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[Andy's Shed]

I'm not much of a woodworker, so please keep that it mind

My youngest son keeps Hens and they've produced a lot of eggs lately, far too many for my son's family (and my wife and I) to get through. My wife suggested that he should try selling some of the eggs to the locals, so with that in mind I thought I'd have a go at knocking up an egg stall.

I don't think it's actually been put to any use yet, but here's some pics after I'd finished building it.



I had a go at making a sign to put up somewhere, I didn't have any paint, so made do with a sharpie.

 

[duke]

I'm not much of a woodworker, so please keep that it mind

My youngest son keeps Hens and they've produced a lot of eggs lately, far too many for my son's family (and my wife and I) to get through. My wife suggested that he should try selling some of the eggs to the locals, so with that in mind I thought I'd have a go at knocking up an egg stall.

I don't think it's actually been put to any use yet, but here's some pics after I'd finished building it.

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I had a go at making a sign to put up somewhere, I didn't have any paint, so made do with a sharpie.

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Looks good! How did you make the chicken? The wood one!!!

 

[MF1000]

Looks good! How did you make the chicken?

Well you make an egg first

 

[duke]

Well you make an egg first

The chicken before the egg debate. Lol

 

[Andy's Shed]

Looks good! How did you make the chicken? The wood one!!!

I printed out a line drawing of a Chicken and used it as a template on a piece of Oak, cut out the shape on the bandsaw and used my carving gouges to do the shaping. I needed to use a dremel type bur around the feet and the odd tight spot.

Bl**dy chicken feet, if I ever need to do anything like that again, I'll just carve some blades of grass to hide them.

 

[Doug B]

As I’m getting longer in the tooth & generally work by myself I thought I’d done with kitchens that was until a good friends son & daughter in law bought what has turned into a nightmare for them.
My friend was going to help them sort the kitchen that was until the building firm they employed to remove the wall between the kitchen & dining room found more horrors than a little, at this point I got the “could you just” phone call
First up an old chimney breast had been removed but not the hearth which consisted of very rough broken up concrete was simply carpeted over to hide it, so first up was to remove that.

New joists & mr chipboard flooring was installed, next up the original kitchen floor which was covered with vinyl flooring turned out to be very damp quarry tiles these were dug out.

Then a membrane & insulation installed

After which a fibre reinforced screed was laid

The concrete floor in the extended part of the kitchen was solid enough but turned out not to have a damp proof membrane under it & whilst it wasn’t showing any noticeable damp it was decided to apply a liquid damp proof membrane.

This then had a thick covering of self levelling compound to bring it up to the level of the new kitchen floor which was higher than the original as with the wall removed the wooden dining room floor was higher than the old kitchen floor

Most of the walls were showing signs of damp, luckily my friend knew a specialist damp proofing firm which saved me an awful lot of work as they sorted the damp & plastered both rooms.
After a few weeks of two dehumidifiers running I was finally able to get the kitchen fitted along with herringbone flooring & skirting.

There were many other numerous problems along the way but thankfully they are all sorted I just needed to refit the new radiators once the decorator has finished.

 

[danst96]

The drawer slides look robust, are they blum or richleau? Attractive dresser, nice balance between the painted and natural elements.

Thanks drawer slides are Amazon's finest. Some Chinese no name brand, I've used them in the past in my workshop and they've held up well to tons of abuse, wouldn't be surprised if it's the same factory that richleau use and at half the price.

 

[HOJ]

My poor effort for today, we encourage wildlife into our garden all year round, these are simple solitary Mason bee boxes, I make:




things were going really well, tubes being well populated, until Woody Woodpecker turned up, ripped into the tubes and pulled them all out, so chicken wire now deployed, far from elegant, but in the hope it will deter him..

The one on the right has pull out observation drawers so I can check out whats going on inside, will update.

 

[duke]

As I’m getting longer in the tooth & generally work by myself I thought I’d done with kitchens that was until a good friends son & daughter in law bought what has turned into a nightmare for them.
My friend was going to help them sort the kitchen that was until the building firm they employed to remove the wall between the kitchen & dining room found more horrors than a little, at this point I got the “could you just” phone call
First up an old chimney breast had been removed but not the hearth which consisted of very rough broken up concrete was simply carpeted over to hide it, so first up was to remove that.View attachment 180775

New joists & mr chipboard flooring was installed, next up the original kitchen floor which was covered with vinyl flooring turned out to be very damp quarry tiles these were dug out.

