six-point socket II
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Hi everyone.
I'm breaking out of my self-imposed internet quarantine and will be contributing again.
In the beginning of the year I had a bigger project, renovating our house's staircase from 1st floor down to the basement. We never liked the dark color, but couldn't help but ask what we would find after stripping it. Would it be worse?
Now in December '19 we got new neighbors, they invited us to a housewarming party and they stripped/sanded that staircase. (All houses feature the same.) We really liked what we saw and decided to sand and re-finish ours as well.
So welcome to my sanding galore.
As usual I rely on my Festool DTS 400 connected to my CTL-SYS and SYS-PH. Starting with GranatNet und Brilliant 2 both 120 grit. Whenever I use GranatNet I also use the protection pad PP-STF Klett Delta /2 203347.
Fairly quickly we realized we would be very pleased with the results.
It went very well, as always. But, you have to consider that GranatNet excels when sanding very, very dry materials that create a lot of dust. In those areas, where the staircase was frequently touched, and thus dead skin/ skin fat "accumulated" my findings/experience from sanding down the patio's roof sub-structure covered with residue from ivy were confirmed once again: Brilliant 2 is way better in those areas, it less prone to clogging and as a result it lasts longer.
The DTS is very versatile and great to use even in constricted spaces, but the space between single beams of that staircase was too small even for the DTS. Using just the tip isn't a great option, as you can't rotate the sanding paper on that DTS. A little test confirmed it would be a great job for the Fein Multimaster AFFM 18 QSL. So I bought more common 120 and 180 grit sanding paper from Fein - after them telling me there is no dust extraction for this model, which was a major mistake/misinformation as it was just released in January - the two people at Fein I talked to, didn't know. I'm actually still a bit worked up, thinking about it.
More on the Fein dust extraction set and corresponding story:https://www.festoolownersgroup.com/...-by-fein-for-afsc-18-fsc-500-afmm-18-fmm-350-(all-qsl)/msg605200/ [wink]
However the common sanding paper, that is Made in USA, by Fein is highly recommended. It's better than everything else I tried for true delta sanders. It's both long lasting and makes for a smooth surface.
Additionally I bough some more GranatNet 180 grit.
The original idea was to use the Festool "One-Step" oil and the Surfix system for finishing the staircase.
I just have to say it, the Surfix set is typically Festool. Well made, great & multipurpose packaging, just very cool/gimmicky. I loved it!
But first, more sanding!
Here's a comparison between the different kind of surface achieved with the DTS and Fein:
Then there was a little challenge. When the staircase was installed, they stripped one screw. That has been sitting like forever like this, and I wanted to rectify it now that I was working on the staircase. So I used my tried and true PDC and the Centrotec HSS drill bits to drill the screw out, free hand.
Then I more sanding, 120 grit - right down to the basement. Then starting all over again with 180 grit on the 1st floor, all the way down to the basement again.
Who doesn't know the scene, Karate Kid (1984) "Wax on, wax off." [big grin]
The dust created by sanding without dust extraction is incredible. Maybe that explains why I'm still ticked off by the missinformation received from Fein. I know one should let go of stuff like this, as it is not healthy to keep letting something trivial as this tick you off time and time again, but somehow, I'm still ticked off. [eek] [unsure] [wink]
Then it was time to paint the ceilings. Good preparation and great masking tape make all the difference!
Then I cleaned everything by tack cloth.
Then I wanted to finish the staircase by applying Festool "One-Step" oil with the Surfix system.
I applied a bit to test the waters. While the Surfix-System seen as whole worked flawless, was easy and a pleasure to use, I immediately new it would be coming out too dark. Totally not what we wanted. Oil has a way of always making the grain/color stand out, but I really didn't expect it to be like that - especially since "One-Step" is supposed to be on the "milder" side if that makes sense - whatever "mild" is when speaking of mahogany. Anyway, I obviously didn't know what to expect. All I knew immediately was, that's not what we want.
So I let it dry, to sand it off again.
While that had to happen, I replaced all the screws of the staircase. Really just one type of screw can be used for that, a oval-head countersunk wood screw as laid out in DIN 95.
I installed all of them by hand. (Over 90 screws ...) Thanks to my exceptional PB Swiss tools (perfect fit and transmission of force) without any accidents/ marring the screws or wood. I also replaced all of the spacers.
What remained was the question of how to finish the staircase. And sometimes it's right in front of you. We're using a liquified bee's wax for our furniture build from Belgian oak: "O'Cedar Cire Liquide" (https://www.monoprix.fr/courses/cire-liquide-meubles-et-parquets-a-la-cire-dabeille-ocedar-2823147-p ) and that worked perfectly on the staircase and gave us the desired result.
After work some deep-fried "Soulfood" (sadly not the Belgian original, but the Germany available type) and some fantastic beer.
