Mike G
Petrified Pine
Yes, that's.....unusual. My first thought is that they would make getting in and out of the door slightly more awkward than it already is.
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Mike builds a teardrop (cedar roof)
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Mike G
Petrified Pine
I wanted the cedar strips which go up and over the roof to have a contrasting bottom end, following the theme of the side walls. I got out the same router jig I made for them some months ago, and did some random patterns on the ends of 14 strakes. The rest will be hidden behind a tongue box, in due course:
Unfortunately, when I was cleaning up one of them, the cedar strip snapped. I might have over-cut the edge of one of the housings for ash, maybe:
I haven't got enough of the long strips (3.6m) which do the whole length of the roof, so I couldn't afford to chuck this and make another. So, I flipped it over, cut out a bit on the back of each piece, and glued it together with a bit of ash:
Another part of the pattern is a pair of go-faster stripes. These are in ash, but with a bog oak contrasting strip on either side. I didn't have long enough pieces of ash, so I scarfed 2 together (times 2):
By pure fluke, the two strips fit really snugly side-by-side inside my aluminium channel straight-edge, so I glued them up and squeezed them in to keep everything straight:
The following day I prised them out and cleaned up:
The join is in an invisible location on top of the roof, otherwise I would have had to use a nib to give a neat square join line.
I had some off-cuts of bog oak left over after making the laminated galley-wall edges some months ago:
By pure luck, they are about the same thickness as the cedar strips. My plan was to glue them to the ash now, because I didn't fancy my chances of bending them into place whilst smeared in PU glue. They're only about 1.5m long, though, so they needed a join. I did a mitre/ scarf, simply so that a gap didn't open up as they are bent around a curve. It's not for strength. Thirty seconds with a chisel:
I glued them to the ash:
This is the back side. It's the other side which is flush.
I can do about an hour at a time now, so there is some visible progress. I glued and foamed 6 of the newly decorated strips into place. There are some real awkwardnesses about that, though. Firstly, trying to hold a 3.6m long floppy strip on edge on top of a curved roof whilst applying glue, with your forearms resting in the squeeze-out from the strips you've just put in place. Secondly, firing the foam in blind, as the gap is on the far side, away from you, and you have to point the foam gun towards yourself on the roof. It's OK when you're on the floor. Anyway, here's the photo:
Unfortunately, when I was cleaning up one of them, the cedar strip snapped. I might have over-cut the edge of one of the housings for ash, maybe:
I haven't got enough of the long strips (3.6m) which do the whole length of the roof, so I couldn't afford to chuck this and make another. So, I flipped it over, cut out a bit on the back of each piece, and glued it together with a bit of ash:
Another part of the pattern is a pair of go-faster stripes. These are in ash, but with a bog oak contrasting strip on either side. I didn't have long enough pieces of ash, so I scarfed 2 together (times 2):
By pure fluke, the two strips fit really snugly side-by-side inside my aluminium channel straight-edge, so I glued them up and squeezed them in to keep everything straight:
The following day I prised them out and cleaned up:
The join is in an invisible location on top of the roof, otherwise I would have had to use a nib to give a neat square join line.
I had some off-cuts of bog oak left over after making the laminated galley-wall edges some months ago:
By pure luck, they are about the same thickness as the cedar strips. My plan was to glue them to the ash now, because I didn't fancy my chances of bending them into place whilst smeared in PU glue. They're only about 1.5m long, though, so they needed a join. I did a mitre/ scarf, simply so that a gap didn't open up as they are bent around a curve. It's not for strength. Thirty seconds with a chisel:
I glued them to the ash:
This is the back side. It's the other side which is flush.
I can do about an hour at a time now, so there is some visible progress. I glued and foamed 6 of the newly decorated strips into place. There are some real awkwardnesses about that, though. Firstly, trying to hold a 3.6m long floppy strip on edge on top of a curved roof whilst applying glue, with your forearms resting in the squeeze-out from the strips you've just put in place. Secondly, firing the foam in blind, as the gap is on the far side, away from you, and you have to point the foam gun towards yourself on the roof. It's OK when you're on the floor. Anyway, here's the photo:
I really hope this all counts as physiotherapy Mike.
But it's good to see you back at it again, and it's lucky you didn't injure yourself when you were wrangling two ton oak beams - then you might have been tempted to really do too much too soon.
But it's good to see you back at it again, and it's lucky you didn't injure yourself when you were wrangling two ton oak beams - then you might have been tempted to really do too much too soon.
NickM
Old Oak
Good to see you back at it.
We only have one iron and I often have to smuggle it into my workshop...
We only have one iron and I often have to smuggle it into my workshop...
Lons
Old Oak
Dangerous practice.
Is it worth the risk of divorce when you can buy one at somewhere like ASDA for less than a tenner or charity shops and boot sales for 50p.
Mike G
Petrified Pine
First job was to clean up the go-faster stripe:
Then I steamed it to shape with a wet cloth and a hot iron:
My biggest issue with doing this roof was getting glue onto the edge of each strip. They're 3.6 metres long, and floppy, and balancing that on top of a curved roof was a recipe for getting covered in PU nastiness. I had a little think, and came up with a jig:
This is long enough to support the strip on edge, and holds it steady for me to focus on running a glue bead. I simply screw it onto a roof member, and slide the cedar strip along a couple of times to do the whole edge:
I fix 2 strips, then spray in the expanding foam. Any more and the foam cant reach the back. And repeat, and again, and again.....
I got to the go-faster stripe location, and that was a bit more of a struggle:
I left that to set for a couple of hours.....and my ankle needs regular rest.
I had realised I could just squeeze my head and shoulders through the roof-light hole, and that made spraying the foam an awful lot easier. I had been doing it over-hand, and blind, and now at last I could see what I was doing.
Here's my days effort:
I should explain that the pattern on the lower end of those roof pieces is the on the only part that is on show. The rest will be hidden by a 2 foot high storage box built onto the trailer tongue (note the black base board).
Then I steamed it to shape with a wet cloth and a hot iron:
My biggest issue with doing this roof was getting glue onto the edge of each strip. They're 3.6 metres long, and floppy, and balancing that on top of a curved roof was a recipe for getting covered in PU nastiness. I had a little think, and came up with a jig:
This is long enough to support the strip on edge, and holds it steady for me to focus on running a glue bead. I simply screw it onto a roof member, and slide the cedar strip along a couple of times to do the whole edge:
I fix 2 strips, then spray in the expanding foam. Any more and the foam cant reach the back. And repeat, and again, and again.....
I got to the go-faster stripe location, and that was a bit more of a struggle:
I left that to set for a couple of hours.....and my ankle needs regular rest.
I had realised I could just squeeze my head and shoulders through the roof-light hole, and that made spraying the foam an awful lot easier. I had been doing it over-hand, and blind, and now at last I could see what I was doing.
Here's my days effort:
I should explain that the pattern on the lower end of those roof pieces is the on the only part that is on show. The rest will be hidden by a 2 foot high storage box built onto the trailer tongue (note the black base board).
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John Brown
Sapling
Surely go faster stripes align with the expected direction of travel... That's how they work!
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Well whichever it’s jolly nice.
Mike G
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toolsntat
Nordic Pine
"Go faster stripe"!Starsky and Hutch's didn't!
Anyway, this does. It goes up and over the roof.
Mike, if you go any faster methinks you and Marty McFly will be rubbing shoulders....
Do us a favour, stop just before you have your fall
Andy