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Then a membrane & insulation installed

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After which a fibre reinforced screed was laid

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The concrete floor in the extended part of the kitchen was solid enough but turned out not to have a damp proof membrane under it & whilst it wasn’t showing any noticeable damp it was decided to apply a liquid damp proof membrane.

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This then had a thick covering of self levelling compound to bring it up to the level of the new kitchen floor which was higher than the original as with the wall removed the wooden dining room floor was higher than the old kitchen floor

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Most of the walls were showing signs of damp, luckily my friend knew a specialist damp proofing firm which saved me an awful lot of work as they sorted the damp & plastered both rooms.
After a few weeks of two dehumidifiers running I was finally able to get the kitchen fitted along with herringbone flooring & skirting.

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There were many other numerous problems along the way but thankfully they are all sorted I just needed to refit the new radiators once the decorator has finished.

Hope you made the young ones do the grunt work. Great job!

 

[paulrbarnard]

Bit of metal working today. We have a nice coffee maker that grinds beans and tamps the coffee puck. My wife though wants to drink Dcaf on occasions so we need to be able to use Decaf ground coffee. To do this I needed a tamper. I turned this one this afternoon. My mini lathe chatters a bit with steel but did an acceptable job. The diameter is 0.5mm under the 54mm basket size. It’s a very nice fit. I also turned a replacement pin for the adjuster on my large adjustable spanner. The adjuster fell out about a year ago but I found it by chance. The pin didn’t show up though. It’s nice to have the big adjustable back in service.

 

[lee1596]

Bit of metal working today. We have a nice coffee maker that grinds beans and tamps the coffee puck. My wife though wants to drink Dcaf on occasions so we need to be able to use Decaf ground coffee. To do this I needed a tamper. I turned this one this afternoon. My mini lathe chatters a bit with steel but did an acceptable job. The diameter is 0.5mm under the 54mm basket size. It’s a very nice fit. I also turned a replacement pin for the adjuster on my large adjustable spanner. The adjuster fell out about a year ago but I found it by chance. The pin didn’t show up though. It’s nice to have the big adjustable back in service.
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That's a really nice bit of work. I'm sure it will outlive the coffee machine.

 

[paulrbarnard]

That's a really nice bit of work. I'm sure it will outlive the coffee machine.

It works too. Just made myself a coffee. It’s only a lump of steel so it’s going to rust. I’ve waxed it to postpone that a bit. My lathe certainly isn’t up to machining stainless.

 

[richarddownunder]

There was a German knife maker F Dula made simarlar knives

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MorrisWoodman12​

There was a German knife maker F Dula made simarlar knives

Both Adola and F Dula seem to be possibilities although I can't find a logo that matches. Probably doesn't matter but thanks for the suggestions,.

Cheers
Richard

 

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Both Adola and F Dula seem to be possibilities although I can't find a logo that matches. Probably doesn't matter but thanks for the suggestions,.

Cheers
Richard

Certainly looks like Adula to me. The underline and the left slope with crossbar look very convincing.

 

[Fred48]

I printed out a line drawing of a Chicken and used it as a template on a piece of Oak, cut out the shape on the bandsaw and used my carving gouges to do the shaping. I needed to use a dremel type bur around the feet and the odd tight spot.

Bl**dy chicken feet, if I ever need to do anything like that again, I'll just carve some blades of grass to hide them.

@Andy's Shed
Lovely job. I'm looking at doing a bit of carving. Would you mind sharing the brand of gauges you use? Are happy with that brand?
Fred

 

[Doug B]

Hope you made the young ones do the grunt work. Great job!

Thanks Duke, they helped with the barrowing but clearly manual work wasn’t their forte

 

[duke]

Thanks Duke, they helped with the barrowing but clearly manual work wasn’t their forte

Pathetic to say the least. Different times!

 

[Andy's Shed]

@Andy's Shed
Lovely job. I'm looking at doing a bit of carving. Would you mind sharing the brand of gauges you use? Are happy with that brand?
Fred

Hi Fred, I bought them from a chap who'd collected them over roughly 60 years. I'm not sure on the makes are they're a real mixture, some of them are Marples though.

 

[Fred48]

Hi Fred, I bought them from a chap who'd collected them over roughly 60 years. I'm not sure on the makes are they're a real mixture, some of them are Marples though.

Thanks Andy

 

[Jameshow]

A scarfs for climate change art installation, our men's shed built the frames..