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    Quote Originally Posted by Scally View Post
    Not much of the timber I use is small or light either.

    Ain't that the truth by what we are seeing.

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    don't look for a little while and I feel like I've missed half of it. No mucking around eh. I like the pergola and the band saw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scally View Post
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    Not much of the timber I use is small or light either.
    So you have your own private Skyhook?
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    Good job its school holidays and plenty time to get it all done. Its coming along grand. Look forward to the shed build.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scally View Post
    I put up the next bay of rafters.

    The last beam needed a bit of trimming to get the last post straight. It took a while but looked good in the end.

    Even with all the mess it has an interesting look.
    Plenty of places to hang a hammock.
    Scally
    good to here you and jay finished that beam. Let us know when you get the shed posts up!

    Cheers
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    Default Shed Post Up

    Finally I have the real shed posts up.

    We had a jib on the forklift and walked the posts through the garage, across the mud and onto the slab.

    I guided them into their stirrups, gave them a few taps with the custom made mallet and temporarily nailed them in place.


    Back posts only 2.7m 250mm x 250mm
    Front posts 3.5m 250mm x 250mm

    Framing timber just delivered........wrapped in plastic.........a smart move with all the rain we have had. But I hope it will give me a few days fine weather.


    Now I can get on with the important job and start on the Shed frame tomorrow.
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    This show is great
    Now we have season two starting The SHED

    Russell
    PS I hear that season three is in the wind, The Fit Out.
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    Rob, are you going to put bolts through the stirrups? More importantly are we going to have a shed warming party? I'll be there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongo View Post
    Rob, are you going to put bolts through the stirrups? More importantly are we going to have a shed warming party? I'll be there.
    I think the next get together will be at the Sydney Working with Wood show.

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    Default Framing the Shed

    I was all organised to put up the frame today. Timber was here and the builder was booked for 7.30am.

    I woke up through the night a few times and all I could hear was rain.

    Around 6.00am I got up and made coffee.
    The back yard was soaking wet.
    When I checked out the front at 7.00am I saw that the builder was there.

    Stuff the rain.

    I invited Mick out to the shed site. He had brought an offsider.

    We laid a plywood track through the mud and got started. Swept the water off the slab, rain the power out to the workbench under the pergola and brought the timber out.

    As we work the clouds cleared and it warmed up.

    By 3.00pm we had three walls framed.

    That was all we could do until the rafters arrive tomorrow. The builder has other jobs so It might be a few days before we get the rest done.

    Good progress for an ordinary day.
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    Default Shed frame 1, 2, 3 walls

    Yes Scott there will certainly be an inspection and Shed Warming.

    This has been a good week but I think Christos is right, lunch at the Wood Show on Friday will be first.
    I will be able to admire the tools you lot buy. I will be broke!


    It is good to have the back and two side walls framed.

    Here are a few more picks.

    I am glad you are all enjoying the show.

    Cheers
    Scally
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    There are a lot of jealous men (and women) watching this one.
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    Default A shopping Day

    Wongo, I have watched, over the years, with envy as others had built their workshops.

    It is interesting how we develop ideas and make changes to them. Sometimes I think "what a smart idea" and other times I can't see how others' ideas would apply to my woodwork. We all have different ways of working and usually we acquire more and better tools and machines. So it is reasonable to expect that how we set up our work space.

    My workshop is limited by a modest sized backyard. I am trying to maximise the small footprint by having no internal posts and going high. As others have noticed, I have cheated a little by building a Pergola off the front of the workshop. My woodworking will sneak out onto the pergola from time to time.
    In my current workspace, the 6 x 6 m garage, I have the workbench close to the back roller door and the jointer, thicknesser and router table close to the front roller door. This allows me to hang long boards outside the garage. I will be able to do the same with the wide front doors on the new workshop.

    I woke to the now familiar sound of rain and it has continued to rain lightly all day. I did have a walk around the shed and pergola to inspect the work. For no good reason I swept the mud and sawdust off the slabs.

    Then I spent the day getting quotes for the cladding and roofing.

    I bought Easy Lap cladding because I like the look of wide vertical panels over the fibro weatherboard look. It is also a bit thicker.

    For the roof I will use a corrugated profile. I think I will replace two of the metal sheets with Clear Polycarbonate. There will be one down either side of the shed, about where you would stand when using benches along the walls. This will give me a bit more natural light especially to the back of the shed. The skillion roof faces south so I am not worried about it getting too hot under the clear panels.

    The big Hyspan LVLs were delivered this morning.
    200 x 63 for the rafters and 300 x 63 above the 4.5m wide front opening.

    Then I searched the net for information on Sliding Door mechanisms.
    I want to have three 1.5m wide sliding doors on the front so I get a 4.5m wide by 2.7m high opening.
    I found some Cowdroy products that look suitable.

    I would be interested in any suggestions?


    Now wait for deliveries and the weather.
    Scally
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scally View Post
    Then I searched the net for information on Sliding Door mechanisms.
    I want to have three 1.5m wide sliding doors on the front so I get a 4.5m wide by 2.7m high opening.
    I found some Cowdroy products that look suitable.

    I would be interested in any suggestions.
    Hi Scally, why do you need a 4.5m wide opening?
    I can't think of a reason. Most likely you will have benches along the walls and the major processing machines (table saw, thicknesser, jointer) in the middle.
    I can see the usefulness of a 3m opening, but wider ?
    regards from Alberta, Canada

    ian

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    Default When the Rain Tumble Down in July!!!!!Bugger

    It's raining........

    Good point Ian.

    From a workshop point of view a big opening gives me lots of natural light and allows me to handle longer boards because I can run then out of the shed.

    It also reduces the amount of wall space which is a shame.

    When I started planning the shed I considered that it might not be seen as a great selling point to every buyer. There are some people who aren't as serious about woodworking as me.
    It is also possible that I may not be as keen on woodwork is years to come (many many years to come for sure).

    So I tried to design the Shed to have other uses. My idea was that it should be able to be easily converted to an Outdoor Covered Entertainment Area.
    That was also part of the reason for the pergola.

    I have attached some pics that might give you some idea about what I am trying to do.

    My preference would be to have the whole front of the shed open or able to be opened.
    That way the shed/covered area links with the Pergola, awn and the house.

    A 4.5m opening means the three doors slide back into about 1.5m near the back of the pergola. The doors will be 2.7m high which is just under the front beams of the pergola.
    I think the pergola and shed should look they were meant to go together when the shed doors are open.

    I hope that makes some sense?
    Scally
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    The ark was built by an amateur
    the titanic was built by professionals

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