Friday lunch prattle

[doug3030]

Agree. Suspect it'll be used more as an assembly table/workbench than an outfeed table.

In which case I will double down on this part of my previous submission.

It really is a problem that requires an individual solution.

I'm prepared to discuss my workbench and assembly table choices if you feel it is any help. But I think you have the jist of that already, Simon. But feel free to ask specific questions and I will try to be helpful. My setup and equipment pretty much allows anywhere on the spectrum between full-on handtools and full-on machine working.

[doug3030]

Topic for this week?

[Bushmiller]

Doug

That's a different sort of chainsaw. Are you attempting to curry favour with Pagie. Or is that the chainsaw that is child safe?

Regards
Paul

[doug3030]

That's a different sort of chainsaw. Are you attempting to curry favour with Pagie. Or is that the chainsaw that is child safe?

Maybe I just wanted to get the "C" word out of the way before we start.

[Bushmiller]

Well,

In passing I mentioned I had rescued some second grade pine (Bob was kind enough to point out that this may be tautology ) from the rubbish dump at work. So it thought I might take the opportunity to document the new lawn locker. Unfortunately, the lawn locker doesn't really stack up compared to Simon's shed and fitting out and does not really warrant a thread of it's own, so in a rather limp effort to steal some of the glory, here goes.

First up, the lawn locker which started out life as this cage

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The interior steel and floor steel were gutted and used to create a skillion roof and additional horizontal bracing. The slab is the only concession to sophistication. It is under the plastic: Really.

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It now looks like this, but needs a second coat of paint and then the door and flashing components can be highlighted in black just to tart it up a bit.

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A neighbour spotted what I was up to and asked if I wanted a window. So the lawn locker has a window.

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So to the rescued timber: Crates primarily. Trailer is 12' x 5' (Matt: that's 3600mm x 1500mm) to give some idea of quantity.

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Lots of nails of course. Probably about three kilos. The only saving grace of the pine is that de-nailing is quite easy.

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I had thought that the boards were the best looking prospects but ironically the long bearers one of the crates sat on were more likely the pick. There were five of these and as it happened that coincided with five studs on the only vacant wall in the LL. I took it as an omen and started building some racking to support my wooden treasures.
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These are some of the components with one frame assembled on the right ( without braces). In amongst the sizes were a mile of 70 x 35 and that formed the rails.

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It is all a bit simple tending to crude but it serves the purpose. I had intended to take some pix of the bare racks (no, not those sort of racks ), but I couldn't locate the camera. As I put the last board in place and climbed into the ute I saw the camera sitting in the console!!

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The frames had to accommodate my buckets of offcuts beneath so that dictated the height of the first "shelf" and the square frame is for any really heavy timbers: Not that the pine is really heavy.

Regards
Paul

[Simplicity]

Paul,

That’s looking very tidy and orderly, that’s mighty impressive,and thank you for bringing the older community here up too standard with a metric conversion.


Cheers Matt.

[Bushmiller]

Paul,

thank you for bringing the older community here up too standard with a metric conversion.


Cheers Matt.

Matt

Don't mention it: Always happy to help out with modern technology.



Regards
Paul

[Bushmiller]

I can only put in a brief appearance today ( cameo? ) as I have my booster shot at 1130 our time (1230 EST). I do have a question about axes though. Is anybody familiar with the HB (Hults Bruk) brand from Sweden? I have a 4½lb (2kg) version, which I think may be a racing or competition model, which I am about to restore and re-handle.

Regards
Paul

[lyricnz]

The (too big) casters mentioned today 4 X 1000kg Heavy Duty Retractable Leveling Swivel Castor Wheels Furniture Caster | eBay

I need some about 2/3 that size.

[Bushmiller]

I won't be able to make tomorrow's prattle as I am back to work in my state of semi retirement so as I mentioned this last week, here is an exclusive for the Prattle:

This was how the large Hults Bruk axe (4½lbs) I mentioned looked originally:

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I cleaned up the head and fitted a Spotted Gum handle, which came out of a recycled power pole.

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I gave it a light coat of BLO and it is now ready to perform serious damage.

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Regards
Paul

[labr@]

.... fitted a Spotted Gum handle, which came out of a recycled power pole.

Regards
Paul

Which makes me wonder how you cut down the power pole without a handle for the axe .

I guess it's something for the rest of us to speculate on tomorrow.

[Bushmiller]

Bob

Let me know what you come up with.

Regards
Paul

[doug3030]

I have a fair bit that I have to get through tomorrow so if I make it, I make it.

If not feel free to speculate about how Paul chopped down the power pole without me.

[Pagie]

I won't be able to come tomorrow either as I will be cutting logs up, down in Gippsland. Two saw job.

[Aussiephil]

Hi all,

We had discussions on sheds and particle monitors plus general chin wag, nice to catch up again.
I showed off the little one I had, it serves to get a reasonable idea
There are many Ebay/Aliexpress vendors selling them, this is just one link, they have gone up a little from when i ordered.
Car PM2.5 Detector Tester Air Quality PM1.0 PM10 AQI Particle Matter Monitor LCD Home Gas Thermometer Temperature Humidity Meter|Gas Analyzers| - AliExpress

and for Simon here is a better photo of the shed i was talking about. It is 24x12x5 meters
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Cheers
Phil