Recent content by ScottyT

more progress on the FM, it’s really starting to look like a planer again and my big pile of old cast iron is getting smaller and smaller. I’ve fitted the block castings back onto the machine, they also take the feed gear and pressure bars, so it’s been a big big leap forwards getting them...

That’s the great thing with the rod Niall, it became apparent quickly the computer had a hard time spitting it out. Sections 1&4 are the same dims and 2&3 are the same, so I’ve made both pairs run the same, it looks ok. It’s funny you mention the Swastika as we were having a chat about this at...

Not on this bridge as although it’s big for me on my own, it’s relatively tiny and no issue to get the timber in one piece. We have however made a 22m bridge many years ago, that was massive and laminated. Scotty

If a story pole is what aids you in making something Pete then I can only assume yes it is! Thankyou for the interest and I hope you enjoy the thread as it unfolds Scotty

the rod isn’t calculations as such Mike, in most instances the drawing (if I’m lucky enough to get one 😄) has all the salient details on it, it’s just a ‘to full scale’ drawing to enable me to actually make it accurately. When I prepare my various components from rough sawn, they will lay...

I have the rod finished and the template for the 2 main beams out ready to go. I need to run the hand rail and the bottom rail out Monday, I got sidetracked with my planer this afternoon and ran out of time for this. It’s been very enjoyable drawing it out, with the bottom curves working out to...

Hi Mike, I rod everything out I make 1:1 and put every detail you can imagine onto it. Position of mortice and tenons, depth of tenons, haunch sizes, it gives me my cutting list, positions of all components and how and where they land (particularly important for curved work) all my radii...

Bravo. What a marvellous job.

That is awesome

Hi Deema. Thanks for the interest. There won’t be any ‘crush effect’ on the infills from the top and bottom rails (atleast not enough to upset any joints or promote warping) as there will be ample room in my mortices for them to simply move up in the opposite direction, almost a slide if you...

Hi Andy, i don’t get involved In any design work myself. By the time it gets to me the client has signed the final approval and we’re off. This was about design #25 I think 😄 Thanks for the interest Scotty

Everything on it joint wise will be mortice and tenon Paul. It’s big stuff, 4x4 handrail up top, 6x6 O/S posts, 5x5 I/S posts, 3x4 bottom rails, all the lattice work is 3x3 etc etc so I can sink a nice big chisel in everywhere.

Yeah this should be a good one, it’s got a little bit of everything going on and it’s nice and straight forward from almost all aspects, it’s size may be problematic but I still think all will be generally well. Thanks for the interest Scotty

Been a while since I posted any woodwork on here, but I’ve got a decent job building an oak bridge, the usual start to finish style I’ll post as I go I think, it’s a shade over 5M long, gentle curve in it with lattice in-fills to stop any spills over the side. It’ll be a good job machining wise...

It would be a shiny penny I should think. It is so well made you have to see it in person to really appreciate it. When I brought it I couldn’t view it in person, so I asked some salient questions and took a punt on it. When it turned up I was surprised at the immense size of it in such a small...