Fletty's new shed WIP ....or is it a retrospective??

[Keith_1]

Good on you Fletty

[fletty]

l now have to finish the stormwater drainage and make a barn door to replace the roller shutter before the building is secure again. I will get that done before Christmas but l think inside racks and benches will now have to wait 'til after?

fletty

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 (&#128527 .... 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.... 😊

Fletty

[DaveTTC]

Nice looking doors. Great job

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

[Uncle Al]

You have been a busy lad Fletty. Looks very neat, the extra space created will be well worth the effort.

Alan...

[old1955]

Nice job looks great Fletty. Guess who pushed the wrong picture button above.

[Bushmiller]

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
Paul

[fletty]

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!
fletty

[Bushmiller]

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
Paul

[62woollybugger]

Looking good, buuuuut........ shouldn't the diagonal braces go the other way, so they are in compression not tension?

[rwbuild]

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.

[ian]

Looking good, buuuuut........ shouldn't the diagonal braces go the other way, so they are in compression not tension?

the brace is designed to "lift" the free end of the door or gate transferring the weight to the hinge style and hence the door frame.

example of a traditional English farm gate

[artme]

Great effort and a great result Fletty!!!bravabravabrava

[fletty]

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
Paul

Very good point! Thank you Ian (W) for the donation and especially the fine kerf sharpening. It is a joy to use!

Looking good, buuuuut........ shouldn't the diagonal braces go the other way, so they are in compression not tension?

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?

[62woollybugger]

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.

[DaveTTC]

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.

I would have made a similar observation had i been paying closer attention.

Interesting gate and reasoning

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art