Mr. Ed
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The sills are up to 450 mm deep and up to a metre long I have a table top I want to do later that’s about 2 metres long and 450 wide or so.
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Mr google thinks that’s a damn fine idea. Should be within my ability (just). wish me luck! many thanks.
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Ah yes I’ve heard of doing it with routers and have heard of sleds. Let me ask Mr google
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Very sensible suggestion and thank you. Herself, however, is very keen on single slabby bits and I am in a bit of a time panic so would rather not have the fun of gluing and clamping and so on. Not yet at any rate.
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A numpty question I’m afraid. I’ve been learning how to mill (with a wee band saw mill) and plane and thickness (with a little old Scheppach planer/thicknesser) and have muddled along alright. I’ve now got to do some bigger bits for deep window sills and counter tops and wonder what people do to plane surfaces bigger than any planer they have. There is a workshop nearish who will do it for a price but I’d much rather do it all in house if I could. Thanks in advance for any advice!
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What I haven’t told Mrs Ed is that Alder apparently used to be used as sacrificial woodworm bait - leave a bit of it around and they will choose that. Not sure if that can be true really but it’s a good joke if nothing else.
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As you know it’s not rated at all well for rot resistance if left wet (unless under water). Lovely to use though - light and easy to dry and cut.
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Baby’s first Ash. Does it always smell of honey?
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Just banging sideways with a mallet then kneeling on it. Because there’s a chipboard floor already we couldn’t use those nice clamp things. I didn’t tongue and groove it because I don’t have a router / moulder and because I’m slack.
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Regupol - what a name! No wonder I couldn’t remember it. Sounds like a laxative.
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Yes a posh acoustic underlay. Recycled tyres and cork. Made in Germany. I forget the name. Annoyingly expensive but very handy - its squishability (spellcheck that one, motherfecker phone!) allows a little adjustment in screw tension to correct thickness variation. And hopefully the kitchen below won’t hear every fart, quarrel and cuddle from above.
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And a pool on how many screws will go in to hold this floor down? Plugs to follow. If it dares squeak I’ll kill it. (c 750).
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Our friend Steve helping to lay Alder boards in the bedroom and for some reason looking like a computer generated image. Is the world ready for a first person floor-laying Role Play Game? Hmm
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I wonder if there’s a reason people don’t use such highly figured wood in floors? Maybe I’ll have to issue a warning to epileptics. Still - I’m pleased to have achieved this little landmark.
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Baby’s first floor: Alder laid but fastenings not finished yet in our new bathroom. Am screwing it to a subfloor through an acoustic mat. Not sure what to finish it with yet.
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There was lots planted around houses in Ireland in the 19th Century and lots of it is coming down now. It would be nice to get hold of some.
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I have to disagree with you difflock - without having seen the structure in any detail I’d have said that bronze is a lovely material to do it with, for its strength, integrity (with regard to corrosion), aesthetic potential with regard to patina, and its historical heft, given that the tree fell during the Bronze Age.
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DF usually has a nice citrus smell doesn’t it?
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Thanks - I should have seen that! Cheers es
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I’m intending to use this gadget to measure the RH, temperature and MC - not expensive and seemingly well made, and you don’t need to open the box. Protimeter BLE | Relative Humidity, Temperature, Moisture Content WWW.PROTIMETER.COM The Protimeter BLE is a compact battery-powered device that measures and logs Relative Humidity, Temperature and...
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I ask because I’ve made a big box myself (I won’t dignify it with the word “kiln”) and haven’t got my fans sorted yet.
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Hi BB can you unpack your earlier comment about vanity fans and overkill? I was a bit confused. Well, I guess I still am a bit confused! thx ed
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stop being nice to each other! You're going to break the internet - it's not what it was made for ....🧐 -
At my age you need all the help you can get, and aren’t necessarily too picky about where it comes from …
