Thread: A Para's Shed

Well Thursday came and went, they managed to get the Fascia, Mezza-ladder and Gate up.

The welded rail was the wrong size, so that has to be sent back to be recut and powder coated again, i'm not really happy with the Pallet Gate that was installed, to me it just looks like someone was lazy and just powder coated a Farm gate

So that will be getting replaced with a new one made from the same profile and height as the balustrade material.

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Starting to get a few tools in, most of my Systainers have yellowed, the Systainer ports are showing there age, after a few international trips but they still roll around, bit a little wobbly after it looks like to much weight has bent some castors and also flats spots on the castors.

but they are close to nine years old now, But they are bloody handy, I'm going to need a another one soon

I've put up some temp racking (Not Pictured), on the weekend to store tools and crap until the sparky wires up my lights and plugs... maybe this week... well see.

Started on a Vic Ash/Tassie Oak kitchenette bench yesterday and now I'm just waiting for the PVA to cure and then maybe tomorrow i'll get a it sanded up and a first coat on it..


Slowly getting there..

I've been working on the Vic ask/Tassie Oak Kitchette bench top this week, got the final oil on the top yesterday, so today, i taped it up and cut out the sink..

I was going to wait until i had a spare hand to install the top, but i decided to use the duct lifer to move the top into place, with a little trimming it slowed in perfectly

Managed to get all the screws in and then siliconed and fixed down the sink, it was a little difficult as i lowered the bench height to 800mm to make it more wheelchair friendly.

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I was going to do the plumbing myself, but as there are plumbers onsite next door at the moment, one of the lads will sort out the waste and water fittings on Monday.

Now i've just got to make up a front panel template to to hide the hotwater unit, the gap above the fridge across to the wall to semi conceal the sink and yes there will be an access panel to get to the hotwater unit)

I'll just have to wait until i get in some black melamine for my workshop cabinets, so I'm not up for a delivery fee for one sheet for this job.

I'll take some better pics once I've made the front panel.

Tomorrows job is to clean up my tools, as even though i oiled and wrapped my hand tools in butchers paper, i still got a little light rusting


Sparky is coming Tuesday/Weds and hopefully the mezzanine gate rail is resolved Thurs/Friday.

Originally Posted by bryn23

Well Thursday came and went, they managed to get the Fascia, Mezza-ladder and Gate up.

The welded rail was the wrong size, so that has to be sent back to be recut and powder coated again, i'm not really happy with the Pallet Gate that was installed, to me it just looks like someone was lazy and just powder coated a Farm gate

So that will be getting replaced with a new one made from the same profile and height as the balustrade material.

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Looks like a stock fence, sheep dog trials... or duck herding

yeah, it was a poor effort at a gate, they are currently making up a new one, in the same profile as the railing.

I still can't believe that someone would find that acceptable.

Originally Posted by node105

Looks like a stock fence, sheep dog trials... or duck herding

Close, they have used dog mesh on the gate by the look of it. Must be for the dog Bryn will have guarding all the valuable timber up there Ive got swing gates on my mezzanine, but should have made it a slider instead. Safer and saves space. Hate having to move stuff just to close the gate.

nice work on the bench top Bryn, looks great. Make sure the trades you've got coming in match that level of workmanship and you'll be fine. Oh, the sawhorses, are they toughbuilt ones?

In hindsight a slider would have been the better option, i did ask after there latest stuff up, but the guys that make them told me that they avoid them as when the rails and gate are powder coated as the powder coat quickly gets damaged.

I should be able swing the gate out as well as in, unless they put a outward stop on it, although my current plans have nothing behind the gate, so in theory for now there should be no items to move.. for now

As for the saw horses, they are Stanley Horses, i had a job that needed them ASAP, and the local tool shop had these for around $90 a pair

They fold up and ill be making a wall mounted hanger for them when i have time.

https://www.cltoolcentre.com.au/stan...saw-horse.html


That reminds me, that i should go and get another set, so i can break down some 8 x 4 sheets next week.

