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Well the pergola is up now, minus the gallows braces to fit and slab around the posts. The install went well given the size of the thing and the heat it went up in. Here’s a few final photos of it from collection to install. Getting along to the end of it here, two triple sinkers on the end...

It finishes up around 13 metres long with the overhangs and 7-8 metres at its widest. I think so far the timber has cost around 7000 pounds, I’ve got some arches to machine which I still need some lumber for and a few pieces to extend the longest lengths with. It should look good when it’s up...

5 of the 22 beams will have a scarf joint, the reason the lapped joints are in use is the beams are long enough to span from one side to the other, so im only extending the backs that land rite on the carrying beams. They are housed out rite on the joints so the lap is perfect here as it’ll...

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I got a little further on the pergola last week, I have made a start with the crossbeams so it actually looks like i am doing something now. I made a template for the ends of them and kicked off at the narrowest point. Each beam lands on 425 centres, and to follow the angle on the back each...

So just lately I have been making a pretty big green oak Pergola, on and off really whilst other jobs come and go etc. I don’t usually get involved with the garden structures but we’re a man down so I have stepped up. We have a 6.7m uninterrupted span on the font, and a 12m centrally supported...

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Something a little different here for me, more of a team effort this one. I made the 3 rings in the top and the columns themselves, and assisted in the arches very briefly. I also machined and fitted the mouldings on the very top. 4 man install in the capitol city that I was a part of. A good...

Thanks for that. No finish on here it’s fit and forget as you see it.

a little oak gate

A view from below.

Thank you. I will get a picture up of it finished when I can, it’s been up probably 5 months now so will be on its way to silvery grey! The staircase sounded interesting, I’ve only been involved in a few of them in my time.

I love the overhead, we couldn’t do without it. Any excuse and im on it, so easy to do repeat work with very good accuracy. I made this lodge gate a few years back and the curves in the top and the lattice in the bottom was all done off the OH in a matter of hours. So good. And that’s just one...

And here’s the result. I can’t remember how long it took in the end, as I kept getting pulled to do other jobs at that time , but probably 5-6 weeks maybe longer.

Haha your too kind, i very much enjoy what I do and I think it’s nice to share it with others. The mitres were fixed using titebond and some big ratchet straps on site, they sat down on stainless locating pins on to the posts! Once the glue had gone off the straps were taken off, two 6x120...

Making sure it all eyed through was obviously imperative, then it’s glue and cramps and go for it.

It really was just a case then of getting down to it, the theory was to butt glue to tight joints all the way around the full template, masking tape every piece to said template and leave overnight, then flip the whole thing over in the morning, remove the tape and lift off the template which...

These little clips were for a friend and not intended for on here, that’ll explain why they are a little out of sync with the thread, but it’s all relevant to the job

This little clip gives you some idea of what the overhead does for us, from here it’s setting it up on my full size template ready to have a chin rub and mull session on what route to take next