Trimble Towers Workshop - Fitting out begins...

[DaveL]

It’s more the size of the thread I was thinking of so there’s no slop in the grip.

Poke a matchstick in to take up the slop. Works a treat

A bit of bamboo chopstick or skewer gives a very tight grip if you are out of matches.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Okay cool, so it’s less of an issue that I was worried with, cheers chaps.

I’m going to replace all the screws so will all match either way.

 

[Coley]

I've found the toolstation offering of stainless screws to be good providing you do a decent sized pilot hole and lube the screw thread up with a candle. Perhaps a screw a tad longer would provide a bit extra grip, if you've lost some by the thread not lining quite up.
If it's a 3 inch hinge it'll like be 4x30 or 4x40 just to be sure. A give inch hinge 5x30 or 5x40. It's good seeing you out and about in the shop [emoji41]

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[TrimTheKing]

Thanks Coley. It's good to have found my mojo again after a good few stressful months with both work and family. I needed to break the cycle and have thankfully managed to do so and am making great time now!

It really helps having my mate Mark being as enthusiastic as he is to help, doing all the electrics and alarm for me and helping to drive me on.

I'm actually really excited now I've got the door off. I will get it trimmed down and re-mounted today and at that point I am secure and can start moving stuff in, which is the really exciting part! bscene-drinkingcheers:

 

[Rod]

I don’t like using SS screws unless their use is dictated by the situation and then using pilot holes etc. I recently repaired an oak gate and three of the SS screw heads stripped off despite taking “precautions”.

Somewhere I’ve a set of screw removers which from distant memory were never that successful.

Rod

 

[StevieB]

Ditto - I have never managed to get screw removers to work properly - always assumed it was my cackhandedness though! Best set I have had has a reverse thread on it - drill a pilot hole in the stuck screw and then screw the extractor into the stuck screw, which due to the reverse thread actually unscrews it. The type with a flange don't seem to work for me.

Great to see progress on your shop - keep it up! A heater, a kettle and a comfortable seat and you could move in

 

[the bear]

I agree with some of the previous comments in that I wouldn’t use SS unless the situation dictated it such as green oak or salt water. My house renovation I’m currently doing has a lot of external oak meaning I’ve used SS screws from numerous brands and all sizes. They are all softer and more prone to breaking that anything zinc plated in my experience. Their plus point is there lack of corrosion not their strength so unless you need to use them in a corrosive situation I’d use zinc plated every time. Wurth are probably the best brand I’ve used if you do go SS but I’ve used plenty of ownbrands from the likes of screwfix and toolstation as well

Mark

 

[TrimTheKing]

Thanks all

I only mentioned SS because that's what he's used, but I guess that's why they've gone south... I'll use something stronger instead. bscene-drinkingcheers:

 

[TrimTheKing]

My first workshop injury this afternoon!

Had the doors off to trim them down, cleaning up an inside corner with a razor sharp chisel, was talking to my mate and not concentrating, slipped...

Doesn’t look like much but is about 5mm or more deep and opened up like a crushed grape! Loooooots of claret too!

This is about 5 hours later as I’ve just changed the dressing.

 

[RogerS]

Did you use Steristrips ?

 

[9fingers]

Whats the problem with bog paper and insulation tape?

Bl00dy snow flakes :lol:

Lol

 

[DaveL]

Gaffer tape is pretty good, you need to stop the leak before the blood stains the work.

 

[9fingers]

you need to stop the leak before the blood stains the work.

Absolutely Dave!

Bob

 

[TrimTheKing]

Sucked it for a while, spitting the blood (I believe there is some truth that saliva is a good cleanser of wounds), then a tight wrap of kitchen roll and electrical tape to stem the flow (it was flowing quite freely!!) while I searched for something more medical.

Eventually plumped for a suitably sized piece cut off a roll of old fashioned plaster.

I have steri strips that we bought for the kids but can’t say the packet has ever been opened.