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Something easy in between. While tidying up the living room, we decided our every-day-network-player-radio-thingy should finally move into the bookshelf. So I needed a larger hole for the cables. I decided against drilling one large hole, but rather drilled two smaller, overlapping holes. So easy with the Festool Zobo drill bits. Perfect holes.
##
Fast forward we're at last weeks Monday. It was time to varnish the sheds and raised flower bed again. Additionally I wanted to build a small shelter for garden materials and bags of green waste. Before, I had placed that stuff on the bigger sheds patio, but it was taking a heavy toll on the shed's patio.
We're all in the same boat speaking of Corona, all places that accept green waste are closed - but with the really great weather we're having, the backyard doesn't care about nor wait for Corona to be gone. The foundation by using some pavers I kept and a "one way pallet" was easily built. Additionally the bigger shed needed some new trimming on the roof.
Now the only thing missing was a roof.
So lets grab some tools and start.
I wanted a simple construction with as less material cost as possible.
So I bought a couple of construction grade posts, 2 oriented strand boards (the first and only time I will ever use this stuff!) and two hinges. I had a rest of tar paper sitting in one shed.
This is the basic layout/construction. Frame is held by Spax Hi.Force wafer-head screws 6x140. The backside is overlapping on purpose and held in place by Spax Wirox screws. The three posts in the back are about 9 cm shorter than those in the front.
The roof is made from two strips of oriented strand board (tongue and groove technique) and glued with Titebond III Ultimate and additionally hold together by three bars screwed in place. The bars have been pre-drilled and countersunk with Festool's BSTA-HS-D-3,5-CE:https://www.festool.com/accessory/492523---bsta-hs-d-3,5-ce When I screwed the middle bar in place I had it in the wrong position, because I rotated the roof in-between. No biggy, I simply shortened the middle post by one centimeter, so the bar would fit over.
First fit in place.
Details:
Hinges are fastened with 3x Spax Wirox 5/5,5 x 60 screws on the end grain posts. On the roof it's 3x 3,5x20.
View from afar.
Obviously I emptied it again for varnishing. Roof tilted and closed.
After everything was said and done, I found my old, converted to electrical power, "Feuerhand Baby-Western" lantern, and thought it would be a great addition to the shed.
Hope everyones enjoys the update on what I have been up to, and I'm happy to report back to the FOG.
Also hope everyone had a great Easter, as far as Corona permitted - and I'm keeping every single one of you guys in my thoughts and prayers during this demanding time. Stay safe everyone!
Kind regards,
Oliver
I'm breaking out of my self-imposed internet quarantine and will be contributing again.
In the beginning of the year I had a bigger project, renovating our house's staircase from 1st floor down to the basement. We never liked the dark color, but couldn't help but ask what we would find after stripping it. Would it be worse?
Now in December '19 we got new neighbors, they invited us to a housewarming party and they stripped/sanded that staircase. (All houses feature the same.) We really liked what we saw and decided to sand and re-finish ours as well.
So welcome to my sanding galore.
As usual I rely on my Festool DTS 400 connected to my CTL-SYS and SYS-PH. Starting with GranatNet und Brilliant 2 both 120 grit. Whenever I use GranatNet I also use the protection pad PP-STF Klett Delta /2 203347.
Fairly quickly we realized we would be very pleased with the results.
It went very well, as always. But, you have to consider that GranatNet excels when sanding very, very dry materials that create a lot of dust. In those areas, where the staircase was frequently touched, and thus dead skin/ skin fat "accumulated" my findings/experience from sanding down the patio's roof sub-structure covered with residue from ivy were confirmed once again: Brilliant 2 is way better in those areas, it less prone to clogging and as a result it lasts longer.
The DTS is very versatile and great to use even in constricted spaces, but the space between single beams of that staircase was too small even for the DTS. Using just the tip isn't a great option, as you can't rotate the sanding paper on that DTS. A little test confirmed it would be a great job for the Fein Multimaster AFFM 18 QSL. So I bought more common 120 and 180 grit sanding paper from Fein - after them telling me there is no dust extraction for this model, which was a major mistake/misinformation as it was just released in January - the two people at Fein I talked to, didn't know. I'm actually still a bit worked up, thinking about it.
More on the Fein dust extraction set and corresponding story:https://www.festoolownersgroup.com/...-by-fein-for-afsc-18-fsc-500-afmm-18-fmm-350-(all-qsl)/msg605200/ [wink]
However the common sanding paper, that is Made in USA, by Fein is highly recommended. It's better than everything else I tried for true delta sanders. It's both long lasting and makes for a smooth surface.
Additionally I bough some more GranatNet 180 grit.
The original idea was to use the Festool "One-Step" oil and the Surfix system for finishing the staircase.
I just have to say it, the Surfix set is typically Festool. Well made, great & multipurpose packaging, just very cool/gimmicky. I loved it!
But first, more sanding!
