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[jmbfestool]

That is some very nice work there.  I think the bevels on the oak edging at the top of the stairs is a little too deep for such small pieces, but hey, I'm being really picky here  [embarassed]

What are the drawer boxes made off, construction details & did you make it all or did Dean bail you out again  ;D

I totally agree with you!  

I was block planning away and I had to chisel the top tread cus it was already fitted

It  was an after thought I came up with the frame work around

and I ended up making little boo boo and had to make the bevel a little bigger
which meant all of it had to be bigger  at first I thought aaaah  be alrite but then when laying the floor I was like Dam its bit big wish it was smaller
but its gotta be sanded so ill sand the face abit which will hopefully lower it a little ............. maybe ......lol

I kinda liked that bit  [huh]

lol yeah nothing wrong I just wish it was more subtle bevel thats all.  Its annoying cus it wasnt what I wanted!  If I messed up a piece I would of thrown it away with a bevel like da and redone it but cus it was the tread on the stairs which needed abit of TLC I couldnt alter it.  Had to chisel the mitre on the top tread you see.  

I fitted the stairs but when I came back to the job I was like a mitre frame around would look nice so got some more oak and did that.  

JMB

 

[tbellemare]

It looks nice, JMB.

Are there no standard practices to protect children? I see a pony, of sorts...

Tom

 

[tbellemare]

I didn't catch the part about the glass... That should look very cool.

Tom

 

[jmbfestool]

I didn't catch the part about the glass... That should look very cool.

Tom

Oh sorry I thought u was suggesting something should be in place for safety now  untill its finished sorry.  

YEah its having Glass panels but I cant fit them yet untill the stairs are stained and sealed.   Trying the match the floor

JMB

 

[tbellemare]

Maybe if you can't match it, you go contrasting like the ceiling beams.

I have some french doors made of cedar and a threshold that is pt pine. I couldn't match them so I stained the threshold ebony. I liked it.

Tom

 

[jmbfestool]

Maybe if you can't match it, you go contrasting like the ceiling beams.

I have some french doors made of cedar and a threshold that is pt pine. I couldn't match them so I stained the threshold ebony. I liked it.

Tom

yes very true and I did mention it to the client but she kinda looked at me to say are you sure..............  and I was like ummmmm I dont know lol

JMB

 

[mattfc]

I think one of my favourite bits is the bevel you put in the round window, make much more of a feature of it, and its looks really crisp

 

[jmbfestool]

I think one of my favourite bits is the bevel you put in the round window, make much more of a feature of it, and its looks really crisp

Cheers!

I was suppose to only do the joinery work for that round window but I ended up having to plasterboard it and bead it also as the plasters said it couldnt be done or more like cudnt be bothered.

  The joiners/builder before me on this job did it so it came out square from the round window.  I hated it and its also a dust collection area.  So I ripped out all the studding and created what you see now. 

Its nice like you said make a good feature point  but also lets more light in. 

JMB

 

[Michael Kellough]

That bevel is very nice. I'd like to know how you did it.

Another question, what is that round reflective thing on the floor in front of the wicker chair?

 

[Deansocial]

Its a well with a glass top

 

[woodguy7]

Ok Dean, your gona have to elaborate a bit more on that  [blink]

Sounds kinda funky

 

[jmbfestool]

That section of the kitchen use to be out side but they extended the house.  They didnt want to fill the well in cus they thought it wud be a shame so they decided to get glass made to fit flush with the floor so you can walk over the well and look down. 

When you look through the glass it looks a bit like this..... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GTckuC1ShiY/SUtz4DePIZI/AAAAAAAABFI/3VU442G81fw/s320/well.JPG

I havent got a picture of the well its self because I didnt have any involvement in doing it.  I dont normally take pictures of stuff unless I have been involved or done the job.

JMB

 

[woodguy7]

Sounds really nice, did they put a light in it ?

Won't that be a cold spot in the floor ?

 

[jmbfestool]

Most likely but its all tiled with under floor heating so if u dont want cold feet just dont stand on the glass lol  [tongue]

Yeah they have but not much thought has gone into it to be fair.  The metal frame to support the glass is a tight fit around the well so no room to hide lights so they used LED lights but they are not bright enough to really light the well up.

Ill suggest to them later to use some fancy out door lights so you will see them but they will look nice but will at least light the well up so you can actually see right down.

