At it again

[mailee]

I have just started work on another one of these:

No trellis work this time although it will have three windows in this time. Keeping my fingers crossed for the weather to hold. :roll:

 

[sawdust maker]

I think you are right to drop the trellis. Also can I suggest the balustrade is incorporated rather than going round the outside. On the positive I do like pieces made out of large bits of wood.

Paul

 

[Waka]

Mailee

How come you get all the good jobs :lol:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Looking forward to seeing the WIP pictures, Mailee

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Anonymous]

Blimey!! You keep yourself busy :wink:

Post some WIPs again, they were interesting last time

 

[mailee]

Ok guys, here are the first WIP's :

I started by joining all the boards edge to edge with biscuits. Next I cut the tennons on the ends and shaped them. :

I am working in the customers garage although making a lot of mess too!

Finally I routed the design in the side panels.

I managed to complete two today as you can see:

I have one more to make as it will only have three sides as the back will be against the house. This side will just be a plain board.
Sorry Paul but the customer want's it behind the handrails again. On the outer side of the ballustrade it is flower beds and shingle so no good for the weight of this thing. Tomorrow I shall complete the third one and rout a roundover on the Flur-de-lyse. Keeping my fingers crossed for the weather at the moment. :wink:

 

[wizer]

erm did you free hand those fluer de lys' ?

 

[mailee]

JEES! not with my eyesight Wizer. I used a template and cut out most of it with the jigsaw then finished the details with the router. :wink:

 

[wizer]

ahh, very nice all the same

 

[mailee]

Well at the moment the job has come to a complete stop as the posts haven't arrived yet! They should have been here today but so far haven't turned up. Everything else is ready for them so customer is going to get on to the timber yard. Been busy making a few jigs for the roofing in the meantime to save some time later. Will keep you posted as to what happens as and when. No pics today as all I have done is finish the third side. :roll:

 

[Gary M]

Looking good Mailee,
Your jig looks very well made, i assume you made it yourself ?
What is it made of ?
Cheers,
Gary.

 

[Lark]

love the first picture thats looks great.....

 

[mailee]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. Yes the jig is homemade as are all of my jigs Gary. It is made out of some laminate courtesy of Mel on the forum. I have made a lot of jigs with these offcuts and they stand up well to abuse. Actually the one you see here is for cutting trenches (Dado's) but comes in handy for large tennons like those. I also made a couple of straight edge guides for the router and saw and two router compass's, insert plates for the router table, not to mention a box joint jig. :wink: Hopefully the posts should be here tomorrow so I can continue with the build and with any luck get it erected before the weekend. Mind you I think I am being a little optimistic. :roll:

 

[Paul Chapman]

I am working in the customers garage although making a lot of mess too!

But better to keep the mess in his garage than your workshop

Looking good, Mailee.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[mailee]

Well the posts finally arrived at long last. Only three days late! To top it all they were too short too! :evil:

There was no way I was going to send them back after all the trouble we had getting them delivered so decided that I will add plinths to the bottom of them. Anyway I wasted no time in cutting the mortices in them:

This job took most of the morning to complete as there was a lot of hand work to get enough depth.

Once they were all cut I started fluting the posts:

By the time I had finished this job it was getting dark and so time for home.

I shall make the plinths up for the bases tomorrow and with a lot of luck should get some of it erected. I will have to have a late start on it tomorrow though as I must take my wife to the airport. I shall return to the job in the afternoon. If the posts had arrived on Tuesday like they were supposed to we would have had the base erected by now. This job will certainly run into next week now. Still there is no rush and the customer is happy with the progress so far. :wink:

 

[Niki]

Wow, Mailee

You are doing a great job there

I love your pics...

Those iron horses are very interesting...never seen like that ones...looks like they are retractable and very sturdy.

niki

 

[mailee]

Thanks for the comments Niki. Those metal trestles were cheap ones bought from my local Lidl store. They are indeed pretty strong but I have to keep my eyes on the stays as they sometimes jump off and they start to sag under weight. They fold up for transportation and only cost me about £4 each. I have even had 3 mtr worktops on them and they stood up to it.

 

[Woodmagnet]

I wish you'd get a move on Mailee :lol: keeping us in suspense
is'nt nice . Joking aside it's looking good, i bought those trestles
as well, great value IMHO.

 

[mailee]

Well got the posts sorted today and it is ready for erecting tomorrow. I managed to add a couple of pieces onto the bottoms of the posts to gain the height I needed to clear a set of Patio doors. I glued sections of 6x6 post to the bottoms and encased these with timber effectively making a plinth on the bottom to hide the join. I routed a moulding onto the tops of these just to add some character.

You will notice only three of them are completed in this way as the fourth will be mounted into the steps of the doorway so I shall install this one later.
Tomorrow should be the big day and we can get the main frame erected finally. Weather forecast looks good and I have my son to help with the lifting too. What more could a man ask for? :wink:

 

[mailee]

Well today saw some real progress as we managed to get it erected.

It was a lot of hard work but at the end of the day we had made a start on the roofing beams too.

I am back on the early shift tomorrow but will continue again tomorrow afternoon. I think it is the hardest work my lad has done for a long time. :lol: