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[Doug]

Finally got these gates out of the workshop & fitted....

Very nice Doug. Not the easiest thing in the world to fit a pair of gates (or doors). Did you temporarily clamp them together on a batten? Were the post plumb?

The builders took the original gates off & also the post on the right of the photo, clearly as they only removed 6” of post out of the ground they thought that sufficient for fitting a post in & hanging a gate off :shock: it definitely wouldn’t have been strong enough for them to tie their horses to :lol:

The new post was nice & level unsurprisingly though the existing one was a little out, so I simply used window packers against the old post to bring the gate level, clamped the gate to it & fitted the hinges, the other gate was similar only the the gap was uniform

 

[Doug]

Very smart Doug, I like those hinges.

They were nice & surprisingly robust far better than screwfix et al offerings & a fair bit cheaper

 

[Doug]

Looking good Doug, plus anti nicking security measures in place!, I wonder though sometime's what is the point of low gates, I have a 4' high 12' wide 5 bar gate across my drive which I lock up every night, and still my mate's climb over it to get in!! postie gave up years ago so the letter box is on the outside.

The job wasn’t far from where our own Mr Maskery used to live so I’m sure he’d agree the need for anti theft measures :?
The gates are more aesthetic than anything else, they won’t be locked, I agree though as folks will always get in if they really want to.

Nice use of the pallet btw :eusa-clap:

 

[Lurker]

The job wasn’t far from where our own Mr Maskery used to live so I’m sure he’d agree the need for anti theft measures :

Apparently the area has improved substantially in the past year

 

[HOJ]

Making progress this week on some Oak windows:

M & T's & rebates


Dry fitted these two frames together they still need draft seal grooves and mouldings applied to jambs and mullions:


This is one that has a transom rail as its 1500mm tall, they will all have glazing bars, so just setting out the gauge lines:

 

[Cabinetman]

Not easy - windows, particularly if you don’t do them all the time

 

[Phil]

Nesting trivets. Oak and walnut. Melamine laquer.
Start to finish about 6 weeks

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As I have done previously the splines are on the face father than the edge, easier to make and I think more aesthetically pleasing. There are also not perfectly straight across the angle, by design :eusa-whistle: wabi sabi perhaps

Gluing a triangle is fun. Is there a better way?

Nice
Good idea for trivets.

I will do a post where I also had to glue up triangles.

 

[Blackswanwood]

After a glue up that involved a lot of swearing yesterday I made these this morning …



They are clamping blocks made with a magnet inserted into a hole in a piece of plywood which is then covered with a think piece of mdf.



Not the most sophisticated solution but saves having to call in an octopus to help when using bar clamps!

 

[Woodbloke]

That idea can be attributed to Chris Tribe (now retired) but he used a thick pad of leather. I've made a bucketful of those things and they're really very handy things at glue up time - Rob

 

[Blackswanwood]

Now you mention it Rob I think that is who I picked the idea up from. I seem to recall he had them on his stand at the Harrogate show.

 

[Woodbloke]

Now you mention it Rob I think that is who I picked the idea up from. I seem to recall he had them on his stand at the Harrogate show.

He did and mentioned to me a couple of years ago that he had a bucket full of the things on his stand. I seem to remember him saying that they were free (one each per punter) with a small donation to charity but apparently a few well heeled people virtually emptied the bucket without paying a penny. He wasn't impressed! - Rob

 

[Lons]

I remember that, I asked him if I could have two and put in a fiver, they're still in use. He would have been better handing them out as gifts with purchases.

 

[Doug]

This might appeal to the fans of English green oak, I’ve been asked to clad a new workshop in 180mm high feather edge green oak boarding, at the moment all that needed doing was part of a gable & the out standing bit of wall from the main part of the workshop so the roofer & lead workers can get the rooves finished.

Should be back in a couple of weeks but this was yesterday’s progress.

 

[Doug]

Something else a little different today, my local plumbers merchant was looking to maximise its storage. At present they have pigeon holing that is quite narrow & very high so not really utilising the space very well



I was asked if I could improve the amount of storage particularly for small items using the racking they already had so I machined up some MDF to match the existing



I added 6 shelves with adjustable dividers to one unit



The manager was really happy with the outcome, if head office is as happy this will end up being a nice job as the manager wants quite a few units updating.