 

[Coley]

Ouch, that looks nasty.

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[AndyP]

Any excuse to down tools eh?

 

[TrimTheKing]

Any excuse to down tools eh?

Cheeky! I’ll have you know I strapped it up and got straight back out there and carried on!

Doors taken off, trimmed down, re-hung and new screws. Going to take one door off and take an extra bit off though as it closes now but still too close for comfort.

 

[Malc2098]

Wrap the wound in several layers of clingfilm tight enough to close the wound but not enough to stop blood flow to the finger.

Keeps the wound closed, stops dirt getting in and lets you wash hands etc without getting wound wet.

Wrap shock absorbing stuff round the finger and keep in place with any sort of glove, latex or nitrile, that sort of thing and keep on working.

DAMHIK!

 

[RogerS]

Any excuse to down tools eh?

Cheeky! I’ll have you know I strapped it up and got straight back out there and carried on!

Doors taken off, trimmed down, re-hung and new screws. Going to take one door off and take an extra bit off though as it closes now but still too close for comfort.

That's the spirit, Mark. We expected nothing less.

 

[AndyP]

What a hero.

I am just waiting for the sun to come up higher enough to warm my back as I lay a few bricks. Maybe after lunch.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Busy couple of weeks so not had a lot of workshop time but got an hour or so today so touched up the paint on the ceiling and got the Jet air cleaner hung.

Tidy up around the velux now and I can take the scaffold tower down and start clearing up properly in readiness for bringing stuff in.

Doors are off and in the house drying out a bit and temp doors in place.

I didn’t paint them in the summer when they were hung and as such they’ve expanded. I trimmed them down to just clearing each other and brought them indoors. Give them a week or two to come down in moisture contents in the CH inside then I’ll paint them up and re hang.

All electrics now working as planned and fully alarmed. My mate just wants to come back and tidy up inside the CU (shorten some connections, properly cable tie everything etc.) but all sockets working, lights on separate circuit, sockets in a mushroom switch cutoff which I will press as I leave the shop to kill power to all but those doubles and the lights.

Bob - you asked for a photo inside the DOL my mate made up so here you go.

I’ve got some annual leave to take before Christmas so will grab a couple of days each week to tidy up, paint & re hang the doors then start moving in!

 

[9fingers]

Thanks for the "inside" information Mark. My curiosity was tweaked when you said you thought it contained a regulator although you said you were not sure.
The device in the fixed part of the box is a contactor and on the lid has the control switches.
All quite standard.
As you were!

Bob

 

[Malc2098]

Proper job!

 

[TrimTheKing]

Thanks for the "inside" information Mark. My curiosity was tweaked when you said you thought it contained a regulator although you said you were not sure.
The device in the fixed part of the box is a contactor and on the lid has the control switches.
All quite standard.
As you were!

Bob

Ah cool, yeah I know nothing, just recounting a conversation but obviously mixing my technologies.

Good to know it’s all in order.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Proper job!

Getting there mate, getting there.

 

[Phil]

Looking good Mark, nice progress.

Do you have to move all that stuff out to move equipment in, or just shuffle around?

Sure you will beat the 2018 Xmas deadline

 

[TrimTheKing]

Looking good Mark, nice progress.

Do you have to move all that stuff out to move equipment in, or just shuffle around?

Sure you will beat the 2018 Xmas deadline

There’s a lot of crud that needs binning, golf clubs into the shed, scaffold up into the mezzanine then move stuff in.

Spoke with another mate yesterday who own his own electricians company who is going to come round after a Christmas, test and certify so I can get the building regs sign off.

Whether I will move anything in from the container before Christmas is debatable though as we have very busy weekends between now and then...

 

[Rod]

Excuses, excuses, excuses [emoji3]

Pity we didn’t put money on it??

Rod

 

[TrimTheKing]

Excuses, excuses, excuses [emoji3]

Pity we didn’t put money on it??

