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23rd July 2017, 04:10 PM
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I also made something
I have lost my welding skills due to long term non-use, so I used wood.
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Ray at Wigan Pier 2014 A8L D4 4.0TFSI Gold (Sticker says "Beige") Can't leave you in a black smoke cloud anymore.. In progress, Nothing left to do.  Gone 2004 A8 D3 3.0 TDI. Ebony Pearl Black (with little bits of other colours and glitter) Last edited by tc4332; 23rd July 2017 at 04:13 PM. 
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23rd July 2017, 07:55 PM
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A thing to hold up another thing?
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23rd July 2017, 07:57 PM
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The beginnings of a medieval trebuchet. At last, I thought you were never going to get round to it Ray.
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23rd July 2017, 10:26 PM
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I'm not sure my mitre saw would make an angle cut that long!
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Cheers Marty  ____________________ Current: 2001 Audi S8 - Brilliant Black with Black interior, C5 RS6 rims (whenever I actually put them on...), Solar Sunroof, Tinted side and rear glass, RNS-D, Grom, Bose, clunky old phone in arm rest! 2002 Audi S8 - Project Replacement head coming arrived thanks to MJSilver with Black interior. All features as the '01, with the 'S' mode auto shifter. Dodgey rear tint (need to find a way to get rid of that). Family: 2009 Volvo XC90 V8 R Design - has a louder more obnoxious exhaust than the S8, sounds great! Love this thing - Q7 was double the price, and certainly not double the car! Sold: 1997 Audi A4 - Hamilton's Club Sport, Achat Grey (will miss the old girl) Last edited by 27litres; 23rd July 2017 at 10:36 PM.
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24th July 2017, 08:23 AM
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All saw cuts by hand. The old fashioned way, pencil line, T square and calibrated eyeball.
I liked the look of it so I stained it brown with fence preservative. Surprisingly I still liked it so I made another four.
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Ray at Wigan Pier 2014 A8L D4 4.0TFSI Gold (Sticker says "Beige") Can't leave you in a black smoke cloud anymore.. In progress, Nothing left to do. Gone 2004 A8 D3 3.0 TDI. Ebony Pearl Black (with little bits of other colours and glitter)
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24th July 2017, 08:38 AM
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I have no idea what these will be used for Ray, so I'm guessing it's shoring formwork??
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24th July 2017, 08:47 AM
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Table Legs !!
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9th August 2017, 07:19 PM
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SWMBO decided whilst having an Earl Grey at the three legged coffee table that it was time to build an arbour to replace the one that three years back she made me demolish.
So lots of sawing, screwing and ladder climbing we have a gazebo. This hopefully will keep the rain off the bench and three legged coffee table. To help with the construction I made a special tool that worked so well I made another two. I know it looks like a piece of string, but it is more than that, it is a piece of scrapped plastic clothes line. I used these three "tools" to hold each of the five roof panels in a semi rolled state whilst screwing the first two fasteners on each stringer. The need for this was 'cos my arms are too short to reach across the full width of a panel. The sad bit is that Gwen wants me to throw them away now, as well as what is left of the clothes line. Fair enough really I guess because I have been hording the bloody thing for over thirty years knowing that someday it would come in useful. Well here is the arbour decreed by SWMBO, big enough for three A8s.
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Ray at Wigan Pier 2014 A8L D4 4.0TFSI Gold (Sticker says "Beige") Can't leave you in a black smoke cloud anymore.. In progress, Nothing left to do. Gone 2004 A8 D3 3.0 TDI. Ebony Pearl Black (with little bits of other colours and glitter) Last edited by tc4332; 9th August 2017 at 07:22 PM.
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10th August 2017, 06:40 PM
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The gazebo/arbour is finished. Yippee.
Now she want a box to keep the soil in for the honeysuckle and jasmin to grow in. Sort of a big wooden plant pot. So while I think about that I thought I'd show you the "tool" in use (not me). Unfortunately none of these are up to the very high standard set by MickiJayne. As for time lapse photography; forget it. Here are two photos of the tool in position around the partly rolled roof panel, notice the boy scout reef knots. Here is the last panel being lifted into place. And finally the small opening that I had to squeeze through to reach the fixings. Next time I will borrow some scaffolding.Mind with a little bit of luck this lot will last longer than me, so hopefully no next time.
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