SamQ aka Ah! Q!
Old Oak
And, it is utterly horiginal. Not another one like it. 
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Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!
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Pete Maddex
Old Oak
I made a spoon to keep out of the heat.
Pete
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shafiq
New Shoots
At the risk of bringing this thread down a level, I'm gonna share my 'makings' yet againb
. So the shed we had erected 10 years ago, was put up in a rush as I we had just moved in and were just 'making do'. As a result it was not only put on a slant, it was not not built by myself and nor were the timber bearers treated or having any sort of damp proof sheet/membrane tacked to them.
Now in an attempt to stop it rotting away before (my long term project, now coming close) I manage to build a brick building around it. I've started adding some 'items'. Also the roof needed a bit of a repair. So, in pictures (sides removed and linger length of rough sawn treated batten added, extra roofing felt blow torched under the old failing one etc).
The front end is gonna have the t&g removed. Then an additional front added but this time nice and plumb. Paving slabs will hopefully get removed tomorrow and then made level after getting rid of some of the hardcore/muck. Actually will probs keep the hard-core come to think of it..
Old battens holding the edges of the felt down had basically rotted away after constant exposure to the one side. Maybe me not treating it regularly hasn't helped but I've tried.
. So the shed we had erected 10 years ago, was put up in a rush as I we had just moved in and were just 'making do'. As a result it was not only put on a slant, it was not not built by myself and nor were the timber bearers treated or having any sort of damp proof sheet/membrane tacked to them.Now in an attempt to stop it rotting away before (my long term project, now coming close) I manage to build a brick building around it. I've started adding some 'items'. Also the roof needed a bit of a repair. So, in pictures (sides removed and linger length of rough sawn treated batten added, extra roofing felt blow torched under the old failing one etc).
The front end is gonna have the t&g removed. Then an additional front added but this time nice and plumb. Paving slabs will hopefully get removed tomorrow and then made level after getting rid of some of the hardcore/muck. Actually will probs keep the hard-core come to think of it..
Old battens holding the edges of the felt down had basically rotted away after constant exposure to the one side. Maybe me not treating it regularly hasn't helped but I've tried.
Cabinetman
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I’m just imagining trying to remove the shed from within a brick surround?
duke
Old Oak
Shafiq, do you have a pic of the brick building around the shed or do you mean you are raising the perimeter of the shed with bricks ?
shafiq
New Shoots
Yes. Around that current shed once I have put a little extension on the front and bring it straight (as well as give me some extra storage space for now) I'll be digging down for a 15m² brick building base. Dig down at least 35cm (at the front of the shed to bring it level with the path at the back of the shed, where the fence sits which will be the back wall/bricks) and then some to pour in concrete and make some footings.
Then hopefully start building upwards slowly (the learning curve of brick buildings and all that) using the Alan G drawings as a rough guide for what/where I want what. I'll try and draw a pic
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shafiq
New Shoots
Yes, you're right there. Might have to rethink that a little and (hopefully by then have a canopy nearer/attached to the outhouse) store the shed stuff elsewhere whilst I dismantle it when I can still get to it (mainly the roof I suppose). Otherwise space would be a bit tight though not impossible if I just smash everything from inside it (carefully).
shafiq
New Shoots
@dukeit just occurred to me that my laughing face might get taken incorrectly. I wasn't laughing at the fact I was asked if I had a drawing. I was just thinking at how terrible my stick drawings are these days and how to jot whats in my brain down on paper.
Anyway, still a few niggles going on with my plans but, taking the project a little at a time. Managed to clear loads of mud today and make the floor level. Then decided I could maybe make the footprint a touch wider. Here goes, and if it all goes to pot then so be it
From where I am stood looks like top soil. But its the sharp sand that I removed. Coming to think about it now, it was so cool having my shed base done by a landscaper. Hardly any concrete I need to think about clearing/knocking awa..
Anyway, still a few niggles going on with my plans but, taking the project a little at a time. Managed to clear loads of mud today and make the floor level. Then decided I could maybe make the footprint a touch wider. Here goes, and if it all goes to pot then so be it
From where I am stood looks like top soil. But its the sharp sand that I removed. Coming to think about it now, it was so cool having my shed base done by a landscaper. Hardly any concrete I need to think about clearing/knocking awa..
duke
Old Oak
Three leg stool, has one coat of finish on, then another when dry. To be used by my wife for scooping the cat litter, her request.
duke
Old Oak
Very nice Stuart.
Cabinetman
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Impressive work Stuart, I thought I was patient, obviously there are different levels.
Scott that’s lovely stuff, that visually thinning chamfer is spot on.
Scott that’s lovely stuff, that visually thinning chamfer is spot on.
Pinch
Old Oak
This is a very cool thread.
I can't remember the last woodworking related thing I made, but I did put my hands to a little bit of art work last year - not sure if this counts. Please delete if it doesn't.
My good lady and I lived in the daughter's house for a while (we were in between moves - long story), and I went about decorating/general tarting up of the old house in preperation of selling. The small kitchen with a high ceiling presented a dull space above the wall cupboards, so I sketched and painted this simple mural of an Apline scene during sunrise, or could be a sunset. I used Homebase emulsion tester paints.
I can't remember the last woodworking related thing I made, but I did put my hands to a little bit of art work last year - not sure if this counts. Please delete if it doesn't.
My good lady and I lived in the daughter's house for a while (we were in between moves - long story), and I went about decorating/general tarting up of the old house in preperation of selling. The small kitchen with a high ceiling presented a dull space above the wall cupboards, so I sketched and painted this simple mural of an Apline scene during sunrise, or could be a sunset. I used Homebase emulsion tester paints.
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You’ve got some real depth to that painting Pinch.
Pinch
Old Oak
Thanks Ian. Yeah, it turned out very well, considering. I quite enjoyed doing it as well.
Malc2098
Sequoia
I've been making some tessellations to fit into a base (that I will mill on the CNC) as a child's, or adult', educational toy.
As you can see, I've been having trouble with my isosceles triangles. The pentagons, hexagons, squares and rectangles were all cut on the Kapex, but I've cut the ITs (I'm not trying to spell that again!) on the bandsaw, and the mitre gauge isn't so accurate. They're only about 0.5 degree out, but I think the rounding over of all the remaining edges will disguise that.
As you can see, I've been having trouble with my isosceles triangles. The pentagons, hexagons, squares and rectangles were all cut on the Kapex, but I've cut the ITs (I'm not trying to spell that again!) on the bandsaw, and the mitre gauge isn't so accurate. They're only about 0.5 degree out, but I think the rounding over of all the remaining edges will disguise that.
Pinch
Old Oak
Hey gezeer, it deonst mettar how we spel wrods, it all mekas secne in tit end.
Nice work chap.
Malc2098
Sequoia
Much of the stuff I've been making this year has been from offcuts of timber I've been using for my instruments, or the parts of the timbers not good enough for the instruments, but are good enough in smaller sizes.
i still hate throwing away the offcuts from these.