Oak frame in South Brent.

Last week I helped a good couple of friends to raise a frame in South Brent ( officially the wettest place on the planet) 

First day was beautiful and hot last day was pissing down and cold. The rain bypassed my hat and went strait into my ears and up my bloody nose , it wasn't bleeding it was just on my bloody wet face. 

Abouve is Wet Dave . 

Abouve is Dry Alan builder of the frame and all round top egg.

That's me piloting the spider crane it was fun for about 10 mins then was real noisy for 3 an 1/2 days. 

Roof renovation .

Here are some finnished pics of the roof that I fixed in Salcombe 

As you can see it is now a lovely , light , spacious room and it's a damn site stronger than the crap , all the important parts cut out by some person with no sympathy for structural loads . 

This original picture just dosnt do justice to the state that the original roof was in. 

Yeah me for being bloody ace at fixing stuff. 

Army truck camping cabin

This week a brilliant project turned up at my workshop. 

This great big Army truck is gunna be turned into a lovely camping cabin, by me. 

Apparently it may have been used over in the faulklands. 

I can't help but find myself reliving my childhood and looking over the cab thinkin I'm Oddball , from the Dirty Douzen .

I want one now ..

Also happening at the mo are some lovely joinery stairs that I am making for some clients in East Portlemouth. The stairs are all their desighn and will look bloody spiffing. 

I will assemble next week on site and post some finnished photos. 

Glocester Services.

Glostershire sevices . 

A vet good example of glue lam timber structure done with fineness and style. 

Also a great example of how all sevice stations should be. 

Oak frame stairs

Do you remember that I posted some photos of some trees that were being felled ? 

Well the trees belonged to this client and she asked me to build two sets of stairs for her. 

The job was a little more involved than I first thought but the end result is preety cool, even if I do say so myself. 

Now theise stairs are done I have a roof to rebuild on a huge house in Salcombe. 

Then I have another set of stairs to build. The good thing is this new set are completely different . They will be built from joinery grade Oak and softwood. 

Progress

It's been a bit of a mixed bag at work lately. Which is great because I've been buisy doing lots of different things. 

Today I managed to skive off to Widecome fair where aswell as drinking some very tasty beer, I watched a couple of sawers cutting wood with a tractor powered saw mill. 

During last week I helped out the old company to erect a frame near Dartmouth. It's great to hang out with my old work colleges every now and then. 

 2 Weeks ago I organised the moving and cutting of three trees on somebody's land. These trees are being converted as we speek, well not at the moment as it's 19:48 so if he sawer has any sence he will be sat with his good lady an a bottle of vino . 

I will be using the timber from these to make some stairs for the clients who's land these trees came from. 

I also bought a new van last week and moved into a new workshop and became a Limited company. 

So you lot need to spend lots of money with me so that I can build you lovely things and pay my bills. 

Oak round window

Today I finnished the round window

I had to make a steamer so that I could bend the beading for the window.

I didn't have any dowl to hold the stock in place so I cut up a broken arrow , which I think is a preety cool thing to use . 

It's the first time I've streamed timber and it is suprisingly bendy once hot , but it cools so quick then becomes brittle , you need to be on your toes.