Here's a comparison between the different kind of surface achieved with the DTS and Fein:
Then there was a little challenge. When the staircase was installed, they stripped one screw. That has been sitting like forever like this, and I wanted to rectify it now that I was working on the staircase. So I used my tried and true PDC and the Centrotec HSS drill bits to drill the screw out, free hand.
Then I more sanding, 120 grit - right down to the basement. Then starting all over again with 180 grit on the 1st floor, all the way down to the basement again.
Who doesn't know the scene, Karate Kid (1984) "Wax on, wax off." [big grin]
The dust created by sanding without dust extraction is incredible. Maybe that explains why I'm still ticked off by the missinformation received from Fein. I know one should let go of stuff like this, as it is not healthy to keep letting something trivial as this tick you off time and time again, but somehow, I'm still ticked off. [eek] [unsure] [wink]
Then it was time to paint the ceilings. Good preparation and great masking tape make all the difference!
Then I cleaned everything by tack cloth.
Then I wanted to finish the staircase by applying Festool "One-Step" oil with the Surfix system.
I applied a bit to test the waters. While the Surfix-System seen as whole worked flawless, was easy and a pleasure to use, I immediately new it would be coming out too dark. Totally not what we wanted. Oil has a way of always making the grain/color stand out, but I really didn't expect it to be like that - especially since "One-Step" is supposed to be on the "milder" side if that makes sense - whatever "mild" is when speaking of mahogany. Anyway, I obviously didn't know what to expect. All I knew immediately was, that's not what we want.
So I let it dry, to sand it off again.
While that had to happen, I replaced all the screws of the staircase. Really just one type of screw can be used for that, a oval-head countersunk wood screw as laid out in DIN 95.
I installed all of them by hand. (Over 90 screws ...) Thanks to my exceptional PB Swiss tools (perfect fit and transmission of force) without any accidents/ marring the screws or wood. I also replaced all of the spacers.
What remained was the question of how to finish the staircase. And sometimes it's right in front of you. We're using a liquified bee's wax for our furniture build from Belgian oak: "O'Cedar Cire Liquide" (https://www.monoprix.fr/courses/cire-liquide-meubles-et-parquets-a-la-cire-dabeille-ocedar-2823147-p ) and that worked perfectly on the staircase and gave us the desired result.
After work some deep-fried "Soulfood" (sadly not the Belgian original, but the Germany available type) and some fantastic beer.
##
Something easy in between. While tidying up the living room, we decided our every-day-network-player-radio-thingy should finally move into the bookshelf. So I needed a larger hole for the cables. I decided against drilling one large hole, but rather drilled two smaller, overlapping holes. So easy with the Festool Zobo drill bits. Perfect holes.
##
Fast forward we're at last weeks Monday. It was time to varnish the sheds and raised flower bed again. Additionally I wanted to build a small shelter for garden materials and bags of green waste. Before, I had placed that stuff on the bigger sheds patio, but it was taking a heavy toll on the shed's patio.
We're all in the same boat speaking of Corona, all places that accept green waste are closed - but with the really great weather we're having, the backyard doesn't care about nor wait for Corona to be gone. The foundation by using some pavers I kept and a "one way pallet" was easily built. Additionally the bigger shed needed some new trimming on the roof.
Now the only thing missing was a roof.
So lets grab some tools and start.
I wanted a simple construction with as less material cost as possible.
So I bought a couple of construction grade posts, 2 oriented strand boards (the first and only time I will ever use this stuff!) and two hinges. I had a rest of tar paper sitting in one shed.
This is the basic layout/construction. Frame is held by Spax Hi.Force wafer-head screws 6x140. The backside is overlapping on purpose and held in place by Spax Wirox screws. The three posts in the back are about 9 cm shorter than those in the front.
The roof is made from two strips of oriented strand board (tongue and groove technique) and glued with Titebond III Ultimate and additionally hold together by three bars screwed in place. The bars have been pre-drilled and countersunk with Festool's BSTA-HS-D-3,5-CE:https://www.festool.com/accessory/492523---bsta-hs-d-3,5-ce When I screwed the middle bar in place I had it in the wrong position, because I rotated the roof in-between. No biggy, I simply shortened the middle post by one centimeter, so the bar would fit over.
First fit in place.
Details:
Hinges are fastened with 3x Spax Wirox 5/5,5 x 60 screws on the end grain posts. On the roof it's 3x 3,5x20.
View from afar.
Obviously I emptied it again for varnishing. Roof tilted and closed.
After everything was said and done, I found my old, converted to electrical power, "Feuerhand Baby-Western" lantern, and thought it would be a great addition to the shed.
Hope everyones enjoys the update on what I have been up to, and I'm happy to report back to the FOG.
Also hope everyone had a great Easter, as far as Corona permitted - and I'm keeping every single one of you guys in my thoughts and prayers during this demanding time. Stay safe everyone!
Kind regards,
Oliver
