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DaveH:
Like they say, "It's the journey that is important, not the destination" :)
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DaveH
RossJarvis:
--- Quote from: DaveH on September 02, 2013, 06:09:40 PM ---Like they say, "It's the journey that is important, not the destination" :)
:beer:
DaveH
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Cheers Dave :beer:
I am very much enjoying this journey and don't want to reach the end, mind you, the old back's got a different story to tell!
PeterE:
You are doing a super job in a classical manner. I am enjoying the build very much! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Cheers :beer:
/Peter
RossJarvis:
Ooh, Ow, Eek, Me Back. Absolutely shattered for some reason. It’s been one of those days where I seem to have been doing stuff all day, I’m worn out, yet nothing much seems to have got done, and what was done seems very unsatisfactory. Ever had one of those days yourself?
First thing I thought I needed to sharpen the big Swede (chisel), as he’d seemed to be getting a bit blunt yesterday, so I might as well do the block plane iron too. Out with the stones and, ooh, they do seem a bit curvilicious and not particularly flat. So on with flattening stones, several-teen hours later there’s a ton of grit in me sink (with last nights washing up!) and two possibly, or possibly not, bits of sharp metal. Then out to the “workshop” and what shall I do now? Hmm, let’s get rid of some o’ them pegs shall we, so lets find the pull saw;
I’m presuming it had a few more teeth when I bought it! (I also believe the blade may have been straight too, not quite so S shape!) Anyway, ZZZZd ZZZe and off popped the peg ends;
…and the large Swede (Rutabagan!) seemed to be up to a bit of paring down;
Then I came back to an earlier idea about making some of the adjoining timbers a bit flusher, plus dealing with the slight (ahem) surface imperfections. This is where I think it all started going downhill at a greater rate of acceleration;
….Let’s concede to modernity shall we! Put a big motor on summat and see what we can do. B******s it all up is what we can B****y well do matey! SSSSSSKKKRRRREEEEEEEE VVVVRRRRRIIPPP, large amounts of shavings everywhere (you should see the state of the apprentice’s A**e where he’s been sitting down all day) and a complete B******s of a surface finish everywhere;
And that’s after I’ve tried tidying up with a proper plane and the big Swede! I imagine there was a good reason for buying that thing and I’m sure it’s been of some use at some stage, but generally I’ve never been satisfied with how it sounds, the blinking cable always getting snagged, or the finish. It’s okay for getting rid of wood quickly, but you’ve always got to get a proper plane out to make stuff look nice. Plus, it’s terrifyingly easy to go wrong too quick.
Nextly, putting in the floor. I bunged a board down and “hey ho”, looky here the boards bent;
I don’t know if you can see, but the end of the board is about ½” away from the far post when the middle is touching, the near end is ½” out from the post too. Not a problem, if I mark in the same distance from the posts, I can cut some notches in and it’ll all be right. Did one side and put a board in the other side and blow me, another bent board. I know I’ll turn it round and the bend might be the right way round! Ah! Ummm, It appears the boards are actually straight and the log store’s bent. Hey ho, worse things happen at sea (so the boat builders tell me, which is why they never leave dry land!). Measure in the same distance from the posts, knock out some square holes and bamm! It fits. Time to revert to modernity again;
..I’mm at that point where I don’t care how a traditional floor was laid, this one’s going to be nailed down with them twisty nail things what get turned into the wood. On with the handy doo dah, which drills and countersinks in one go!;
…or to be slightly more precise, breaks your drill and doesn’t countersink in one go (I have two sets of these, Screwfix and Disston, they both work (not) the same way). WHHHIIIRRR JJGGG JGGGGG, and here we have it, one floor;
There were bits of board sticking out each end, so I had a clever idea, cut them after they’re fixed and you’ll have nice even flush ends;
….B******s I will, I’ll have a lot of scrappy chunked out bits of wood and cuts all over the ends of me log store. However, in with the Bosch and;
Moderately, slightly less bad ends! Humdy Ho, Thought I might have had the roof on and job finished today. Let’s see what tomorrow brings shall we? See you later!
RossJarvis:
--- Quote from: PeterE on September 03, 2013, 12:15:36 PM ---You are doing a super job in a classical manner. I am enjoying the build very much! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Cheers :beer:
/Peter
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Peter, Thanks for the kind comment :thumbup: I needed some cheering up :( > :wave:
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