SammyQ
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Chris, where is the shipyard in Knottingley please? I visit my sister there and the only funnels I've ever seen where at the power station......
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Steve's workshop - Painting the outside walls
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JanetsBears
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There's not much of it left these days but it was all on the left just before you leave Knottingley heading East towards Selby/Goole/Hull:SammyQ":zd8oagvi said:
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Chris
monkeybiter
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I work about 13 miles from there, historically the factory used a particular green paint for buildings and logos. Apparently quite a few employees cars were also brush painted in the same shade!
Steve Maskery
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I wasn't expecting Ray to come over today, I thought we were both going to work in someone else's garden today and work here tomorrow, but apparently I don't listen to my answering machine.
His first comment was, "There's not much to show for a week!". Hmmmm.
We started by finding our levels for the block paving and found that we needed to remove the concrete that is in front of the double doors. There is a limit of how close we can get the saw to the door, so there is a strip left, but we can bed the blocks pretty much directly onto that.
The saw didn't want to start
but eventually it was bullied into life
Ray started to cut
and it got dustier
and dustier
and dustier, until I couldn't stand there any longer. My sunglasses are safety glasses and they wrap around quite tightly, but they are not entirely dust proof and if there is one thing that contact-lens wearers don't like it dust on a windy day.
I was just glad that no neighbours had any washing out, or I would not be very popular at all.
With the line cut, we started to dig it out.
Actually, most of the time it was me levering and Ray bashing, my hunky body making this one job that I could do better than Ray.
So by lunchtime we had got half of it out, me taking it to the tip whilst Ray carried on breaking.
Going
Gone
The concrete at the left side is a bit bulging out over to next door, so we are going to have to chop out for our fence posts a little there.
I am absolutely knackered. Even Ray said he'd had enough. My eyes feel like they have been sand-blasted. I just hope that my lenses have not been scratched. I know it's not half-past-five yet but I am seriously thinking of skipping dinner, having a bath and going to bed.
His first comment was, "There's not much to show for a week!". Hmmmm.
We started by finding our levels for the block paving and found that we needed to remove the concrete that is in front of the double doors. There is a limit of how close we can get the saw to the door, so there is a strip left, but we can bed the blocks pretty much directly onto that.
The saw didn't want to start
but eventually it was bullied into life
Ray started to cut
and it got dustier
and dustier
and dustier, until I couldn't stand there any longer. My sunglasses are safety glasses and they wrap around quite tightly, but they are not entirely dust proof and if there is one thing that contact-lens wearers don't like it dust on a windy day.
I was just glad that no neighbours had any washing out, or I would not be very popular at all.
With the line cut, we started to dig it out.
Actually, most of the time it was me levering and Ray bashing, my hunky body making this one job that I could do better than Ray.
So by lunchtime we had got half of it out, me taking it to the tip whilst Ray carried on breaking.
Going
Gone
The concrete at the left side is a bit bulging out over to next door, so we are going to have to chop out for our fence posts a little there.
I am absolutely knackered. Even Ray said he'd had enough. My eyes feel like they have been sand-blasted. I just hope that my lenses have not been scratched. I know it's not half-past-five yet but I am seriously thinking of skipping dinner, having a bath and going to bed.
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Steve Maskery
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I also received a nice present yesterday.
My mate Mark at the Community Workshop is the King of Pyro. Now normally I don't really like pyrography, but whenever we hold courses, they are always well-attended so I recognise that some people do actually like it as an art form. Indeed, some of Mark's work is really rather good. He has a Facebook page with some of his work on.
He has made me this:
I designed it, but he has burned and framed it. I rather like it. Thank you, Mark.
My mate Mark at the Community Workshop is the King of Pyro. Now normally I don't really like pyrography, but whenever we hold courses, they are always well-attended so I recognise that some people do actually like it as an art form. Indeed, some of Mark's work is really rather good. He has a Facebook page with some of his work on.
He has made me this:
I designed it, but he has burned and framed it. I rather like it. Thank you, Mark.
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RogerS
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Steve, why didn't you feed a dribble of water from a hose into the cut? Kills the dust.
