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On 15/12/2019 at 20:15, Benno said:

In more exciting news, I've got my hands on some triple carbs for it. Not sure what the condition of the SU's is like, but externally they look all good. 

Hey @Benno what did you pay for those SU's? These triple zeniths have come up on the tard that I'm fairly keen on picking up. They're fairly pricey but then again they never come up. 

Talked to zep (galeforce zephyrs) a while back and he reckoned the triple zeniths had more initial punch than su's but its a struggle to get an air filter to fit under the bonnet.. 

Yeah, they aren't cheap.. Even second hand like mine. Its missing a few things and I need a thinner riving knife as it jams with my thinner blade. I really want to get the dewalt thicknesser but then I need to find something to use it for.. 

That was yesterday, 

Today I mounted it, bottom is held on either side with a 12mm dowel the locates the bottom. 

Corresponding 12mm hole in the bottom rail. 

Then at the top just angled a 100mm x 14g batten screw both sides. She's pretty sturdy, I was a bit worried it might flex. 

Capped it off with a 50x100 left over from the the bottom of the house.. She ain't moving now. 

And again, just managed to get my driver in between the uprights. 

Cut the mac up that came off the front corner of the house, a bit of wastage but the only other thing I could have used it for would have made as much waste and more unusable.. But, meh. 

Ripped the top and bottom and drilled some holes.. 

Screwed it together.. 

Photobomb.. 

When you rip them through the table saw it leaves a clean shiney finish that doesn't hold the stain very well so I glued some 40 grit to a board and made fake bandsaw lines.. Came up good. 

Enlisted some oilers.. 

Got the balustrade and the front step done today.. 

Hit it with some oil.. 

I did originally want to have the landing at the same height or just below the threshold with the step by the post. Problem was the then the line of the house/cladding looking from the road would be wack. This way isn't ideal but it looks a lot cleaner. 

That.. Is a good idea. 

Fuck yeah bro! Love chevells. 

You guys are pussies...... 

1FZ-FE

Ruh roh!...... 

Hah thanks, those comments are much appreciated... In my mind it seems like I'm doing an average job except for the occasional win.. A bit like my golf. 

If we get a good price for it, the whole thing will have been worthwhile. 

On with the last bit.. 

I had never been quite sure how I was gonna finish these bits. If I copied the same style as the rest of the house with the capping it meant the capping would have to go all the way round to the front door which wouldn't work with the decking..  And somehow in behind the main steps.. 

After mulling it over for a few weeks I decided since there was already a board hanging down to within 35mm of the deck (see above) that I would just copy it with the rest.. it may not be legal as you sposed to have 150mm from bottom of cladding to whatever the actual bottom plate and cavity closer are about 250mm from the deck.. looks much neater anyway. 

Cut a bit of the deck framing to make way for the corner, 

All the corners are rebated for water. 

Corner on, 

Cladding on. 

Doing it this way meant I had to replace 8 boards, still have a fairly good supply left so it s no biggie. Going to use the old boards for the balustrade.. 

Did the back two corners, 

More night time epoxy...... 

This was the reason I had wanted to do it this way instead of just leaving it capped with the standard 25x150 boards. Because the house wasn't designed with this cladding in mind I had to set the boards out to fit the windows and forget the corners. Down the track I realised I would have to copy what I did around the windows on the corners, butt joining them looked shit which is why I went with the beveled and glued corner. 

It meant I could just run the cladding out like this. 

Which looks much better than this. 

Of no significance, but on one screw, I managed to break the drill bit I was using, on the corner I had to angle the opposing screws up or down away from each other. Got it wrong and snapped the bit, punched it in further then drilled again on a different angle and snapped another bit, at that point I threw the drill and went and had a cup of tea. In the end I snipped the end of a screw and epoxied it in there.. 

Cunt.... 

Oh... And being the total muppet that I am I cut both corners without allowing for the 15deg drip edge on the bottom which left both corners 7mm short. I realised this only after I had glued the first corner (goddammit!) so I had to drop them down and cut a packer to go in the top. Second corner worked fine but the opposite corner now has the screw line 7mm lower than the rest... Fucken numptey. 

Then it was time to finally finish the cladding (only taken 4 years) 

Started with the easiest bit to see if my technique would work. Literally just a 46deg over bevel with some epoxy glue, clamped, then screwed. 

Came out better than I expected.. Carry on. 

Re-routed the sewer breather, 

Could just get my grinder in there to spilt the old pipe out (carefully, don't want a blockage) 

Another thing to tick off the list, need to re-route the down pipes too but need to find the same bends. 

Yes, still toiling away.. Had some things going on the last 6 weeks plus some rain days. Feels like some weekends I get fuck all done.. Actually, that's most weekends. 

Anyway, 

Got the last bit under the back stairs done a while back, just cleans it all up. Not much to look at. 

Framed, 

Luckily my driver just for under the cladding to drill the dowel holes. Would have been a cunt otherwise. 

So that really does make the bottom finished. Thank fuck. 

I'm hanging for another ferrymead pest.. Train spec. 

4 hours ago, rumrum said:

seeing bbibs in spa lushness

 

Pics.. 

Exciting....... 

I was gonna buy one of those modern cheapish vices but I then went to the vcc swap meet and found a hercules #5 for 70 bucks. It's been very well used and I've given it a beating but still it lives on. Get an old one if you can.