K Ridge Smartened Up and First Fitting of Metal Elbow!
This morning, we planed the top and bottom edges of both part of the K Ridge Rafter. We wanted to make sure that these surfaces are clean and smooth to…
K Ridge (Part 1 and Part 2) Completed
Today, we cut down to the required lengths the LVL timber pieces with the appropriate angles on their ends for both parts of the K Ridge Rafter. This one has…
Preparation for Next Set of Rafters Starts
These last two days has seen the start of the building the next set of rafters. The metal brackets pieces were painted to give them a semi protection against rust…
Ripped Up Neighbour’s Hedge!
After lunch today, we helped out our neighbour by driving our Mini Digger up the Loke and then proceeded to rip and grub out their Hedge fronting the Loke. It…
O ridge Metal work Finished
The metal splice plates for the O ridge have been welded together. More care was taken to weld them in short stages and swapping from one plate to the other…
K Ridge metal work Finished
The parts of the metal work for the K ridge were welded together, after they were finished it was noticed that the big metal plate had been distorted by the…
K Ridge metal work started
After finishing the construction drawings, fabrication of the metal work started with drilling 64 holes in the flange reinforcement strips. Then the two side plates were cut out and drilled…
Workshop Switches Over into MetalWork Department
Today, we did two jobs on the fly. One was on the computer to organise, sort out and prepare diagrams for the steel bracing support unit, and the other job…
Vaccum System Version 2.0
Yesterday, the new filter separator module was created using 4 layers of 18mm OSB board with a large circle cut out in a increasing diameter at a sloping angle. Then…
Vacuum System Being Repaired
This afternoon, for something different from rafters, the Vacuum System was taken apart, well half of it was at least. The broken first stage filtration unit. The box was reinforced…