Anyway it can be made out of wood for now? Can someone give me dimensions in this part?

The part number 13 is the Corner Bracket. You need four of them. I don't have the 6x8 greenhouse, so I can't measure them (I am not sure if the Corner Brackets vary in size between the two greenhouse sizes.) It is a flat metal part, so something could possibly be fabricated by a sheet metal shop, but you'd need the outer dimensions of the piece as well as the exact location for the four mounting holes in the piece. Personally I don't think I'd try to make something myself.

Since you emailed me that you bought the kit at a local store, I would go back to the store with your receipt. Take your manual so you can show him the illustration of the exact parts you are missing. Sometimes, some managers will actually open up another kit to remove parts (but sometimes they refuse.) This is by far your best solution, so I'd give it my best shot.

If they refuse, call the 1-800 number on your Harbor Freight manual. They seem to be getting a little better about shipping out missing parts in a reasonable amount of time (from what I hear.) I'd insist that they tell you exactly when they are shipping them, and insist that they email you the tracking number as soon as it is shipped. That way if you don't receive any tracking info, you'll know to call back up and be very persistent.

Maybe someone here with a 6x8 could send you a tracing of the part, with the exact location of holes, but it may be difficult for them to do so if their greenhouse is already built. I'd just go after Harbor Freight full force, myself.

There are two versions of the 6x8 greenhouse being sold right now, in the stores. An older version, still on the shelves in some stores, and a newer version. There are some parts differences, but I checked the older and newer manuals, and Part 13 looks to be the same in both versions, fortunately.

If you call Harbor Freight, and they ask you which 6x8 greenhouse you have, just read them the Item Number from the front of your manual. It will either be greenhouse number 47712 or greenhouse number 69714.

I have received a few emails from you, but I can't reply directly to your emails, until you change your GardenWeb member settings to allow others to contact you by email.

Hope this helps. I know it's really annoying.

Thanks. Have a member working on it or me. Yes I'm going to complain this weekend about the parts!

Got the parts for free from the store!

Having problems getting th front crown beams to line up with each other? All bolts line up,but the crown beams don't like they are too long and the rest of the parts flex out when I force it. What's going on? Rear is fine no issues? All the rest of the structure is bolted up normal.

Good job on getting the missing parts! You must have a well-run Harbor Freight store (lucky you!)

Regarding the fit problem, I've never heard of anyone with parts in these kits that were made to an incorrect length, even though it can seem that way when a problem pops up. The parts should not need forcing at all.

Usually when this issue happens, it means that there's something out of square, somewhere along the line. (It's actually pretty easy for this to happen, early on in the building process, and it can have a cumulative effect.) Very often all seems good until the final parts don't fit right.

What I would suggest is to loosen all the bolts on the front side of the greenhouse, so they have a bit of play, and check everything again for being plumb and square. I found I could loosen bolts and "wiggle things around" without disassembling, then when you find and correct the problem, just go back and tighten all the bolts again. Hope this helps.

I did loosen all the bolts. It's just strange the crown beams don't line up? You would think other fame parts in the front or sides would not either?

We found on our 10x12 that there was a surprising amount of play in the frame, after it was erected, especially when the bolts were loosened up. We had to loosen bolts to get our roof windows in and square, then tightened them up again. It looked like things were just not going to fit, but after I loosened bolts, and tugged a bit on the roof frame, it all settled into place so everything worked fine.

Have you been able to use a level on the vertical corner posts, to make sure they're all plumb? Used a square to check that the interior corners of your frame (especially at the tops of the walls) are all nice and square?

I just keep thinking something has gotten a little "off" in the construction, but of course I can't guarantee that's all it is.

I did check the manual for the older version of the 6x8, and the never version, and they have not made any changes to the parts 2,3,4,5 (Front and Rear Crown Beams.) So I don't think they've mixed up any parts for you...those crown beams are the same in both kit versions.

Sorry to not have more help...

Hmm, yeah I dunno what the issue could be? I took the whole front frame off and will have to play with it again tomorrow. Just confusing how everything else lines up in th fron but those two pieces ya know. Oh and number five had a extra bolt hole on it. I put 4-5 together and they are the same length. I added a photo I took from the window.

Yup, your photo makes it pretty clear something is not quite right.

Ok, not having the 6x8 myself, I'm only going from the 6x8 manual. You said the rear of the greenhouse was fine, and you're having problems with the front, right?

Well, according to the manual, Parts 4 and 5 are the rear crown beams. They should go on the rear of the greenhouse, not the front. Parts 2 and 3 are the front crown beams.

Maybe you have the crown beams reversed. Maybe there's a difference between the front and rear crown beams, even if they look similar. The extra bolt hole in part 5 is also a signal that something isn't right. You shouldn't have an extra bolt hole if things are assembled correctly, in my experience.

(Too bad I can't just drive over to your house to help you figure this out.)

Just be sure you're following the exact directions on page 9 of the manual, and that you have the right parts on the right end of the greenhouse.

Hope this helps...?

Thanks, I will hav to recheck as I might have put the wrong number when I typed this haha. Yeah,not sure on the boot hole as no other part has that?
Thanks for the responses.

No that hole is for part 19 so it's correct. Maybe I need to loosen up parts 1 (studs).

A level would be really helpful, to pin point which parts of the structure may be out of plumb, and/or out of square. Might save you some time loosening bolts on parts that are actually OK.

Hope you find the problem.

Ya I know I have to go around with the level. I removed everything from the front and will have to start over sometime this week. Rainy all day here today.

I was following conifers install pics,guess everyone's sets up different.