Steve Maskery
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I've done a bit more to my router table. The new Incra plate that I bought is shorter and wider than the Tilgear plate I had in before, so it doesn't fit and I would have some gaps to fill if I simply made the hole wider. So I'm making a new top.
I prepped some oak strips at the Community Workshop on Tuesday. They had been flooring and had nails in, but they have cleaned up beautifully. So I trimmed up my MDF and started to lip it. I lost all my sash cramps, but fortunately I still have all my trigger clamps. They are not long enough, of course, but at least I can use them along the edge with wedges to hold the strips in place. So I did this yesterday:
And today, between the sunny spells, I trimmed all the edges flush with a router:
I do have a piece of Formica for it. It's no longer very flat, so I'm not sure yet if it is still useable.
Ray came today. The weatherman said "Showers", but in fact it has rained most of the day. Miserable, actually.
We started by getting our levels for this block paving. We decided on a fall of about 25mm over the 1.9m of the path and screwed slate lath to the wall of the building and set a 4x2 along the trench I'd already dug. It was then a case of digging out (Ray) and barrowing away (me)
I've ordered 4 new fence posts and some gravel boards and we have worked out that we need another 80 or so bricks for the retaining wall.
I'm not enjoying this bit. I just want it done.
I prepped some oak strips at the Community Workshop on Tuesday. They had been flooring and had nails in, but they have cleaned up beautifully. So I trimmed up my MDF and started to lip it. I lost all my sash cramps, but fortunately I still have all my trigger clamps. They are not long enough, of course, but at least I can use them along the edge with wedges to hold the strips in place. So I did this yesterday:
And today, between the sunny spells, I trimmed all the edges flush with a router:
I do have a piece of Formica for it. It's no longer very flat, so I'm not sure yet if it is still useable.
Ray came today. The weatherman said "Showers", but in fact it has rained most of the day. Miserable, actually.
We started by getting our levels for this block paving. We decided on a fall of about 25mm over the 1.9m of the path and screwed slate lath to the wall of the building and set a 4x2 along the trench I'd already dug. It was then a case of digging out (Ray) and barrowing away (me)
I've ordered 4 new fence posts and some gravel boards and we have worked out that we need another 80 or so bricks for the retaining wall.
I'm not enjoying this bit. I just want it done.
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Wizard9999
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Steve, have you had a go at fitting the Kreg plate yet? I ask as the one comment about it on their US website is somebody who says it is fine, but complaining about the 3/4 inch corner radius and the difficulty this has given them in terms of fitting. I have been given a second hand router table with a US size plate hole, so am in the market for one that size, but hadn't thought that even though it may be the same size the corner radii may be different.
Terry.
Terry.
Steve Maskery
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Ah yes. The Corners. They are a pain. Why? Why make it like that? It would make so much more sense to have a 1/4" radius so you can use a 1/2" cutter in a rectangular frame.
I've worked out how to do it, I think, and I shall blog it as I have the rest so far.
The other problem I have is that the router I shall use is a T11, which has the built-in base adjuster. But there is no hole for that pre-drilled, and if I do it manually it fouls one of the pin-holes. I rather wish I'd bought an undrilled one and made them in the orientation I want.
It isn't.
I've worked out how to do it, I think, and I shall blog it as I have the rest so far.
The other problem I have is that the router I shall use is a T11, which has the built-in base adjuster. But there is no hole for that pre-drilled, and if I do it manually it fouls one of the pin-holes. I rather wish I'd bought an undrilled one and made them in the orientation I want.
It isn't.
Steve Maskery
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This morning I carried on with the RT top. All my glue lines are nice and tight and the flush-trim jig does an almost perfect job. A quick whizz with a sander did the last 1%.
I retrieved my Formica from its stack in the garden, and was not at all sure it would be usable, but a bit of a clean up and it looks fine So I used spray adhesive to attach it to the MDF top. It's a contact adhesive, so there is no margin for sliding it about. So I used some sticks to keep the two surfaces apart until I was happy I'd got it in the right place. Then I removed the sticks and rolled it down.
