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I'm constantly astonished at how long working with wood can be. Ive just re purposed a decking area and to remove all screws wire brush paint all the planks took like two days.
The building looks good, well done
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This mornings exploits have broken me, its one of the few times I really wish id called in a professional. If you look closely at the ply laid on the floor, you might just make out the lump, well that runs the whole length of the floor and runs out by 6 mm in one place, so instead of getting quotes to either have the floor professionally ground or hiring a machine to do it, I stupidly bought a double row diamond grinding disk thinking that would do it, well it did and it also did for my back, having strapped it on to my trusty Aldi angle grinder, I cracked on and its doing a surprisingly good job, I worked for about an hour and achieved about 500 mm of floor, (only 5M remaining)I stopped and decided although, keeping it wet was keeping most of the dust down, it was also a lot harder to see what need doing, working dry was exceedingly dusty but also a lot easier, by the time I thought ohh food I was 2/3 of the way down the floor but couldn't stand up straight, so I shut up had lunch and went for a hot bath. 20200409_124741 by logicaluk, on Flickr the door made me laugh 20200409_124925 by logicaluk, on Flickr
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I'm constantly astonished at how long working with wood can be. I've just re purposed a decking area and to remove all screws wire brush paint all the planks took like two days. The building looks good, well done Thanks, I bet getting the screws out took almost as much time as the wire brushing.
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Apr 14, 2020 18:05:33 GMT
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Wow! That dust took some cleaning up, I even had to wash down the ceiling and roof trusses. Now the strip I ground down is a bit more visible. 20200410_141511 by logicaluk, on Flickr 20200410_141402 by logicaluk, on Flickr It's not as perfectly flat as I had wanted but right now it will have to do. It was then I did a very strange thing I actually downloaded the instructions for the 2 pack epoxy high build paint I had bought, and found out id not ordered the primer, I'm sure I had read, thin the first coat and no mention of primer. Back to eBay, order primer, just about to press buy when I thought actually 5l isn't quite enough I need 10, go back out only to find I had committed to buy it sent a cancel request and ordered 10l. An hour later I get a message from the seller saying no problem order cancelled, was the primer for the paint I had ordered last week if so it's the wrong one...... BUGGERATION Go back on eBay, find the right primer (its almost twice the price) place order with a couple of solvent proof rollers and a frame. So that's that job stopped till the primer arrives in 7 to 10 days (due to the virus) after the Easter holidays. Next job on the list sort out the work bench, my bench is a 10ft long steel frame from an old chip shop fryer. After spending half a day digging out some of the curse word that's been piled up next to, on and in it, it looks like this 20200413_131430 by logicaluk, on Flickr Its never been properly organized, so I built some shelves. 20200413_143237 by logicaluk, on Flickr these are designed to take the big white trays as draws at the top and a box under x 4 But I don't want them filling up with dust and curse word so some doors are needed, a hunt through my pile of quite good wood turns up 6 fence boards, once they have had a shave in the thickness planer they were fashioned in to doors. 20200414_161345 by logicaluk, on Flickr Nope I can't see any over engineering here... 20200414_170102 by logicaluk, on Flickr A quick lick of stain to give them some colour 20200414_182613 by logicaluk, on Flickr And I went in for some food and a beverage. The beverage was a mojito 20200414_193516 by logicaluk, on Flickr And very nice it was too.
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Apr 15, 2020 11:44:41 GMT
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With all that lovely stained wood this is turning out quite on par with the current fashion-trends. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) ...hearsay obviously, I don't follow any trends.
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With all that lovely stained wood this is turning out quite on par with the current fashion-trends. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) ...hearsay obviously, I don't follow any trends. Funny you should say that (I didn't realize I was on trend this month), I've had 2 people ask if I can do the same in a kitchen. I finally got the bench out far enough out from the wall that I could remove the top, and give the visible surfaces a coat of workshop blue, an up stand on the back is needed to push the top forwards, to provide an over hang for the doors. 20200415_145043 by logicaluk, on Flickr I've been thinking about a few more improvements, bench is a little low raising it by 100 mm should make it more pleasant to work at. standing it on 2 bits of 4" fence post mount the vice on a post to the side of the bench, thus putting the forces straight to the floor, ala blacksmiths vice The work top doesn't go all the way to the end of the bench, currently there is another piece in there but it doesn't go all the way to the back, my welder will be living down that end so, ideas for a welding bench top? In the down below please I hope the floor paint turns up soon or I might have to work on the house instead. Dan
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Nice work on the bench doors they look very rustic. Make sure your vice post is well secured to the bench or you will just pull the post off when you try and turn something in the vice.
For the welding top just screw a steel sheet to the bench frame.
