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Old Oak
Hello Folks - hope everyone is well. 
This is going to be a time consuming and interesting woodworking project, which I have recently resurrected from years ago and started afresh.
Twenty years ago, I was working from home on the drawing board full-time, designing/preparing Planning & Building Applications for clients. This included building projects from small domestic/commercial extensions to one-off bespoke designer houses. I stopped doing this work through 2010 and ventured into full-time furniture making.
During this time, I had my own dream of designing & building a bespoke oak framed Tudor styled house for myself, which I code named 'Project Merlin'. I completed the preliminary drawing work and started to build a 1:10 scaled model. My busy professional life at the time gave me little time to spend on Project Merlin, and consequently over time, it became a distant memory.
The partially built model ended up under a large bench in my old workshop gathering lots of dust. When I closed the workshop doors for the very last time during 2018, I left loads of stuff behind including the incomplete model of Project Merlin.
The old drawing negatives are still in my parents’ loft bound together in a large roll with many other drawing negatives. Over the last few weeks, I have re-designed and prepared a new set of 1:50 drawings using Microsoft Publisher – quite different to the old traditional A0X drawing board, but thoroughly enjoyable, nonetheless.
I have designed this project to actual measurement and scale with traditional construction methods as if it were going to be an actual full-scaled build, but of course, this is only going to be a scaled model of probably 1:12 or 1:15. If this were a full-size build, it probably wouldn’t meet with the current Building Regulations Fire Safety & Means of Escape, but it isn’t a full-size build. I thought I would mention that bit in case anyone asks.
The drawings are self-explanatory, although the sectional elevations look busy and require a bit of studying to see what’s what. If I make the model at 1:12, the actual size will be approximately 666mm wide x 1358mm long x 783mm high.
I'm going to make the model using pine, balsa and some sheet material. I'm also contemplating whether to actually craft the traditional joints in the pine framework, which will simulate the heavy oak frames. Hmmm, I might not, but certainly thinking about it.
I hope you like the proposed build – Project Merlin.
I've prepared another Second Floor Plan showing the Guest Bedroom ensuite, but undecided at the moment, which is why this version doesn't show one.
It's early stages, but I am looking forward to making a start soon.
Cheers.
:text-bravo:
This is going to be a time consuming and interesting woodworking project, which I have recently resurrected from years ago and started afresh.
Twenty years ago, I was working from home on the drawing board full-time, designing/preparing Planning & Building Applications for clients. This included building projects from small domestic/commercial extensions to one-off bespoke designer houses. I stopped doing this work through 2010 and ventured into full-time furniture making.
During this time, I had my own dream of designing & building a bespoke oak framed Tudor styled house for myself, which I code named 'Project Merlin'. I completed the preliminary drawing work and started to build a 1:10 scaled model. My busy professional life at the time gave me little time to spend on Project Merlin, and consequently over time, it became a distant memory.
The partially built model ended up under a large bench in my old workshop gathering lots of dust. When I closed the workshop doors for the very last time during 2018, I left loads of stuff behind including the incomplete model of Project Merlin.
The old drawing negatives are still in my parents’ loft bound together in a large roll with many other drawing negatives. Over the last few weeks, I have re-designed and prepared a new set of 1:50 drawings using Microsoft Publisher – quite different to the old traditional A0X drawing board, but thoroughly enjoyable, nonetheless.
I have designed this project to actual measurement and scale with traditional construction methods as if it were going to be an actual full-scaled build, but of course, this is only going to be a scaled model of probably 1:12 or 1:15. If this were a full-size build, it probably wouldn’t meet with the current Building Regulations Fire Safety & Means of Escape, but it isn’t a full-size build. I thought I would mention that bit in case anyone asks.
The drawings are self-explanatory, although the sectional elevations look busy and require a bit of studying to see what’s what. If I make the model at 1:12, the actual size will be approximately 666mm wide x 1358mm long x 783mm high.
I'm going to make the model using pine, balsa and some sheet material. I'm also contemplating whether to actually craft the traditional joints in the pine framework, which will simulate the heavy oak frames. Hmmm, I might not, but certainly thinking about it.
I hope you like the proposed build – Project Merlin.
I've prepared another Second Floor Plan showing the Guest Bedroom ensuite, but undecided at the moment, which is why this version doesn't show one.
It's early stages, but I am looking forward to making a start soon.
Cheers.
:text-bravo:
bscene-drinkingcheers: 
