

not trying to be funny but i wonder if you have a place close that could powder coat it?