 

[HOJ]

clad a new workshop

That's going to be a nice looking workshop, neat fascias as well, be interested to see how the lead is dressed in, would have thought it would be up behind the cladding.

 

[HOJ]

Quick update on my Oak window job, this one has a transom running thru so a bit of repetitive cutting to be done:



Joints to jambs/mullions:


With a mortice & tenon:


All knocked apart ready for a glue up challenge

 

[Doug]

clad a new workshop

That's going to be a nice looking workshop, neat fascias as well, be interested to see how the lead is dressed in, would have thought it would be up behind the cladding.

If you can zoom in the step flashing is already behind the cladding the tiler will have to slip the soakers behind as he fixes the slates, not ideal but how they chose to do things. :eusa-think:

Your windows are looking good Paul :eusa-clap:

 

[Doug]

This softwood gazebo kit has keep me busy for the last few days, the base was already installed before I started,
Initial frame



Roof fitted



T&G fixed



Felt shingles fitted



Finished other than fitting guttering which is a job for next week

 

[Malc2098]

Nice.

 

[HOJ]

Doug, interesting:

Curious, is it a TUIN one, was it all pre cut and shut, did you have much to do to bring it together, look like glulam posts, any idea of price? (no its not a quiz!)
bscene-drinkingcheers:

 

[Doug]

It was a kit Paul so everything was cut ready to go, the customer supplied it so I don’t know the make or price but I can ask next week. The posts were one piece 5” square with grooves machined in them, took me 3 & a half days to get to were it is in the last photo

 

[Doug]

I’ve been back to gutter the gazebo



The make was Dunster House & was around the £2.5K mark, whilst finishing off I got the obligatory while you’re here jobs the first a sleeper retaining wall/seat.



The second a covered bench which the roof had rotted on.



I don’t know if they’d been over generous with the felt shingles or I’d been particularly frugal with them but there was a pack & a half left over from the gazebo so after ply lining the roof the shingles were fitted.



Just needs repainting now but thankfully that’s not my job.

Also this week I’d been asked to finish an internet bought hardwood bench, it had been sanded well to my surprise & after making some enquiries about a clear finish a mate recommended a Sikkens water based product which was new to me



This was the result after a primer coat & 3 coats of the cetol



I was really pleased with the result more importantly so was the customer

 

[HOJ]

was around the £2.5K mark

That's good value, I have been asked to make something in a similar style, I think i'll pass at that price.

a covered bench which the roof had rotted on.

I went our local post office the other day which is also a garden center/posh cafe, had exactly the same bench by the entrance, the roof was made with slats, looked quite well made.

 

[Doug]

was around the £2.5K mark

That's good value, I have been asked to make something in a similar style, I think i'll pass at that price.

I was asked to quote on building a shed it came out at just over double what the chap could buy one for, I was surprised when he said he wanted me to build it so it’s sometimes worth quoting.

a covered bench which the roof had rotted on.

I went our local post office the other day which is also a garden center/posh cafe, had exactly the same bench by the entrance, the roof was made with slats, looked quite well made.

Sounds like the same thing, the slats on this were rotting which was to be expected with the over lapping design

 

[Pete Maddex]

Knocked this up at the weekend its made from 7000 year old bog oak.

Bog oak teardrop by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[Doug]

Managed to get the last 4 days green oak cladding the workshop mentioned a few posts ago, this it the left side of the back started




Up to soffit height




Made good progress on the front



Window frames in & again up to soffit height



Also managed to get the right hand side of the back done today which just leaves a big gable end to do but that’s next week.

 

[Cabinetman]

You’re kept busy Doug which is good, and I just bet you don’t need to advertise much judging by your work.
Looking at the water butt I suspect that size roof will fill it quite quickly, you may be back to fit another one in tandem soon.

 

[Cabinetman]

Knocked this up at the weekend its made from 7000 year old bog oak.

Bog oak teardrop by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

Not sure how I would go about making that Pete, pls do tell, it’s a very nice shape btw.

