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RossJarvis:
Mosey
You'd have been impressed. I was sitting out in the "workshop" and a Spitfire flew over the house, at about 1000 feet. It's airshow season, so we've had a number of bi-planes, including a possible Swordfish (which appeared to be either still or in reverse), C130s in pairs at about 200 feet, and we get Chinooks and Pumas lower. I've seen a Lancaster and the last Vulcan too, but not this year. Best I've seen is about 3 or 4 spits and 1 hurricane together. Just wish someone would send a Typhoon over (the proper one, with Napier up front, not the new fangled Euro Wotsit).
mosey:
It is air show time here, also.
There is a B-17 at the nearby military airport, and they offer rides for about $500.00. I passed that up, but did get to crawl around inside while parked. There are quite a few Spitfires and Mustangs still flying around here. Good for the circulation.
Mosey
RossJarvis:
Crumbs, I’m finally getting somewhere at last. Last time we saw each other I’d got the back frame lying down with some tie beams and joists sticking out of it. All I needed to do was make some mortices on the back of the front frame and fit the tenons to the mortices (oh and make two braces). This time I thought I’d trim the tenon ends of the braces before cutting the tenons;
I’m not sure if that saved me any time but who knows? Next I fitted the tenons to the mortices. I did this by laying the tenon piece on the mortice piece with the edges flush;
And using the chisel I could mark if any of the tenon was wider than the mortice. You might be able to see that the tenon and mortice are slightly off centre, due to the way I’m using a chisel thickness to mark in from one common edge. Then all I needed to do was shave (pare?) the bit of the tenon which was too thick. This was slightly more planned than previous attempts, where I just made the wood fit in the hole. Doing that didn’t help the edges of the wood lie flush.
Next thing was to square up the braced tie beam. So I popped this in its hole with the brace;
And checked for square (with a square!). Here you may see a gap. By now I was starting to realise there were a number of ways to fiddle these things in, trimming the tenon shoulders, moving the hole one way or the other, or, in this instance I trimmed the end/edge/whatever of the tenon to shift it sideways in the hole;
All I needed to do now was make the mortices in the front frame pieces. However some of you may remember that I thought I’d be clever and peg it all together. This left me two choices; a, put the morticer on the floor, under the frame and cut the holes, or b, take it all apart again. Neither choice seemed particularly effortless, however I did go for b, using;
….a de-framing hammer and a de-framing nail. Put the flat end of the nail on the end of your peg and bash the pointy end with the hammer! A few thumbs later (lucky I’ve got a good supply of them!), I realised that if I held the nail with some pliers, my thumb supply would last longer. BBBRRRR WHHHIZZ SHIMM SHIMM and look, I’ve got a big pile of sticks again;
The problem with the traditional framing style, is that you start off with a pile of sticks, offer them up to each other, trim a bit here and there, fit ‘em together and then you take it apart again. This goes on for b****y ages. Essentially you build the whole thing a bit at a time about 70 times over again. Oh and look who came out for a hard afternoons sunbathing;
If I had half a mind I’d stop paying the little blighter! Anyway, he did offer to give a hand putting it together….and then fell asleep;
So I had to do it me-sen (as they say in Sheffield). First off, get the back frame laid out and pegged up (or is it laid up and pegged out?);
Then add some joining-together sticks;
Which is nearly exactly where I was 6 hours of hard work earlier! And then bung the front frame on;
…and hey hum, Robert’s yer fathers brother, job done! One made up timber frame log store (nearly);
Or I suppose it could be one bizarrely naked Welsh Dresser! And here’s one of the last views of a nicely braced floor before the boards go on;
Crumbs (again), I’m absolutely knackered and there’s salt stains all over me polo shirt. Bring on the morrow and I may have actually nearly finished this job (I seem to remember thinking that this time last week!)
TTFN
tom osselton:
I have been following the build it Looks really good was it worth the time? I'm just waiting for the morrow ( of the story ) :lol:
RossJarvis:
In terms of the log store, it could be debatable as to the time-worthwhilability, however, as a learning experience, yes, probably!
Tomorrow may tell, thanks for the comment :thumbup:.
Ross
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