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RossJarvis:
Phewee, two days work to write up.  We had friends round for tea last night, jolly tasty they were too!  But it’s put me a day behind keeping updated.

I think last time I’d put the end-rafters on and cut slots for the normal rafters, but not cut in the birds mouths.  So, with all the rafters in place, I strapped The Big Austrian across the rafters;



…and measured the drop to the end boards;



I could then mark up the rafter and squared back;



I could then cut out the birds mouths;



These boards were “waney edged” I think it’s called, with bark along the edges on one side;



Then I could start putting the rafters in;


I found one was a little out;



..so I recut the other birds mouth;



And then they were all in;



I wanted to mark out the front edge of the roof, so set the distance from the top of the end rafters, in multiples of 3 inches to where the front looked okay, I used the 3 inch measure as the “shingles” were 6”.  I cut a kerf in the rafter to slot the tape in;



Then I could clamp up The Big Austrian to mark out the ends of each rafter to get a good straight line;



Then I squared down for the rafter ends and marked out the “bottom” of the rafter, on one, to use as a template;





Then a bit of ZZZd  ZZZe ZZZd ZZZe;



And then I could cut the end rafter from the template, I also cut away some of the internal support, so it wouldn’t be seen so easily;



..and before we knew it, a bunch of rafters;



Some how, all my slots were a wee bit wider than necessary, so I cut some mini-wedges;



to wedge the doo-dahs;



….and then bashed some nails in to hold them down;



And then I could put the first three battens on;



The first two were on edge and the third was flat, this was to take account of the front row of shingles not having another shingle to rest on.  I used a rule to mark a straight line from the top of the front batten down to the third;



…..then apply the noisy blue machine to get a smooth planed line (not);



We’ll not get too worried about that, let’s just put some more battens on shall we;



…and then we’ll cut up some shingles;



I placed the shingles on the front battens, starting on a centre(ish) line, with a ¼” overhang, drilled holes for two nails at the top (to prevent splitting) and DDDRRRRRLLL, Bang;



I also pinned the front of the shingles down to prevent movement.  These pins are just plain steel wire, so will rust out in time;



and voila, two rows of shingles;





That was yesterday, and today ZZZd  ZZZe ZZd ZZe, BANG BANG BASH;



A finished log store!  I must say I’m well chuffed with the result (and even more chuffed with some of the jokes I’ve come up with along the way).  I generally enjoyed doing this and felt working in the garden, with only a bit of staging for a workbench was quite liberating.  I’ve learnt a lot and had some good repartee with people on this site.  I hope you enjoyed watching and had as much fun as I did.

Here’s a few details;



















Here’s what’s left of the £150 of wood;



And here it is gone;



Thanks for watching and thanks for all the friendly and helpful comments.  Cheery bye!

DaveH:
Hi Ross,
I enjoyed it - very good  :thumbup: :clap:

Will there be any sides?
 :beer:
DaveH

RossJarvis:

--- Quote from: DaveH on September 06, 2013, 06:52:30 PM ---Hi Ross,
I enjoyed it - very good  :thumbup: :clap:

Will there be any sides?
 :beer:
DaveH

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I was thinking about that, Pete or Pekka mentioned having slats to hold stuff in but let air circulate, or have removable panels.  It wasn't planned in.  I'll wait to see how things work out.  The mark 1 version doesn't and seems fine.  The issue would be whether the logs fall out or if the "wet" gets in.  Some kind of divider would probably help too.  I think routing a slot down the centre of the posts would give the option of removable bits of batten.

Cheers Dave :wave:

tom osselton:
Well done I've enjoyed the build and the humor! Now that it is done did you let your apprentice go or keep him on?

RossJarvis:

--- Quote from: tom osselton on September 07, 2013, 02:36:37 AM ---Well done I've enjoyed the build and the humor! Now that it is done did you let your apprentice go or keep him on?

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Well, he wont shift anything, fetch anything, steals the Hob-nobs and is very cheeky and I can't see him earning much from any work :scratch:, but he's actually quite good company and very affectionate, I think I'll keep him on :loco:

Thanks for watching Tom

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