Even being careful, I was shy at one corner by a hair, less than 1mm, but that will get lost in a mo. I flush-trimmed the Formica and used a guide bush and my corner-rounding jig to put a, well, round corner, on the, er, corners.
The only 1/2" straight cutter I have at the mo is not that long so I had to finish it off with a bearing-guided flush-trim.
Then a bit of a round-over, which cures that tad-shy problem
I retrieved my Formica from its stack in the garden, and was not at all sure it would be usable, but a bit of a clean up and it looks fine So I used spray adhesive to attach it to the MDF top. It's a contact adhesive, so there is no margin for sliding it about. So I used some sticks to keep the two surfaces apart until I was happy I'd got it in the right place. Then I removed the sticks and rolled it down.
Even being careful, I was shy at one corner by a hair, less than 1mm, but that will get lost in a mo. I flush-trimmed the Formica and used a guide bush and my corner-rounding jig to put a, well, round corner, on the, er, corners.
The only 1/2" straight cutter I have at the mo is not that long so I had to finish it off with a bearing-guided flush-trim.
Then a bit of a round-over, which cures that tad-shy problem
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Steve Maskery
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So now how to deal with these pesky round corners?
Hmm. I had it all planned.
I'd made an MDF copy of the RT plate at the Community Workshop.
My intention was to use it to make a female template, using a 30mm guide bush and 1/2" cutter. Then I could use that template, with the same cutter and guide bush, to cut out the recess and I'd be back to the original shape.
So I screwed the copy to a piece of OSB and routed away. I slipped and ruined it, but I simply re-sited the RT copy and had another go.
The cut out the waste with a jigsaw
and flush-trim to the original routing line
And I felt very pleased with myself,
until I did a test on a piece of scrap
Doh! Of course, I was back EXACTLY where I started, with a directly copy of my RT plate. silly person!
So that was a few pieces of OSB and an afternoon wasted, but at least I did a test before using it on my top.
But, like Baldrick, I have another Cunning Plan. I just need to find a couple of pencils.
Hmm. I had it all planned.
I'd made an MDF copy of the RT plate at the Community Workshop.
My intention was to use it to make a female template, using a 30mm guide bush and 1/2" cutter. Then I could use that template, with the same cutter and guide bush, to cut out the recess and I'd be back to the original shape.
So I screwed the copy to a piece of OSB and routed away. I slipped and ruined it, but I simply re-sited the RT copy and had another go.
The cut out the waste with a jigsaw
and flush-trim to the original routing line
And I felt very pleased with myself,
until I did a test on a piece of scrap
Doh! Of course, I was back EXACTLY where I started, with a directly copy of my RT plate. silly person!
So that was a few pieces of OSB and an afternoon wasted, but at least I did a test before using it on my top.
But, like Baldrick, I have another Cunning Plan. I just need to find a couple of pencils.
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lurker
Le dullard de la commune
Just the sort of cock up I'd be famous for ........ If I was to tell anyone #-o
wcndave
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Use your drill press to do the corners, track saw for the middle of the sides, finish up with jigsaw. Simples
wcndave
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Or take your oversize template you've now made and use appropriate guide bush to get back to original.
Steve Maskery
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The latter idea would be good, except that I don't have the right GB.
But, as I say, I do have another approach.
We'll just have to see if it works or whether it, too, makes me look stupid.
S
But, as I say, I do have another approach.
We'll just have to see if it works or whether it, too, makes me look stupid.
S
Steve Maskery
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Steve Maskery
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Before we can lay the base for the block paving, there are a few areas where we need to create a resistant boundary.
The left hand side is open to the neighbours', because the wall of the original shack was, in effect, the boundary wall. Unfortunately, the concrete base bulges out quite a bit and it is very thick there. Fortunately the neighbours are relaxed about that and are just glad that their view has been improved, so we've cut out enough to get the posts in, but the limit is how close to the original concrete base we can get the gravel boards.
So today my mate Steve came to lend a hand. We set up the end post first:
and used Postcrete to bed it in.
