Log Cabin

[JohnRoberts]

Homer I like. Over here, if you are in work and surreptitiously bring in a personal project to work on, it is called doing a 'homer'. Seems rather appropriate.

Cheers

Ian

We used to call personal projects at work, "government jobs"... 8)

JR

 

[ruffrecords]

My wife just suggested calling it 'Ben' Our new Bungalow is called Bungalow Bill ( for obvious reasons). Bill and Ben was a kids programmme from the 1950s about two flower pot men (yes, they were the originals).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Pot_Men

Cheers

Ian

 

[Jarno]

A Jaguar called Gus? Shouldn't it be called Archibald or Christopher?

A friend of mine had a Renault 11, four gears, hardly any brakes, we called it Monsieur Onze, what a POS that was.

 

[ruffrecords]

A Jaguar called Gus? Shouldn't it be called Archibald or Christopher?

It is named after our last dog that we loved very much.

A friend of mine had a Renault 11, four gears, hardly any brakes, we called it Monsieur Onze, what a POS that was.

A friend of mine had one he called Mugwump.

Cheers

Ian

 

[andyfromdenver]

My wife just suggested calling it 'Ben' Our new Bungalow is called Bungalow Bill ( for obvious reasons). Bill and Ben was a kids programmme from the 1950s about two flower pot men (yes, they were the originals).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Pot_Men

Cheers

Ian

"Heeeey Bungalow Bill, what did you build? Under-load Bill"

The new cabin looks really nice! Congrats 

 

[ruffrecords]

My smart new bench/storage thing finally arrived. Here is how the log cabin looked before it arrived
The temporary workbench:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtNUZrRThoMTFHZmc

and stuff that does not yet have a home:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtZ1hSZU5rTm5hZ1E

Then with the new super mega ukulele workbench:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtc0tZQl9WZjlHYlk

And lastly a couple of days later working on real projects at last:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtcnBDRXBtTDBOU0E

Cheers

ian

 

[PRR]

Cool radio.

Just picked up a 1951 Zenith, free! Power cord not perished, filter caps seem fine, and it pulls in stations hundreds of miles away. (At night.) By far the best AM radio I ever met.

Those wood walls beg for shelf screws.

 

[ruffrecords]

Cool radio.

Just picked up a 1951 Zenith, free! Power cord not perished, filter caps seem fine, and it pulls in stations hundreds of miles away. (At night.) By far the best AM radio I ever met.

Those wood walls beg for shelf screws.

That radio I also got for free. A guy advertised it in a local paper about 10 years ago. He was a very old radio amateur who had lovingly restored it. He was more concerned about it going to a home where it would be appreciated than taking money for it. We had a good long chat about tubes and radio. I think that was payment enough for him. It works fine on FM but the LED strip light behind it produces huge amounts of hash on the AM bands. Bring back incandescent lights.

What are shelf screws??

Cheers

Ian

 

[PRR]

> What are shelf screws??

I basically mean screwing shelves right to the walls. Real hard work in the concrete cellar. Doesn't work good on US drywall. Awkward on open studs like my unfinished garage. But my 2 front rooms are 3/4" wood planks, and I've hung a lot of light shelving right on the planks with 1-1/4" screws through brackets.

 

[ruffrecords]

> What are shelf screws??

I basically mean screwing shelves right to the walls. Real hard work in the concrete cellar. Doesn't work good on US drywall. Awkward on open studs like my unfinished garage. But my 2 front rooms are 3/4" wood planks, and I've hung a lot of light shelving right on the planks with 1-1/4" screws through brackets.

Ah, something like this:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/wall-shelves/persby-wall-shelf-white-art-10191264/

According to my good lady we call them floating shelves.

Cheers

Ian

 

[PRR]

Well, not even "concealed hardware." It's a workshop! Just 99p brackets screwed to solid wood.

 

[ruffrecords]

Yeah, got it. reading to much into it. LOL. I quite like the vertical strips you can fit shelf supports into so you can adjust shelf height easily. Theyu are called twinslot:

http://www.diy.com/search?Ntt=twinslot&page=3

Cheers

Ian

 

[PRR]

> called twinslot:

Peers to be a global standard. I'm typing on the exact same thing, under another brand (Rubbermaid). (Also comes in a single slot-row.) Stud walls, weak drywall, so I put the uprights on the studs and clipped shelf brackets for desk, overhead shelf, printer shelves. If I get a taller printer I can move the shelves up/down. Sure looks like the exact same stuff. I also used a lot in cellar, where I can't casually re-screw a shelf to another height.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rubbermaid-25-in-Twin-Track-Upright-FG4B8700WHT/100003748
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rubbermaid-24-in-Single-Track-Upright-FG4A6701WHT/100006607

Still there is a lot to be said for a solid wood wall, which can be screwed at arbitrary points.

I think the originator of this system is  John Sterling. But here RubberMaid has pushed the product very hard. AFAIK all brands interchange. (As far as possible-- I know the RubberMaid brackets and slots sometimes do not want to go together easy.)

 

[Gene Pink]

I quite like the vertical strips you can fit shelf supports into so you can adjust shelf height easily. Theyu are called twinslot:

Are you sure you want to put a bunch of nasty ol' screwholes in those nice, pretty, clean virgin walls?  :'(

Gene

 

[PRR]

> put a bunch of nasty ol' screwholes

A variant of twinslot needs only a horizontal rail at the ceiling and optional hole at the bottom of each upright. The uprights hook on the horizontal rail. The horizontal rail ensures all brackets are level (or uniform slope).

 

[Gene Pink]

A variant of twinslot needs only a horizontal rail at the ceiling

I was not aware of these, I like it.

Ian might like it, too.

Gene

 

[ruffrecords]

> called twinslot:

Peers to be a global standard. I'm typing on the exact same thing, under another brand (Rubbermaid). (Also comes in a single slot-row.) Stud walls, weak drywall, so I put the uprights on the studs and clipped shelf brackets for desk, overhead shelf, printer shelves. If I get a taller printer I can move the shelves up/down. Sure looks like the exact same stuff. I also used a lot in cellar, where I can't casually re-screw a shelf to another height.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rubbermaid-25-in-Twin-Track-Upright-FG4B8700WHT/100003748
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rubbermaid-24-in-Single-Track-Upright-FG4A6701WHT/100006607

That's the stuff. Rubbermaid?? Sounds like a re-branding opportunity,

Cheers

Ian

 

[nielsk]

Me, I am a fan of good old pegboard, still the least expensive and most flexible system...
Just fir out a wall area, attach some sheets of pegboard, and start collecting the almost limitless hangers and brackets that typically cost only pennies each to hold all your stuff where you can see it (because if you can't see it, you may as well not have it (( if your memory of where you left it last is anything like mine!)))
I remember my dad waxing on about an early visit to a garage in Germany where they had outline of every tool on the pegboard wall, everything in it's place, such organization!...

 

[madswitcher]

A good workshop is a tidy workshop

Nice one Ian,  What's next on your list for the workshop: a new piece of test equipment ?

Cheers

Mike

 

[ruffrecords]

Me, I am a fan of good old pegboard, still the least expensive and most flexible system...

I have some on order. I plan to use for my most often used tools.

Cheers

Ian