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Err, what happened to the time? I seem to have lost about five months! In this time, the workshop hasn’t actually changed visually. However, I do have a door frame, two doors and four double glazed panels. All I need is the weather to be kind for long enough....and a good kick in the posterior...

Hi Drew, I wouldn't worry about the 'resurrection'. My build hasn't moved on any either. There are just too many other things to do. The 'Lutherie' den is looking good though. Those hinges look very like the ones used on uPVC doors - they have adjustment in all planes which is very handy...

Hello Adam, I wasn't expecting a tutorial :shock: just a description of the build warts and all, as suggested by Mick Cheese. Thanks for the recommendation of Cumpiano's book, I look forward to diving into that. I do have a hankering to try and make a Selmer/Maccaferri, so I guess that I...

Hello to Kalimna, and treds 1, Gentlemen, could I persuade you to write a WIP on the 'acoustic' construction procedure? I for one would be very interested, and I know that there are quite a number of others on this forum who share the 'guitar habit' - Mick Cheese and Silverbirch come to mind...

Hello Drew, The cladding is looking good; are you going to leave it to weather naturally; and will you be making the doors yourself? I glued up the first half of the 'front' doors for my build yesterday, and will do the second today. Your guitar has a very 'clean and crisp' look about it...

Hello Drew, The roof looks as if it has been done by a pro.... :) F H’s suggestion is a good one, and it would add ’interest’ to the look of the workshop. To get the best out of the cladding, do paint all round (if you are coating that is). It extends the life of the cladding - the Americans...

Hi Steve, Well done on the weight loss. Don’t worry about the slowing down; think of it in a proportionate way. The last half stone is never going to fall off like the first stone did. The biggest barrier is tuning the mind to think that a small meal is an adequate meal. We found that if done...

Diet is die with a 't'.... :shock: Diane and I watched the three programmes by Dr Mosely, and very thought provoking they were. I being of a pragmatic nature came up with the following thought, based on films and pictures seen over the years. No fat people came out of a prisoner of war camp...

Hi Drew, Your method of holding the trusses upright sounds good to me. Even though the first truss will be set as perfect as can be, beware - drifting can take place, so check the trusses with a long level at regular intervals...to be sure. But to be honest..a slight deviation won't make a jot...

Morning wobblycogs, Yes, the Bosch SCMS is available over here, and it is a bit of a brute, but feels good to use (I tried it at Grahams in Chester). What a crying shame that you can't have, at least, a rectangle to work with :cry: Greg's suggestion of a separte, reasonably cheap shed/sheds...

Morning Drew, Isn't it amazing how fast this part of the build comes together (said Dick, who still hasn't finally finished his build) :cry: :) You have done a grand job so far, and the fink trusses look fine. Using this method will make the roof assembly fly as well - it is so satisfying...

Good morning Alan, I'm glad that I was able to 'entertain' you :) and as for awsome....from you, with your capacity for work and standard, is truly humbling :oops: I can't help feeling that you would have had it finished in far less time...I wish that I had some of your drive and ability to...

I started with Turbocad, which works well for 2D isometric type drawings, but in 3D it was hard work. Sketchup is a bit of a learning curve, but I have found it invaluable over the years. In the last ten years, everything that I have made has been visualised in Sketchup first. For me, it helps...

Hi Kirk, Just for you.......one willow yurt with round windows - but no skylights, I will rely on dappled light through the gaps :) The sketchup drawing took longer to do than the the hut will in growing :shock: But, I have learned an amount about using rubies (plugins); boy, do they help...

Hi folks, Hello Triggaaar and Graham, welcome to the madness. :) Thanks for all the kind comments; we still can’t believe that two old farts like us could achieve that which we have. So, if we can do it, all the young ditherers out there - just go for it....... The only thing that you have...

Nick, The lower link in Dibs post are the ones that I used - they are in Yorkshire. It's got to be better than nothing, and it might extend the life of the shingles, as well as lower the shed temp. a little. Regards...Dick.

Morning all, Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.... :) Hello Red...you slave driver you :o but I’m glad that you find it interesting. Hello Halo...Thanks for the concern. We don’t do relaxing; the most that we could take of sitting by the pool and reading, would be three...

Hi Merlin, Thanks for the pics. He's a bit of a beast in comparison with my Record PT260 :) Regards....DIck.

Hello Merlin, I'm glad that 'Mr M' is holding up. Could you put up a picture, so that I can see what we have been investigating? Regards...Dick.

Hi Kirk, I stand humbly corrected. :oops: :wink: Allen Bradley were some of the earliest contactors that I worked on. They were true to the American philosophy - built like a tank. So carry on polishing the contacts for many more years :) :) They can take it. Regards...Dick.