Timber store

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Sat here filling in time before I go to demonstrate for the Alzheimers society in town. I have finish building the new timber store at home, it looks pretty good but will also save me a lot of space in the workshop. I'm going to spend tomorrow filling it up and then I can concentrate on the workshop extension. Getting really excited now!!!

[julcle]

Don't forget the demonstration 

[Graham]

Wonder if he will find his way home ?

[Bryan Milham]

John. If you can fill it up tomorrow, its already not big enough.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Bryan I knew it was not big enough before I started building it, however for some reason I only get one vote in my household and SWMBO gets two!!
  Her reasoning is if I am working hard enough I will not fill it up. So........
   The demo was very enjoyable for me (and I think they enjoyed it too). I was quite happy to entertain them for an hour or so, Alzheimers is a cruel and heartless disease and when you see the effect is has on people you count your blessings. I do these FOC as there but by the grace of God go I.

[edbanger]

BHT good on yer, it's always good to give something back 

Hope the timber store is big enough but if it's not you could always add another level the vote was one small shed but I guess there was nothing said about the height 

Ed

[Dave Brookes]

BHT,
Well done on the demo.
Although I am only a 'hobby turner' I did a demo at the care home where my late wife was with Alzheimer's and was amazed at the attention span of the residents, and although my wife had no idea who I was, she and the others were riveted to the spot whilst watching.  It wasn't what I was making (Christmas trees, mushrooms and the like) that was being watched but more the shavings coming of in streams and patterns that kept their interest.

Dave

[TONY MALIN]

I have a relative with it. He now lives a life of complete emptiness. To see something different must be a help if only to the carers who do a full time job.
Well done John.

[Graham]

So, have you filled up the new store yet ? Left jus that little bit of room for new stock ? 

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Yes the timber store is full to overflowing, should've made it twice the size really. So I still have a stack of timber, Oak and Cherry, behind the lathe. Underneath the lathe is full too as well as the back corner of the workshop buuut there is now enough room to allow me to move things round to enable me to start the extension.
      I'm building concrete blocks 4 ft high with studwork on top. But I have to cast the base first and was hoping to use the walls that I knock down as rubble, so I have to support the existing studwork walls and cut the blocks from underneath!! That way I can save a trip to the dump to get rid of the rubble and save on costs.
         I am reusing the door frame but doing away with the cill, it's gone rotten and I don't need it.
Just added a picture.

[julcle]

Hi John,  Sounds a bit like mine. Yours is probably a bit bigger though 

[Graham]

What is the reasoning behind going to the trouble of building a brick wall then changing to timber ?

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

julcle it is about 8 foot long and 2 foot wide-ish. Graham my neighbours own the wall between out gardens against which my workshop is built so I have to build a wall to the same height (4 foot) to avoid the bottom of the framework from going rotten if it was all wood. My garden has a slight slope down towards the workshop so it is naturally damp in that area. So concrete block walls with studwork on top.

[julcle]

Hi Graham,  Same reason as John really, my shed is at the lowest part of the garden and is a bit like a sump so the solid base and block walls provide a good interface between damp ground and a pleasing upper part. Also I can do the wood bit but not the block bit so well.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Instead of using shiplap or T&G I use feathered boards normally used for fencing. I put a breathable felt underneath and then fix the boards vertically. It works like a dream and is so much cheaper than other methods. Not had any problems with it in 30 years (apart from size and the roof leaking)but if I did it would be a simple job to replace a board or 2.
  Because my wall is built close to next door's I fix a cavity tray to span the gap between the walls thereby avoiding a nasty damp area, leaving it open at each end ensures the wind whistles down it so making wildlife less likely to inhabit there.