Rod

Haha. I’ve given up really caring now mate. The past few months of various shiitty things happening has put a lot in perspective so this will happen when it happens and there are other more important things that need my attention, like spending quality time with my wife and kids.

I’m actually out there at the moment getting the final couple of ceiling based jobs sorted so the scaffold can come down, and also trying to get the doors back on now they’re painted and dry.

Christmas tree is up and kids decorating it so I have an hour to crack on.

 

[Rod]

Yes family are far more important than playing with bits of wood.
We are having replacement windows fitted this week, weather permitting, so no Christmas decorations here yet and I’ve still two more boxes to finish!

Rod

 

[TrimTheKing]

Well I’ve started 2019 in the manner in which I would hope to continue it, with some workshop progress.

Nothing major but tidying up the ragged edges and boarding out the Velux now completes all ceiling level tasks (save for a bit of painting) which is good. I’ll get the painting done tomorrow then it’s a couple of pieces of plasterboard to finish off the ceiling in the mezzanine, re-hang the doors, frame out the windows, get the electrics signed off, finish the threshold, tidy up and move in!

 

[Malc2098]

Star player!

 

[StevieB]

Looking Good - in by Easter?

 

[Doug]

A June finish would be good, the 3 year anniversary

Joking aside I added a velux to the workshop roof a few years after I’d built the shop & it’s been such a bonus, it’s great having natural light directly above the workbench

 

[RogerS]

....., it’s great having natural light directly above the workbench

Maybe it's the colour temperature of my LED panels but quite a few people that come to the garage/workshop and enter it comment on the light thinking it's coming in as daylight. Even had one bloke step back outside to double-check the roof as he didn't believe me :lol:

Have to admit though that I agree with you and can't wait to open up the side to let daylight into the cave.

 

[TrimTheKing]

I’m aiming to be moved in by the end of Jan at the latest as I then need the container space to move another room into to then renovate that room.

The velux is fantastic! Even with no nights on it’s reasonably bright even in the dull days of winter but with the lights on (and I went for daylight panels Roger) it’s like an operating theatre in there, which is exactly how I wanted it.

 

[Woodbloke]

The velux is fantastic! Even with no nights on it’s reasonably bright even in the dull days of winter but with the lights on (and I went for daylight panels Roger) it’s like an operating theatre in there, which is exactly how I wanted it.

You may find there's too much natural daylight and you end up being 'snow blind' (or a similar wood mangling expression). I had this problem when I built my 'shop a few years ago and placed the bench under a large window to get max daylight falling onto it. It's now on a back wall with 5' daylight tubes over it and a couple of large Ax led spots for good measure; it's much more comfortable now to work at the bench without getting a blinding headache - Rob

 

[TrimTheKing]

You may find there's too much natural day light and you end up being 'snow blind' (or a similar wood mangling expression). I had this problem when I built my 'shop a few years ago and placed the bench under a large window to get max daylight falling onto it. It's now on a back wall with 5' daylight tubes over it and a couple of large Ax led spots for good measure; it's much more comfortable now to work at the bench without getting a blinding headache - Rob

The velux is over the middle of the main area of the shop, which will be the machine area, and is pretty much west/south west facing. The workbench is under a window on the opposite wall and east/north east and as such only really gets the sunshine in the early morning so I think I should be alright.

That being said, it it's a problem then I will be putting in modular benching so it will be easy to modify.

 

[Malc2098]

'Modular benching'!

I like that.

 

[Doug]

Got to admit when I first setup the workshop I had my bench in front of the south west facing patio door which I didn’t like as the light could be so bright & directly in my face, I think this is why I particularly like the velux as it floods light from high above so I’m not working in my own shadow & unless I crank my head skywards the daylight is never in my face

I also used to have daylight fluorescent light fittings which were incredibly bright & while seemingly great at first I began to dislike after prolonged use hence going for a warmer white when I upgraded to LED’s.