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    Good to see you have the bench in the shed already
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
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    Scally, you are making everyone jealous.

    Even your tools and machinary are monitoring the progress.

    Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com

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    Hi Scott, good to hear from you.

    Maybe I have bitten off a bit more than I can chew!

    Cutting mortices and tens and big lumps of hardwood is steady work.

    I would love a hand from someone with a big hammer and big chisel?

    I have borrowed a couple of Slicks and they help a lot.

    Wait until you see my hand-held bandsaw.......it is magic.


    NCArcher, I am a bit over confident about getting the shed up.
    My poor old workbench will have to wait a bit longer before it has some protection.
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    Default Pergola Slab

    Apparently I ordered too much sand.

    Shovel and barrow from shed site to pergola site.

    Shovel and barrow excess sand to somewhere else. I don't have much spare space in the backyard.

    Level the packing sand for the pergola and pack it down.

    The slab is only 200mm off the back fence so it is difficult to brace the formwork. We increase the number of posts.
    The bottom end of the slab is about 700mm above ground level. I cut up several sheets of 12mm plywood for formwork.
    We ended up using ply for all the trenches because the tenches were much wider (and deeper) than required. All the rain had caused them to grow. Using the plywood should reduce the amount of concrete required.
    The shed slab took 2.5 cubic metres more than the design required.
    At $220 per cubic metre the $100 spent on plywood is a good investment.

    We drilled holes and put reo rods into the previously poured piers.
    We had set rods in the edge of the shed slab where it joins the pergola slab.
    trench mesh in the bottom of the trenches.

    Reo sheets and chairs over the moisture barrier plastic sheets.

    It looked pretty good at the end of the day.

    Concrete pump and vibrator are ordered.

    I talk to the concrete company that I used for the shed. They the 2 hour delay on the previous order was within industry standards. As was the mix up with the wet and dry slumps.
    I suggested they should give me a discount to compensate for the additional $500 their delays cost me.
    They weren't agreeable.

    I arranged for another company to deliver 6 cubic metres at 9.30 am.
    Scally
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    Default Pour day for Pergola

    7.30am
    Mount post stirrups in place.
    Collect concrete vibrator.
    Shovel, screeds, barrow, gumboots, coffee........

    9.00am Line pump guys arrive and set up.

    9.25am Concrete truck arrives.

    9.35am concrete starts flowing.

    10..00am concrete all in.

    About a quarter of a metre left over. Perfect.
    We pour it just past the pergola and make a flat pad.......maybe I will put a spa at the end of the pergola?!

    10.15am Pump guys cleaned up and gone.

    Keep working the wet pour and tidy up around the stirrups.
    Wait a little while.
    Wood float the finish.
    Round finish the edges.
    Clean splatter off the fence.

    Take vibrator back to hire company. Buy pies and cakes.
    Return home and share food with my concreter and builder.

    Everyone is happy.

    Anyone like a beer......

    How easy is that!!
    Scally
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    Great pics - keep posting

    I'm looking at your photos and thinking this is where I was 18 months ago. Full of expectation and high hopes and wondering where it will eventually go.

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    I love it when a plan comes together.
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
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    Me too.

    It was a awhile coming.
    Scally
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    It's nice to see someone building something thoroughly these days, rather than searching for the cheapest solution (ie shortcut).

    This thing is gonna be pimpin'.

    I anticipate you are going to need to reorganise your speed dials as I forsee a heated contest to become your best friend and share in the man-cave magnificence you are giving birth to.

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    Default Cleaning Up the waste

    Thanks Banjoping.
    I keep trying to imagine how good it will be when its finished.

    I used to have a lot of friends but they seem to have evaporated since they saw the pile of timber in the front yard!

    It felt great to finally have the slabs done and not have to worry so much about the rain.

    There was the leftover packing sand and soil and clay and damaged formwork and "Where did all that concrete on top of the soil come from?".

    The persistent wet weather meant my mate and his machines couldn't get into the back yard.

    I piled up the timber waste and 'environmentally' burnt it.


    The first thing I did was shovel the packing sand into the gaps around the slabs. It seemed the right thing to do.

    I invested in a wheel barrow and slowly shoveled and barrowed the soil across the backyard. More or less level.
    The job was slow as I had to break up the waste concrete and man-handle it into a new, smaller pile.
    Plus the big lumps of clay that I didn't want had to be moved into the new pile.


    Eventually I had a fairly level backyard between the slabs and the house with an even fall away for them.
    Now I had a much smaller pile of waste.

    In order to make more room I moved a few things out from under the green tarp/temporary storage shed!

