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The project looks fantastic....Not trying to sound like a smart arse, but I can see daylight past one of your wedges. Can you gob that up somehow?

Please don't foam them in. Wedge and plaster is cool. Frame sealant 'round the outside, to stop the draft. Box frames need to breath, same as any other joinery.

I agree, they look really smart. How are you going to fix them?

Oddly enough, this one's still dragging its heals. Sashes are waiting for the builder:

Pointing up and making good is pretty important:

Fitting today..with a hangover Action shot:

As a footnote to this; my mate who was going to glaze the windows, dropped them off tonight saying that he couldn't glaze them as they're knackered. My immediate reaction was to agree and suggest the best solution was to go to the pub. We've been to the pub and the window still isn't fixed! :D...

For a little bit of closure to this thread, here's the completed frame: Fitting tomorrow now.

A thousand internets to you. I totally forgot about the pulleys. I'm an idiot! Thankfully I have them in stock as the old ones are buggered.

Anyone notice the ridiculous cockup? Keep in mind I'm supposed to be fitting today and I've documented everything other than supplying pictures of the inner linings.

That's impressive. I think I rushed into purchasing one of the Chinese imports. No tool changer and while the vac makes a lot of noise it don't seem to do a lot of sucking. What was the actual machining time?

Right ho, here we go. The excitement of cutting the mitres, rough cut then pare with a chisel. Check the back and front for square: Just the back linings and some beading and we're done.

Nice. Is the vac bed on the Format 4 good enough not to have to bother with tabs?

Nice tip on the putty. I'd agree with you, and I will do my own glazing if I have to, but my mate does really high end stained glass work. His cutting and glazing (and lead work where necessary) is so fast and neat it just makes sense to use him. Plus, he uses me for any timber work.

I've been having the existing sashes re-glazed, and there's been roofing work to do, so this has been on the back burner. Cut the head housings. I mark these off the inner cheeks of the cill housing then cut the pocket fillers. I make these really baggy, 'cos once they've expanded and they've...

Yeah sorry, this got put on hold due to other repair work after the bad weather. Hopefully it'll be getting fitted tomorrow. I'll post some more pics later.

First up, work with a material you're comfortable with. Accoya might be the best thing since sliced bread, but if a customer asked me to do a job in material that I hadn't worked with before...I'd tell 'em where to stick it. I know about windows and they don't. You're the tradesman, it's your...

Don't really know much about Accoya. As I've mentioned above my stuff is Joinery grade redwood (Scots Pine). It works well, takes paint pretty well, is readily available and it seems to have been used by the old lads (who knew a hell of a lot more about woodworking than me). As far as pricing...

Woodworking books are great, but they represent an opinion of a geezer who was perhaps slightly distanced from house bashing. Experience has taught me(and my Dad as it goes) that hardwood cills are bobbins. Pretty much all my stuff is done in U/S redwood. Anyhow; I managed to get the pockets...

It's a good question. I've used linseed oil paint predominantly for the last few years (on your advice as it happens!), but the pain is the availability. I've had some on order for over a week and nothing has turned up. I used to get it off a firm called Holkham(sp?). The only stuff I can find...