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Thread: A new shed - maybe
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25th November 2011, 02:11 PM #31GOLD MEMBER
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Did I forget to mention the separate garden shed? It's only 2 x 2 metres
Leaving he shed(s) alone for now until I get power. Today's job was (and still is) digging the veggie garden - all 50 sq metres of it!
Tomorrow it's off to Launceston to look at a wrecked Sprinter van for some spare parts.My van is in desperate need of a cruise control, central locking, electric windows. I'd get the entire van if I could find someone to get it to Hobart for a reasonable feeGeoff
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22nd December 2011, 11:24 PM #32GOLD MEMBER
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Wrecked Sprinter didn't eventuate - well it's still wrecked but the owner has decided to rebuild.
With the money I saved, I went out today and bought some timber to build benches in the shed.
A few sheets of particle board flooring (red tongue, 25mm) for the top and a stack of MGP10 90 x 45 for framing. Legs will be 90mm x 90mm treated pine.
Plan is to end up with 2 benches, 3600mm x 600mm at a height of about 1000mm - a convenient work height for me when standing.
I also got a few sheets of 25mm MDF to build a office desk/work bench. It's heavier than I remember, each sheer weighs in at about 77 kgs so it's going to stay in the van until I have visitors who can help me get it outGeoff
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23rd December 2011, 08:50 AM #33
Geoff if anything like the bench Nz_carver bought off you I look forward to the result but at 3600 thats a long bench and beats it by 1400.
Have a Merry Christmas
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23rd December 2011, 10:56 AM #34GOLD MEMBER
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Nothing that flash! No drawers or shelves, just a work surface.
Something like this but without wheelsGeoff
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25th December 2011, 10:17 PM #35
Good set of lockable wheels I fitted 2 of these to the old bench Geoff Utility Plate Type Castors, furniture castors | Richmond Wheel and Castor Co and/or dropstops floorlocks Richmond Floor Locks - lockable foot, step on floor lock, load immobiliser, trolley stopper
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25th December 2011, 10:38 PM #36GOLD MEMBER
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27th December 2011, 06:28 PM #37GOLD MEMBER
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Making sawdust
The workbench takes shape!
I spent about 30 minutes setting up the Triton and making sure it was square before cutting up a stack of 90x45 MGP10. Measure twice cut once? Measure once would be a good start! I cut the cross pieces to exactly 600mm and then realised that the sheet of particle board flooring is actually 900mm wide
Looks like I'll have to make a second, narrower bench.Geoff
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27th December 2011, 06:35 PM #38
so who else measured twice and still cut one piece 8mm to narrow today should have been 120mm wide not 112. Fixed with and edge piece Just a workmate type top out of melamine so no major loss.
Its going to be long Geoff lots of storage and bench space. maybe the 600 wide should form a T bench or L
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27th December 2011, 07:29 PM #39
900 or 600 what's the difference in a foot.
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27th December 2011, 07:35 PM #40
50% wider!!
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28th December 2011, 09:38 PM #42GOLD MEMBER
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A bit more progress on the bench,
I managed to get one sheet of flooring out of the van, glad I didn't have far to go to the shed!
Frame for top made and screwed together with coach bolts. The board is set in to the pine frame so there'll be a solid timber edge on all sides.
Tomorrow the legs, 90x90 treated pine, 6 off 900mm long. Once that's done there'll be a rail at about 400mm from the ground with (possibly) another sheet of flooring on it.
All this so I can assemble the mill and route out the case for the CNC controller.Geoff
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28th December 2011, 10:07 PM #43
Funny Geoff just recalled you when at your old place asking the question "How do you cut a large sheet of MDF" in the space you had back there. Now look at you surrounded by more space than you can poke a stick at.
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28th December 2011, 10:17 PM #44GOLD MEMBER
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It's surprising just how fast the space is beginning to fill!
Actually it mostly due to not being able to get things 'sorted out'. I'm hoping the bench will be a good start. Next will be a smaller one for the lathe. After that it's back to the need for an engine crane or a girder trolley for the overhead rail.
The toolboxes I bought before I left Sydney are still separate and need to be stacked one on the other. Then I can wheel them out of the way when not required.
If I put the mill on the new bench, then I'll have a stainless steel trolley that will need a new purpose - it had the mill on it in Sydney.
I've also found a new problem - sawdust!. In Sydney I either did the woodworking on the back lawn - no cleanup required or in the very small workshop area which was quick to vacuum. In the larger, fairly breezy area of the shed, it gets blown everywhere. I put drop cloths over the tool boxes today which helped a bit. Perhaps I need to add a cyclone to the list of jobs - or just concentrate on the metal work instead,Geoff
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28th December 2011, 10:22 PM #45
Maybe need to do woodwork outside or partition an area for the metal work, lathe, mill and cnc.
Now what was that about extra sheds
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