    My old workbench, as you saw in earlier pics , now sits lonely on the shed slab.
    The BBQ is on the pergola slab.
    The wine barrel is where the spa might go.
    A little fire basket is where I would like a firepit.
    I found my old rain gauge so I sat it on the pergola slab too. Now I know exactly how wet everything is.
    Scally
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    Default Waterworks

    More expansion slots were cut into the pergola slab.

    While it was there I cut the concrete up to the tap at the back of the house. I will eventually connect the shed/pergola water supply to this outlet.


    I laid a water pipe and Ag-pipe around the back of the slabs and covered them over.

    After several weeks killing trees and breaking things I went and bought some plants.

    It was silly planting them before all the work was finished but it made me feel good. The wet weather should be good for the plants.

    They are climbers, Pandorea. They grow in the forests around here and the nursery guy said they would be perfect for what I wanted.
    My plan is to run stainless steel cable behind the pergola posts and have the climbers use it to cover the back fence and neighbour's fibro shed.

    Most of the Pandorea have verigated leaves with big trumpet-shaped pink flowers.
    The one near the shed has plain leaves and white flowers.
    Near the pergola I planted a Jasmine. It has white flowers and should smell nice around the spa!
    Scally
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    If you want to be more environmentally friendly you will find that if you put the ashes from your "timber waste and 'environmentally' burnt it" around your new plants the carbon will make them grow extra well.

    Russell
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    Default Dolly and Horses

    Yes rusel, I have seen amazing results after forest logging burns.
    The ash ended up mixed in with the topsoil so I should get some very healthy weeds in the lawn.

    It's time to finally think about some woodwork.

    I will need some way to support the big posts while I cut them.
    There is no way they will fit on the workbench in the garage and my tablesaw wont do the job on 200 and 250mm posts.
    It would be best to cut them up in the driveway then I have smaller/lighter pieces to move out to the shed and pergola.

    I made these two hardwood Sawhorses.
    Big though tenons with pins.
    They should be strong enough and the right height.


    Next I need to get them out to the shed.
    The driveway and garage are paved as are the shed and pergola.
    There is a few metres of fresh dirt in the middle which could be tricky.

    I made this Dolly.
    About 2m long and 800mm wide.
    5" castors with hard rubber,
    The centre two castors are fixed and the ones in the centre on the ends can swivel and lock. ( I one very similar at Anagote and it gets lots of use and those guys should know about moving timber).

    I used hardwood because I expect the big posts would demolish softwood.

    I used big tec screws for quick and strong assemble.
    Unfortunately I only used small pilot holes and it was hard work driving in the screws.
    I ended up jamming the clutch on my Panasonic drill/driver.
    It is still jammed so I will have a look inside it and see if I can fix it. Otherwise I'll send it to a specialist.
    Very disappointing because I really like that drill.

    The hardwood is old and very hard so I realised that bigger pilot holes and more power is needed.
    After drilling bigger pilot holes I hooked up the big Makita 750W electric drill. I had to hang on tight but she drove them full depth.

    The ground is still wet and I can't get a machine to removed the clay and concrete and cut the high spot above the shed. I don't want to start building the shed until the earthworks is finished.
    What to do next?
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    It's looks to be at a very rapid rate even with the wet weather.

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    Default Pergola timber beams

    I wish it was that quick Christos.

    Pics are nearly up to date so we will be back to real time shortly.


    With a break in the rain I collected some old bridge timbers for the pergola.

    The big pieces, 250+ x 80mm are for the pergola beams.
    Very solid and very heavy. There are a few nails along one edge and an odd large nail on the faces that I will remove.
    They are neatly stacked near Mal's posts.
    The driveway is looking more like a timber yard everyday.

    I got nearly enough 150 x 50mm boards for the pergola rafters.
    Most are in good condition but are couple are destined for the fire pit.
    I stacked them on the dolly and moved them into the garage and out of the rain. I will clean them off and decide how best to use them.

    Now I have all the timber for the pergola so I can work out how to fit them together.

    Do I cut everything to size and bolt them together?
    That would be pretty straightforward and quick.
    Sounds a smart move.

    or

    I could be silly and mortice and tenon the beams to the post and do some sort of housing joint for the rafters and beams?
    Lots of woodworking. No nails or bolts.
    Need lots of tools, power tools and hand tools. It would be heavy work. It would take a long time.
    Silly idea.....

    Either way it will be a bit tricky because no two pieces are the same dimension.
    The beams vary in width by a few centimetres.
    The rafter vary in thickness.
    Even the posts vary a bit in size.

    There is no way I am going to joint and thickness all these big lumps of wood.
    This means every joint would need to be measured and marked and cut individually.

    A friend, well someone I know!, dropped by and asked why I didn't use steel posts and pine for the pergola.......I thanked her for her input and went back to the garage.
    She wont be invited to the pergola warming.....the list is growing.
    Some people have no appreciation of woodworking!
    Scally
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    The ark was built by an amateur
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