LineLefty
20th June 2005, 12:21 PM
I'm building this bloody sandpit next weekend. At a local salvage I managed to get 35m of 2x4 denailed jarrah for $2.50 per metre. Plus $7 each for 3.1m 100mm posts. Bargain.
The base will simply be a square plinth made from the 4 posts half lapped together. On top of this will be the 4be2's screwed down as 'decking.
Now this is a really simply question, but whats the best way/process to fix these boards down. Theres 20 boards with 2 screws at each end. If I have to drill through the board, then into the base, change the bit, countersink, change the bit to a a square-driver and whack in a screw 80 times I'll go bananas!
3 Drills maybe? I imagine a nail gun wont go through 2inch thick jarrah. Is there some all-in-one bits for this sort of operation?
PS: Not only did I get some great wood from this yard, but the old bloke there is an old 'stairmaker'. Twas a nice saturday morning loading up the trailer and talking to this old (90+) woody about old tools and his days as an apprentice. Made me appreciate the story behind some of these old rusted toys we buy. He's got a full set of Titan Chisels plus a bunch of old planes (including, he says, a full set of moulding planes) that he's looking to pass them on to someone who knows their value. (me)
He's tried selling them in his slavage/2nd-hand yard but people either knock-them off or want them for a song.
The base will simply be a square plinth made from the 4 posts half lapped together. On top of this will be the 4be2's screwed down as 'decking.
Now this is a really simply question, but whats the best way/process to fix these boards down. Theres 20 boards with 2 screws at each end. If I have to drill through the board, then into the base, change the bit, countersink, change the bit to a a square-driver and whack in a screw 80 times I'll go bananas!
3 Drills maybe? I imagine a nail gun wont go through 2inch thick jarrah. Is there some all-in-one bits for this sort of operation?
PS: Not only did I get some great wood from this yard, but the old bloke there is an old 'stairmaker'. Twas a nice saturday morning loading up the trailer and talking to this old (90+) woody about old tools and his days as an apprentice. Made me appreciate the story behind some of these old rusted toys we buy. He's got a full set of Titan Chisels plus a bunch of old planes (including, he says, a full set of moulding planes) that he's looking to pass them on to someone who knows their value. (me)
He's tried selling them in his slavage/2nd-hand yard but people either knock-them off or want them for a song.