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Apr 16, 2020 12:13:16 GMT
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A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Always pay attention to what you're doing, even if its an easy job and don't let your mind wander. 20200416_101155 by logicaluk, on Flickr Then way you will be able to drink all your coffee.
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Apr 16, 2020 12:17:35 GMT
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Thanks, Martin. 20200416_102212 by logicaluk, on Flickr second coat on the workbench frame and I'm off in the house to shorten the list of jobs I got given
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Apr 16, 2020 22:30:39 GMT
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You are building an amazing looking workshop, well done on the timber wall. Looking forward to seeing your updates. Warren
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Small up date as I had to do some painting in house to keep SWMBO happy. I wanted to raise the bench 100 mm I was going to put a fence post under it but decided I couldn't do it so cut some pipe and seeing as I don't have a welder at the moment, I left them outside a mates workshop whilst I went shopping, and they had been welded up by the time I was finished. 20200417_141554 by logicaluk, on Flickr a coat of paint 20200417_151326 by logicaluk, on Flickr and there ready to fit 20200418_122637 by logicaluk, on Flickr It feels like a much better working height, but time will tell. Also, the under bench height is now 14" I'm think ill build some wooden boxes to go under then bench for more storage.
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In a surprise turn of events the Primer for the floor was delivered this afternoon, Just after I had finished emptying the workshop. Result. 20200422_161034 by logicaluk, on Flickr That's, 2 rollers, a cage, acid etch/cleaner, 10l of 2pack epoxy high build primer and 10l of the light grey top coat for £225. Step 1a sweep the floor then hover it to get as much dust off it as possible. Step 1b wet the floor and sweep it again and marvel at the amount of dust that was still in there. 20200422_173237 by logicaluk, on Flickr Step 1c mix the acid 1:2 with water spread evenly around work in with brush. 20200422_180247 by logicaluk, on Flickr Step 1d re apply and work in with brush then leave for 10 mins while I scoff a half cold dinner. 20200422_182110 by logicaluk, on Flickr Step 1e sweep out and rinse out with 2 buckets of clean water. Step 1e.1 Do it again. Step 1e.2 And again, (did that actually do anything?). Step 1e.3 Surely not. Step 1e.4 This time an improvement, but how the hell is this stuff hanging on after it has had a bucket of water dumped on it and been scrubbed for a few mins, swilling the water over it repeatedly. Step 1e.5 Defiantly almost, nearly there. Step 1e.6 Oh that will do. Step 1e.7 No it won't. 20200422_202403 by logicaluk, on Flickr Step 1f Go fo a refreshing beverage. More tomorrow that took 4 hours to do.
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Enjoying the style of your writing. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Loving this, great way to put a retro style 'shop together ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Got down to the workshop at 7.30am to open the door, and dry the standing water with a j cloth then get the fan on to circulate the air. Work on the car to pass the time, check on floor around lunchtime, use J cloth again(I think some water has got behind the boards on the right side), floors drying but not ready. Go back every few hours and use the J cloth to mop up the water in the corner and move the fan around. Leave the on fan overnight. Right corner is still damp so point a heater at it while I get ready for paint. Step 2a Sweep the floor again. 20200424_091830 by logicaluk, on Flickr step 2b Hoover the floor because did you see the pile in the last pic, 20200424_093124 by logicaluk, on Flickr I thinned the paint thinking it would fill the little holes in the concrete, (it didn't)this stuff has a 3-hour pot life so no pics till its done. Step 2c Started with cutting in by the time id got round the first coat had almost dried, so I gave it another coat. Then got stuck in I didn't use a paint tray and just poured the paint on the floor. Eventually it looked like this. 20200424_131253 by logicaluk, on Flickr Very happy with that. Just have got to wait till tomorrow morning to put the top coat on. Dan
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Enjoying the style of your writing. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) thanks Loving this, great way to put a retro style 'shop together ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) thanks loving the tolly build
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Apr 24, 2020 21:02:36 GMT
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Painting a floor makes such a massive difference. It'll look fantastic when it's done.
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Floor paint does make a huge difference to working in the garage. I ended up working in mine for a while without sealing the floor and the level of dust is just unbelievable. love the back wall.
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I went out to the workshop this morning and found the floor had a matt finish with shiny patches 20200425_101504 by logicaluk, on Flickr Only to find the shiny bits are not dry... It appears to be, where I put an extra coat on to improve the surface finish or where I was trying to fill the small voids in the surface. Buggerit millennium hand and shrimp. I've closed the big door as close to the floor as I dared, turned up the fan heater and ill go back in a few hours. Dan
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Apr 25, 2020 14:21:26 GMT
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I think the floor got too cold and that has stopped the epoxy going off I Hope.
I've scraped off any thick undried bits and check it again later.
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