On another job I was working on few years ago they had a well in their kitchen aswell but they put a rectangle glass ontop on the round well infront of the door so it looked like a door matt out of glass.   This allowed me to fix a out door hallogon under the section hidden away and the well lit up super bright and looked really good.

Funny thing is GUTTED for any one who wanted to walk through the door way into the hall as they had no choice but to walk over the well.  Little scary standing on glass even though I knew how thick it was and strong.

The same people had a seller under the hall way  so they had a glass panel fitted at the front door aswell years ago!  The glass had worn so much it was like frosted glass not clear any more and it was hallow I recon it had worn down by 10mm  in the middle.

JMB

 

[Tinker]

When we (Mother, brother and I) moved into our house in Wilton, Ct right after the WWII had ended, we had no running water, electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating.  We did have a hand dug well with a cast iron hand pump just outside the kitchen door. It was my job to keep water supplied to the house.  The first project for me, every day, was to get water from the well.  I had to make sure there was enough water left to prime the pump.  In the winter, it had to be hot water.  Sometimes, there was not enough hot water to thaw the pump and i had to go to neighbors for enough hot water to do the job. 

every summer, we had to be very careful in how we used water.  The well would go nearly dry and i had to ration to the family.  about the third summer, the drougth was so severe, no amount of rationing would keep enough water in the bottom of the well.  I had to climb down with short shovel and pick and add four feet to the bottom and drop in a couple of tile liners.  The digging was not the hardest part.  I am somewhat claustrophobic and so the toughest part of the job was to keep my mind under control. (Ok, I suppose that one sets up for some kind remarks  :) A few years later, we had another dry spell and so we got a "pounder" machine in and then we had water to spare.

The trouble with the drilled well was the water was full of iron and sulphur.  The water, altho now plentiful, was smelling of rotten eggs and all dishes and utensils acquired rings of rust. 

JMB, your photo brings back much memory.  Some great and some not so much.

Tinker

 

[jmbfestool]

When we (Mother, brother and I) moved into our house in Wilton, Ct right after the WWII had ended, we had no running water, electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating.  We did have a hand dug well with a cast iron hand pump just outside the kitchen door. It was my job to keep water supplied to the house.  The first project for me, every day, was to get water from the well.  I had to make sure there was enough water left to prime the pump.  In the winter, it had to be hot water.  Sometimes, there was not enough hot water to thaw the pump and i had to go to neighbors for enough hot water to do the job. 

every summer, we had to be very careful in how we used water.  The well would go nearly dry and i had to ration to the family.  about the third summer, the drougth was so severe, no amount of rationing would keep enough water in the bottom of the well.  I had to climb down with short shovel and pick and add four feet to the bottom and drop in a couple of tile liners.  The digging was not the hardest part.  I am somewhat claustrophobic and so the toughest part of the job was to keep my mind under control. (Ok, I suppose that one sets up for some kind remarks  :) A few years later, we had another dry spell and so we got a "pounder" machine in and then we had water to spare.

The trouble with the drilled well was the water was full of iron and sulphur.  The water, altho now plentiful, was smelling of rotten eggs and all dishes and utensils acquired rings of rust. 

JMB, your photo brings back much memory.  Some great and some not so much.

Tinker

Nice story!

 

[jmbfestool]

Here you go Michael Kellough

Picture of how I did it.

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[mattfc]

Here you go Michael Kellough

Picture of how I did it.

yes but how did you line the bevel bit? Lots of segments?

 

[Michael Kellough]

Here you go Michael Kellough

Picture of how I did it.

yes but how did you line the bevel bit? Lots of segments?

That's what I'm guessing all those ribs are for. A long flexible knife will feather the mud into the valleys.
If you could figure out the arcs for laying in long pieces of wallboard you wouldn't need half as many ribs
but you'd consume a full sheet of wallboard vs less than half.

 

[jmbfestool]

Oh sorry I made lots of pieces of tapered plaster board pieces which lapped half way on the 2x2 timber  I then scored few lines down the back of the boards so they would snap to fallow the curve more.

I had them sailing past and when I done them all I cut them of with a handsaw they where flush to the face.  

Then using a bead I bent that round and screwed it as I went round.  That bit was the hard bit trying to keep it flowing as it wanted to leave straight sections.

JMB