Back in the game!

The new impact driver charger is here and working well.  What a Godsend, sooooo much quicker.  So, progress has occurred today.

Bottom of three boards in situ:

Two boards in position:

I've run out of bolts, so I've ordered more.  I only have another 40 T nuts and each board takes 60, so progress may slow a little. Pleased so far though.

One layer done

I've made more progress on the board in the last couple of days. A bit slower as the impact driver charger died so I'm awaiting a new one. I had to adjust one one strut as it wasn't quite in line but otherwise there haven't been any issues...... Yet.


 


 Main frame- middle rafter still needs to be attached to the frame with joist hangers:
 


 Kick board finished:
 

L'homme de fer and other stories

Back in Blighty after two weeks in France.  It was too hot for me.  Had a great time though.  Short video here:


France 2013 from GCW on Vimeo.



As an aside, Mr H did his Iron Man at Bolton last weekend (from now on he shall be called Mr Iron).  An inspiring performance, 2.4 mile swim + 112 mile cycle + run a marathon, all in 13 hours, 34 minutes and 3 seconds!!  Awesome.  Video courtesy of the Turnock Family:






I've spent today working on the Wall of Lank.  All the beams are now in, and I've added a couple of stabilising cross members as well as a second transverse joist which is MultiMonty and Wall hanger fixed in the same way as the top beam.  Coming along nicely and feeling very solid.

As an aside, a recent comment on the 2nd Silverdale video has highlighted grade discrepancies.  Quite Right Mr C, 6a+ from now on.

Update

Tonight I've sweated all the fluid from my eyeballs, but at least I now have three struts in position. Held up with a beam-to-beam joist hanger at the top and a joist hanger to stabilise the bottom end into a brick wall, these seem pretty solid. I've put them 30cm apart, meaning there will be eight struts for approximately 210cm width. Pleased.

Committed

I've had a couple of very hot hours measuring and checking. I've managed to fit the first strut, which is the hardest as it doesn't rest on the floor due to a brick wall butting out: the bottom needed to be fixed off the floor but obviously parallel to future beams. I think I've got it right! The is fixed directly to the wall with Multi Montis (these really are awesome) plus a joist hanger at the bottom, more for assisting me with positioning than anything else. Crap photo of the joist- gives an idea of angle (32 degrees) and an idea of how I'm planning this out:

Progress

On Saturday I bought a length of 2"x6", some brackets and screws and some MultiMontis.

Today I went to Chez Beast, who has very kindly donated some scaffolding and other bits. Today I've fitted the cross beam that will be the main weight bearing part of the board.

Beam attached to the right wall. This is a brick wall, attachment with four 10mm Multi Montis:

Left end of beam, wall is made of breeze block. Attached with a joist hanger that sits into the wall (slot cut) plus four rawl plugged screws:

Beam in situ, sorry it's not the clearest picture. 

Board: The beginning

As I'm about to start on the board project I thought I'd blog about it as others may find it useful in future.

Yesterday, I met up with the BeardyBeast.  As he is moving he has taken down the Wall of Burl and wasn't able to shift the larger lumps of wood.  He very kindly donated a lot of it to me, greatly appreciated.

So fifteen 4m and longer 2x4" bits of wood have moved from Chez Beast:

To Chez Lank:

There's something nice about the heart of the WoB becoming a new board, Wall of Lank?

And thanks to Mike for all the UKB efforts.  Legend.