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What Keeps Me Out of the Workshop
awemawson:
--- Quote from: Pete W. on April 13, 2015, 08:17:58 AM ---Hi there, Andrew,
I hope that you and yours are all well.
The new pig palace is looking good.
What's the latest lambing score?
--- End quote ---
Hi Pete, yes it's coming along nicely but rather slowly - I made the roof trusses this morning - I'll post pictures later.
As for the lambing, a single and a twin Jacobs this morning brings the score up to 26 so far. Just the tail end charlies now - expecting 35. It was to have been 36, but one was scanned as a twin, actually produced triplets, one was still born and another didn't survive the night, but the surviving one is quite sturdy for a triplet.
awemawson:
So as mentioned above I made the four simple trusses for the sty roof this morning. Usual crude building woodwork fixed with nail plates. I think that they're identical to the ones I made a few years back for the first sty - but as there's a 'ceiling' of 20 mm shuttering ply with 200 mm of rockwool insulation above I cannot actually see anything other than the lower few inches of them. The brickie builds the gable ends to the shape of the outer trusses, so they're needed before that bit of brickwork is done.
I doubt Brian the Brickie will be ready for them next weekend when he comes, but at least the pressure is off as they are ready and waiting, conveniently stacked across my Ifor Williams trailer.
awemawson:
Well a bonus day today (Thursday) as Brian the Brickie was unexpectedly able to give me another day laying bricks.
Incidentally, these bricks are all rejects from the local brick yard, and a fellow buys them as hard core, and has his wife and daughters sort out what is vaguely acceptable to lay, and pallatise them. They give a rustic charm :)
Zadig:
Just been watching Lord Emsworth extolling the virtues of Whiffle - reminded me of you.
You're making a lovely job Andrew, it's a pleasure to watch the progress.
NormanV:
Andrew, your talking of trusses reminds me of my first house that I built in Kenya (no building regulations). We made the first truss from 6x2s and as we tried to raise it up onto the top of the two storey building it slipped and crashed to the ground. amazingly no one was hurt and the truss was not damaged. We built the rest of the roof with 4x2s. the house is still standing.
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