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26th December 2015, 07:07 PM #61GOLD MEMBER
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Good on you Fletty
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2nd January 2016, 09:52 PM #62
hmmmm......ahhhm..... urhh ...... well, one out of 2 is a pass mark isn't it?
The barn doors didn't make Christmas NOR New Year.... personally, I blame the West Indian Cricket Team (😏 .... but I shouldn't because they always finished early and I needed the time! Im going to the first day of the Test tomorrow though.
The original shed had a roller shutter door .....
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....that l moved to the extension....
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.... but this left a 'hole' much bigger than needed....
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.... so I bought some 150mm 'C' section which, by the way, is MUCH cheaper than timber and loosely fitted it .....
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... while I made the doors. I must be getting lazy but, these days, when l make something with a lot of half lap joints, l make it in 2 layers each of half the thickness and overlap the joints to get the same strength with half of the work....
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I finished the door frames, painted them the same colour as the Colorbond roof and the roller shutter...
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.... fitted them to confirm the new stud location and fixed the stud...
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...and then, l extracted from its hiding place, a virgin sheet of wheat coloured Colorbond that was left over from the original build, and fitted it....
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.... checked that the parliament hinges still allowed the doors to open right out...
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... and then started on the plywood door panels that have bits of trim fitted to mimic the Colorbond...
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I should have finished it tomorrow.... but, personally, l blame the West Indies Cricket Team.... 😊
FlettyLast edited by fletty; 2nd January 2016 at 10:11 PM. Reason: "Can't catch, can't spell...... "
a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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2nd January 2016, 10:11 PM #63
Nice looking doors. Great job
Dave TTC
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3rd January 2016, 07:27 AM #64GOLD MEMBER
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Top job
You have been a busy lad Fletty. Looks very neat, the extra space created will be well worth the effort.
Alan...
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3rd January 2016, 02:50 PM #65GOLD MEMBER
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Nice job looks great Fletty. Guess who pushed the wrong picture button above.
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3rd January 2016, 04:59 PM #66
Alan
Excellent build, entertaining thread and, judging by the level of alcoholism, the rum corps is still alive and well in your neck of the woods. Paradoxically it appears to have sped up the build and significantly greased the rails of bureaucracy (why do I always have to look up how to spell that word: Every damned time...). As Murphy never showed his head, which is as we know, as thick as two short planks, perhaps he got word he might be used as a lintel, everything went well except for the sheets (oh, I forgot, Artme stole my retort except I was going to say two sheets short of a pack, but it sounds a bit limp now ).
Now anticipating great things for 2016.
One thing did concern me and that is the level of effort required for retirement. Think I might put off such ideas for a few years until I feel a bit stronger and more able to cope.
Regards
PaulLast edited by Bushmiller; 3rd January 2016 at 05:01 PM. Reason: The sentences have to make sense.
Bushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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3rd January 2016, 06:23 PM #67
Thanks Paul,
I also have to look up "bureaucracy", frequently use the wrong "past" ... or is it "passed" and, as for "diarrhoea" ..... it just gives me the .........
BTW, you played an important role in the door build......
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I used my auction win to cut the very tight mitres!
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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3rd January 2016, 08:20 PM #68
Alan
I thought "Me...Play an important part?" "I don't think so and I didn't recognise the saw first up. Then it all fell into place. By that reckoning quite a few people had a part to play not the least being IanW who donated the saw.
Good to see it is being put to good use. Somehow it looks larger in the pic than I remember, but it was a good size for a tenon saw.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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3rd January 2016, 10:54 PM #69
Looking good, buuuuut........ shouldn't the diagonal braces go the other way, so they are in compression not tension?
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3rd January 2016, 11:50 PM #70
Less chance of the door twisting the way he has it, the other way the door will twist, I know it is the opposite to what we are taught/used to doing but a lot of years around farm sheds with timber doors and gates has proved this to be better.
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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4th January 2016, 03:57 AM #71
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4th January 2016, 06:08 AM #72Skwair2rownd
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Great effort and a great result Fletty!!!bravabravabrava
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4th January 2016, 09:17 AM #73
Very good point! Thank you Ian (W) for the donation and especially the fine kerf sharpening. It is a joy to use!
Hi Mike and Happy New Year. I learned a while ago that a timber brace in compression eventually twists AND then takes the gate with it? You however had better stick with compression braces for your 'creations'?
Hi Ian (no W), how long will you be in the frozen North? It must be a bit cold there ATM?Last edited by fletty; 4th January 2016 at 09:20 AM. Reason: I messed up!
a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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4th January 2016, 06:51 PM #74
Ok, I'll crawl back into my hole now. I've not seen it done that way before. The timber door on my shed has two short braces in compression, one above & one below the centre rail.
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