All those bricks you can see are ones we dragged out of the nettles and briars at the bottom of their garden. They are happy and we have some bricks we can use.
Then we set out a string and carried the other posts down the garden.
They are heavy enough, but the delivery man this morning carried not just one of the posts, but one of the 12" gravel boards, off the waggon and down the drive, all on his own. He treated it like it was no more than a bag of shopping.
So by 3 o'clock we had the posts in. Unfortunately one has leaned a tad, but it's too late to do anything about it now. I'm hoping it won't be so obvious when the panels are in place.
We've also put in another gravel board on the RH side of the garden, so I now have a hard edge right up to the retaining wall at the front, which will be the next bit.
The left hand side is open to the neighbours', because the wall of the original shack was, in effect, the boundary wall. Unfortunately, the concrete base bulges out quite a bit and it is very thick there. Fortunately the neighbours are relaxed about that and are just glad that their view has been improved, so we've cut out enough to get the posts in, but the limit is how close to the original concrete base we can get the gravel boards.
So today my mate Steve came to lend a hand. We set up the end post first:
and used Postcrete to bed it in.
All those bricks you can see are ones we dragged out of the nettles and briars at the bottom of their garden. They are happy and we have some bricks we can use.
Then we set out a string and carried the other posts down the garden.
They are heavy enough, but the delivery man this morning carried not just one of the posts, but one of the 12" gravel boards, off the waggon and down the drive, all on his own. He treated it like it was no more than a bag of shopping.
So by 3 o'clock we had the posts in. Unfortunately one has leaned a tad, but it's too late to do anything about it now. I'm hoping it won't be so obvious when the panels are in place.
We've also put in another gravel board on the RH side of the garden, so I now have a hard edge right up to the retaining wall at the front, which will be the next bit.
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Interested to see how you go about slotting the fence panels in Steve. I had to replace one for my mum in law a while ago and it was a bit of fun ! I guess with a few to do I would have given it some more thought and made a jig or some kind of rig or something to help !
Cheers, Paul
Cheers, Paul
Steve Maskery
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Wednesday = Rayday.
When we fitted the gravel boards last week there was a short section at the back which we did not finish. So today, Ray brought along a concrete edging strip and I had bought another gravel board. With a bit of cutting we could fill the gap.
We need a foundation for the low retaining wall. Not sure yet who is going to build it. I have done some brickwork in the past, but it was a loooong time ago and my personal standards have risen since then, even though my skill level hasn't, so I'm not sure I'll be happy with my own work. We'll see. Anyway, rather than shuttering, mixing concrete and pouring it, Ray suggested using more gravel boards laid on sand. The wall is going to be only a few courses, so it should be more than adequate.
The ground at the sides falls away quite a bit towards the back and I want to keep it fairly level, so there is a bit of infill to do. I have a pile of broken paving slabs and old bricks, so we put the bricks at the far end, then the 2" slabs in the middle and the 1" slabs towards the front. It's quite some crazy paving, but it's just to fill the void, something on which to lay the sand and blocks.
I've got double-Ray this week, so more tomorrow, all being well.
When we fitted the gravel boards last week there was a short section at the back which we did not finish. So today, Ray brought along a concrete edging strip and I had bought another gravel board. With a bit of cutting we could fill the gap.
We need a foundation for the low retaining wall. Not sure yet who is going to build it. I have done some brickwork in the past, but it was a loooong time ago and my personal standards have risen since then, even though my skill level hasn't, so I'm not sure I'll be happy with my own work. We'll see. Anyway, rather than shuttering, mixing concrete and pouring it, Ray suggested using more gravel boards laid on sand. The wall is going to be only a few courses, so it should be more than adequate.
The ground at the sides falls away quite a bit towards the back and I want to keep it fairly level, so there is a bit of infill to do. I have a pile of broken paving slabs and old bricks, so we put the bricks at the far end, then the 2" slabs in the middle and the 1" slabs towards the front. It's quite some crazy paving, but it's just to fill the void, something on which to lay the sand and blocks.
I've got double-Ray this week, so more tomorrow, all being well.
