A kitchen 100 years older than the USA

[luvmytoolz]

We're getting a little off topic  [wink]

Has anyone heard of brass compression fittings?

(just thought I'd throw that in there)

Regards
Bob

Brass compression fittings and copper pipe are pretty much standard fare in OZ. Some places built around the 70's used gal pipe, but these tended to develop pinhole leaks at any point, including inside the walls which was annoying, whereas the copper pipe installs seem to last just about forever in most cases.

 

[bobtskutter]

hay [member=75780]woodbutcherbower[/member], how's this job coming along?
Regards
Bob

 

[woodbutcherbower]

[member=76043]bobtskutter[/member] Apologies for the lack of updates - my workload is loony-tunes. The house is unoccupied, and I took on the job whilst being involved in three other major projects at the same time - the clients had no problem with this and were more than happy for me to keep dropping onto this as and when I had capacity to spare. They were just happy that it was finally getting done, and they are great to work with.

I’m currently in the shop building a batch of 6 x oak doors and 10 x sash windows, I’ll be back on this kitchen in around 2 weeks time and I’ll post more pictures when I get back there. It’s challenging, but progressing nicely. SO much profiling and scribing …… Here’s where I’m currently at with it;

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I’m also doing all of the electrics in here, and this involves stuff like picking up a power feed from the adjacent room. As I said in the opening post, the walls are a yard thick;

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Kevin

 

[luvmytoolz]

I'm really enjoying watching all this! Beautiful work!

 

[Lbob131]

Lifting  huge  weights  is  easy when  you find  the center  and  balance  the weight  on  the center.
Which  becomes  the fulcrum.
The  fulcrum  is  then  off set  slightly.  Thus a  very  small weight  in  comparison  to  weight being  lifted,  raises  the object upwards.

The  large  weight can be  dragged  over  level ground  with the fulcrum already  in place. Then  the sides  excavated  to  create  the see-saw action.

 

[bobtskutter]

Wow, that looks fantastic.  That scribing looks painstaking!
Love the storage box, it looks like you could stand an elephant on it.
Regards
Bob

 

[squall_line]

It's posts like these that make me wish I had the life flexibility to apprentice with some of the members here for a month or three, or even just a week (although that would probably be a very painful week for all parties involved).  The skill and craftsmanship displayed in here is very inspiring.

 

[woodbutcherbower]

It's posts like these that make me wish I had the life flexibility to apprentice with some of the members here for a month or three, or even just a week (although that would probably be a very painful week for all parties involved).  The skill and craftsmanship displayed in here is very inspiring.

If you ever happen to find yourself planning a trip to the UK (it's great here, you'll love it) - shoot me a PM. I've had maybe a dozen hobbyists ride shotgun with me over the years - and I've even paid them for their time, since everything they do - (even sweeping up) - is something that I don't have to do. Consider this a permanent, longtime offer. You'll learn a lot, have some fun, get endlessly and mercilessly taunted for being American and still working in stone-age imperial, and walk way with a happy heart, a new friend, and some beer money. What's not to like?

Kevin

Edit = you'll also learn what proper beer tastes like.

 

[dicktill]

Hi Kevin,

What is the latest with the kitchen project? Did I read in another thread that you had a flood, or am I confused?

Regards, Dick

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I don't know how I missed this the first time?
Cool project, awesome work as always.

If there ever was a reason to go to the UK, it certainly would be to see some of that old stuff. The pubs would be especially nice to see.

BTW, I work in all of the numbers....Metric, fractional imperial, and the decimal equivalents. It just depends on the project or tool in question. It confuses/annoys some of the guys I work with though.
"How do you do that?" To which I say, I've been doing to so long, I don't even think about it anymore.
My vocational training, way back in the day, was as a machinist. We did everything as a decimal to the 4th place and trigonometry by hand with a book of tables.

As a Stout drinker, I am fully aware of good beer, and I would definitely have one with you Kevin.

 

[woodbutcherbower]

Hi Kevin,

What is the latest with the kitchen project? Did I read in another thread that you had a flood, or am I confused?

Regards, Dick

Hi Dick - no, you're not confused. The installation all got finished, it looked great, and the customer was super-happy. Three days after I was done, a plumber was working in the room above the kitchen, moving a radiator from one part of the room to the other side. Whilst he was cutting through the floorboard tongues to lift the boards - he set the plunge depth on his circular saw a few millimetres too deep, and pierced a full mains-pressure water pipe running through a shallow notch in the top of a floor joist. Since the water supply in the farmhouse came from a combination of a borehole and a natural spring - the shutoff valve wasn't in the usual place and it took him almost 30 minutes to find it. By this time, hundreds of gallons of water had poured through the ceiling causing a serious flood. The ceiling itself was original = oak beams supporting riven laths coated with horsehair and lime plaster. The whole lot came crashing down after 45 minutes, trashing the whole kitchen. The only things recoverable were the ceramic sink and the tap - everything else was scrap.

The insurance companies are still arguing with each other. Always happy to take the monthly premiums, but obstinate when there's actually a problem. They'll happily loan you an umbrella  when the sun's out - but they want it straight back when it starts to rain.

Kevin

 

[Crazyraceguy]

The insurance companies are still arguing with each other. Always happy to take the monthly premiums, but obstinate when there's actually a problem. They'll happily loan you an umbrella  when the sun's out - but they want it straight back when it starts to rain.

Kevin

Well, it looks like you have that same fantastic coverage over there that we get  [eek]
It's just amazing how that works

 

[dicktill]

Hi Kevin,

What is the latest with the kitchen project? Did I read in another thread that you had a flood, or am I confused?

Regards, Dick

Hi Dick - no, you're not confused. The installation all got finished, it looked great, and the customer was super-happy. Three days after I was done, a plumber was working in the room above the kitchen, moving a radiator from one part of the room to the other side. Whilst he was cutting through the floorboard tongues to lift the boards - he set the plunge depth on his circular saw a few millimetres too deep, and pierced a full mains-pressure water pipe running through a shallow notch in the top of a floor joist. Since the water supply in the farmhouse came from a combination of a borehole and a natural spring - the shutoff valve wasn't in the usual place and it took him almost 30 minutes to find it. By this time, hundreds of gallons of water had poured through the ceiling causing a serious flood. The ceiling itself was original = oak beams supporting riven laths coated with horsehair and lime plaster. The whole lot came crashing down after 45 minutes, trashing the whole kitchen. The only things recoverable were the ceramic sink and the tap - everything else was scrap.

The insurance companies are still arguing with each other. Always happy to take the monthly premiums, but obstinate when there's actually a problem. They'll happily loan you an umbrella  when the sun's out - but they want it straight back when it starts to rain.

Kevin

Wow, hope you get another chance to do it. Love your work and postings!

Another insurance "joke": A customer calls the insurance company and says his car was stolen. The agent says he wasn't covered. "But I have fire and theft insurance" he protested. "Was your car on fire when it was stolen" replied the agent. "No." "Ah then you needed to have 'fire or theft' insurance".