 

[Pete Maddex]

Once I had the shape drawn out I stuck it to a chunk of bog oak I cut it out on the band saw, then used a Shinto rasp to smooth it out followed by lots of sanding and checking of the profile.

Pete

 

[Cabinetman]

Thanks, can’t think of an easier way, and you’d lose a lot of skin on a sanding disc.

 

[Pete Maddex]

Clamping it is very difficult I mostly had to hold it in one hand and rasp away.

One of those parrot vices would help.

Pete

 

[Doug]

7 sheets of MDF machined up ready for pigeon hole shelving installation



Gonna be busy on Monday

 

[HOJ]

7 sheets of MDF machined up ready for pigeon hole shelving installation

That's no mean feat, are you CNC'd or manual?

Gonna be busy on Monday

You seem to me to be busy everyday!

My sad effort this week, a tape holder:



But its been a been an absolute game changer, I have spent the last few days replacing 18 DG units & re-beading them (using Accoya, I did make these as well) with 1mm security tape, which is a pain to handle on/off the roll, made light work of dispensing it, without it getting stuck to everything nearby.

 

[Doug]

7 sheets of MDF machined up ready for pigeon hole shelving installation

That's no mean feat, are you CNC'd or manual?

A bit of both the grooves are cut on a CNC then cut to size on the panel saw to reduce waste, the shelves were cut with the tracksaw

Gonna be busy on Monday

You seem to me to be busy everyday!

Go to admit the last few months have been particularly busy though it does seem to be slowing down I’ve only got work booked in to the end of October

My sad effort this week, a tape holder:



But its been a been an absolute game changer, I have spent the last few days replacing 18 DG units & re-beading them (using Accoya, I did make these as well) with 1mm security tape, which is a pain to handle on/off the roll, made light work of dispensing it, without it getting stuck to everything nearby.

I can see that being really handy particularly when the roll is new & awkward to handle due to its size :eusa-clap:

 

[Tiresias]

Well, it isn’t precisely the last thing I have done, but it has taken me up to now to sort out the hardware.
I did post a WIP on the other place, but deleted it as far as I was able. Not sure what the etiquette is on these things. I could repost here if anyone is interested.

So, anyway:



But, but, but…



Not bad for a tool chest (purpose yet to be determined, actually).

Bit simplistic compared to Dr Al…

 

[Dr.Al]

WIP... I could repost here if anyone is interested.

You're in danger of being accused of asking stupid questions there

Of course we're interested!

So, anyway:

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Looks lovely to me.


Whoop whoop! Congratulations!

Not bad for a tool chest (purpose yet to be determined, actually).

Looks a lot better than "not bad" to me.

Bit simplistic compared to Dr Al…

You mean "a bit less convoluted and not done in the most difficult way imaginable due to the maker's ignorance, like Dr Al"? :lol:

 

[AndyP]

Agree with Al. Woodwork is woodwork. Methinks that the more accomplished woodworkers around here would be horrified to think that the level of the accomplishments would put anyone off from sharing their work.

That tool chest looks like it has a drawer. If reposting a WiP is too much then please share some more pictures of the finished chest.

Congrats on the first prize.

 

[AndyT]

:text-+1: to all that.

 

[Cabinetman]

Yes well done, I don’t think I’ve ever won a first prize for anything, not that I’m complaining!

 

[Mike G]

This might appeal to the fans of English green oak, I’ve been asked to clad a new workshop in 180mm high feather edge green oak boarding, at the moment all that needed doing was part of a gable & the out standing bit of wall from the main part of the workshop so the roofer & lead workers can get the rooves finished.

Should be back in a couple of weeks but this was yesterday’s progress.

Doug, be really careful will this. Be sure to warn your client to expect massive movement, and to have to replace the odd board. There is an oak supplier near here called Whippletree, or something like that, and one of their buildings was clad with green oak boards. When it started drying some of the boards started to curl, and they were powerful enough to rip nails out of the timber frame. They even won an arm wrestle against screws. Some of the boards curled so much they were standing out at 90 degrees to the wall when I visited, and would have had to be replaced.