I just have to screw a sacrificial timber strip on them, ill most likely just install a rivnut and then a deep recessed bolt through the timber strip.

then saw away

Haven't seen the Stanley horses before, but they look identical to the Toughbuilt C300 ones my local Bunnings had on clearance a while back. The better Toughbuilt ones like the C650 are height adjustable and have stops on the legs to hold a sheet vertically, it might be worth the extra hundred a pair for the flexibility. They also take a 4x2 in the ends so a pair can make up a jobsite table. Sydney Tools sells them down here, don't know if anyone in Brissie sells them though.

Originally Posted by richmond68

Haven't seen the Stanley horses before, but they look identical to the Toughbuilt C300 ones my local Bunnings had on clearance a while back. The better Toughbuilt ones like the C650 are height adjustable and have stops on the legs to hold a sheet vertically, it might be worth the extra hundred a pair for the flexibility. They also take a 4x2 in the ends so a pair can make up a jobsite table. Sydney Tools sells them down here, don't know if anyone in Brissie sells them though.

I did look at the ToughBuilt C550, but i couldn't find them in Brisbane at the time, only online at Sydney Tools, then i forgot about it and then one day i needed a set, so i grabbed these as i needed them that day.

The ToughBuilt C650 look like a better horse, and quality wise they would be, but these Stanley ones are quite solid and more importantly for me, very light, as i throw them up on my lap and wheel to where they are needed.

so the light the easier it is on my cortisone filled shoulders and soon to be wrists

And anyhow I'm stuck with them now as i brought another set this morning before i forgot, so i can cut down some sheet panels on Monday, i'll insert the Rivnuts and sacrificial pine on Monday morning and make a slot in the pine, while I'm there, so i can hang them on the wall and off the floor.

I hear you on lightening the load, have shoulder problems myself. Be interested to see what other great ideas you have for lesser mortals like me.

Today the sparky fitted the five LED batten 4000k 1200mm lights under the mezzanine floor, light output seems ok, the area is 3.7 mtr x 3.7 mtr and the middle single is directly over my worktable.

In theory i have 10000 Lumen, which so far seems enough, i'll have to wait until I'm working under there to see how it works for me.


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Also had three 20amp plugs all on there own circuirts and four double 10 amps plugs and most importantly a 750mm kinchrome 230watt induction fan fitted for autumn/spring/summer.

Air con would be better but it would cost a $$$$ to keep cool, so a fan will have to do, i will have to run the energy meter on it to see what its drawing on the three different speeds.

Tomorrow, I'm cutting out 3mm MDF floor area templates for the machinery, so i can see how much space i really have and what will work for the space.

Didn't get much done this week, as i was working on soundproofing and insulation my camper van.

I did manage to cut out the templates for the machinery, the area works better for a C3 31, but id prefer standalone A3-31 and Tablesaw.

Ill head to the shop tomorrow and spend the day deciding.

But i did get a little delivery today from UPS via woodpecker

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Been after a set for ages, then the planets alined, i got a offer from woodpecker last week for a set and on the same day a refund came in from an incorrect insurance premium from 2009!!! for almost the same amount

Nice. Like the red anodised finish, if I had that I might be able to see where I put my square down
I need a new try square too. Sadly, I've been seduced by Colen's Clenton's beautiful marking gauges and squares, and even though I can't afford them nothing else will do

Those Colen Clenton tools are beautiful, out of my price range, as i'd get one, then i'd need to continue with more of his tools to match.

I had that issue 10 years ago, after buying a Lie Nielsen plane, its a vicious circle

One of the guys in my Sturt year, had a thing for Colen's tools and brought quite few over the year, so i got to have a good look at them, they are a a piece of art.

Plwase excuse the noseyness of this but how do you overcome the working height of tablesaws, bandsaws etc