Yet another shed extension

[keith53]

G'day all,

Well, I've run out of room again and need to add a bit more to the shed. I did a 3m extension a couple of years ago but it is now full, mostly with timber. You know how it is, you get a bit from here, a bit from there and pretty soon its chockers.

Pics 1 & 2 illustrate my problem.

I had some suitable timber left over from other projects so I decided to add a timber store. So far, I've put in some posts, joists and a floor. I've given the floor a liberal coat of linseed oil. (Pic 3).

I intend to cover the roof and the two outside walls. I'm planning on building a rack on the outside wall, sheet storage on the inside and the middle bit will serve as short length & log storage. White ants are a problem here so the whole area will get a generous spray of chlorpirifos.

I'm hoping this project will free up enough room inside the shed to rearrange things to the point where I don't have to walk sideways quite so much.

I'm on a well earned holiday at present and some early wet weather as been a bit of a hold up. Progress will be slowed for the next two weeks because unfortunately, I have to go and catch fish and mud crabs up in the Sandy Straits on the inside of Fraser Island.

Cheers,
Keith

[DJ’s Timber]

Looking good Keith

[RufflyRustic]

Nice setup Keith.

Hope you catch some really good sized fish
cheers
Wendy

[David L]

Bit of a drag having to go fishing with so much to do Keith, but
I am sure it will be worth it for the break at least.
Don't tell the southerners to much about the weather, you know how restless they become at this time of year.

You sure need that extension it will be handy.

[keith53]

Got the rafters up today and learnt a valuable lesson. Less haste, more speed. Had a clamp let go and dropped the damned rafter on my head. Ouch. Of course I said, "By gee, that's a shame. Look what's happened". With a bit of luck, tomorrow I'll have the battens up and most of the roof on.

I'm going to incorporate a shorter roof edge over the entry door to aleviate the water problem when it rains. (I didn't put the guttering back after the last extension, figuring it would help the leaves runoff better since my shed backs onto a rainforest. So much for that experiment.)


It will also have a twofold purpose, that being apart from better rain protection, it will give me enough covered area to move the dusty and reticulate this function throughout the shed, one day. (I've sort of convinced myself that I'll have that done when Midge finishes his, so I've got plenty of time.)

Of course, it goes without saying that, mishaps apart, I'm enjoying myself immensely.

Cheers,
Keith

[keith53]

G'day all,

Well, I got the roof on today despite the fact that it rained most of the day. I'm presently wet as a shag but following the timehonoured tradition of imbibing in a few VB's to mark the occasion.

Apologies for the pic but it was nearly dark when I finished.

I won't be able to do any more for a couple of weeks but I'm now keen to get on with the racks.

The other thing that's occurred to me, ( I constantly defend myself to SWAMBO about being a hoarder) is that because almost all of the materials have fallen in to the category 'it'll come in handy one day', the total project cost so far has been about $30.

Cheers,
Keith

[bitingmidge]

Keith you're as bad as me!

I recognise that flooring! I reckon there's $10.00 worth there alone!

And I bet I know what timber the racks will be made of too!

Well done!

P

[keith53]

Keith you're as bad as me!

I recognise that flooring! I reckon there's $10.00 worth there alone!

And I bet I know what timber the racks will be made of too!

Well done!

P

'Foiled' again. Damn you Architects and you're eye for detail.

However, you're right on both counts. I've already planned how I'm going to cut down the structural stuff to make the timber rack.

This whole exercise is just more reinforcement on how a wholistic approach to woodwork can give old buggers like me almost as big a high as I had when I accidently knocked over a bottle of whiteout thinners in a confined space back in 1969.

[keith53]

Well, here I am at Maaroom, using a dial-up connection. Since I won't be able to post anything positive about the shed extension till I get home, you might like to see what this Fraser Island area is like.

Let's start with a bit of history. Long ago, and local rememberences put this at around 3000 years, the Aboriginals had a pretty good existance on Fraser Island. They had divided the Island up into tribal groups and had worked out a pretty simple way of seeing that the local food supplies weren't over exploited. They developed a system of 'totem names' which applied the name of a local food supply to each person and each person was given such a name. This place was like a supermarket for these people, food was plentiful. If your 'totem name' happened to be 'mud crab' then you couldn't eat this food within your tribal group area. If you were between areas, then it was open slather. Of course, you competed with others limited by the same rules. Thus, balance applied.

Timber felling started on Fraser Island around 1868. It was started by an American. He is recorded as a big, bullish, bully of a man called John Piggot. He was known locally as 'Yankee Jack' and was prone to interfering with Aboriginal women. He met an untimely end at the top end of Fraser Island when the Aboriginal men had decided enough was enough. The message to the Whites in killing him, was 'leave our women alone'. His off-sider was given a sound flogging but allowed to get away and spread the message.

I wouldn't describe myself as an apologist but I really feel that these guys had it pretty good until Mrs. Cook's son, James, sailed his boat up the Queensland coast, noticed masses of trees growing and recorded this in his diary. Based upon this, others decided to come for a closer look. What followed was the white man, alcohol, opium (from the Chinese who followed the whites), and all the other vices that resulted in the demise of these people as a functioning race.

There's masses of other history about the place, but suffice to say, timbergetting which flourished from the time of 'yankee jack' in 1868 until 1993 when the Goss labour government fell into line with whatever it was they were told to do, one of the very few industries that could have continued ad infinitim, was resigned to history.

This place is like a huge, I mean HUGE, hydroponic garden. Masses of fresh water ( more in a day than would fill Sydney Harbour) flows out of the sand into the sea. It first comes up through a huge peat bed and thus brings the nutrients which have allowed tree growth rates of 70 feet in 70 years to be officially recorded. The place is unique.

Anyway, Pic 1 & 2 have been taken close to the mouth of 'Yankee Jack Creek'. These show where masses of logs were 'barked' before being transported to Maryborough for milling.

Pic 3 shows one of the last logging ramps at Deep Creek where logs were rolled down to be loaded into the barge.

Pic 4 & 5 are of a disused barge parked in the mangroves in Deep Creek. Notice in Pic 5, the very large rudder. The practice was to lash the boat to the barge - the boat would provide the motive power but the barge (because if its size) provided the steering. Almost all the timber from here was taken to mills in Maryborough.

Cheers,
Keith