Workshop build..Scavenger style

[Dom in Dorset]

We have a roof!!!

I laid on quite a spread for the topping off party,. Sparkling wine and two types of crisps. 

[Geek99]

Surely “just a pipe of Pringles” would suffice? Good enough for Alan partridge ...

[Geek99]

That’s a very low workbench ... you’ve recruited the elf workforce already ?

[Dom in Dorset]

4 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Surely “just a pipe of Pringles” would suffice? Good enough for Alan partridge ...

We are watching that series at the moment. As I wasn't sacking anyone I thought I'd splash out.

The work bench is for child labourers, (once they are too big to go up a chimney )

[Geek99]

Good - I approve

[Dom in Dorset]

Almost a floor and I closed the base in.

The electrician has gone AWAL and I can't start the ceiling or lining until he's done the first fix.. I may have to go back to my mother's shed for a while.

 

 

 

[Dom in Dorset]

BBC slashes budget for Dr Who  sets

And I'm still waiting for the electrician..

 

[BassTool]

That's an interesting build process Dom, I've always built from the floor upwards, with wall framework coming up from the floor itself 

Never seen it done with the floor installed last, but it's worked for you 

What have you used for insulation? Looks like laminate flooring underlay? 

[Dom in Dorset]

9 hours ago, BassTool said:

That's an interesting build process Dom, I've always built from the floor upwards, with wall framework coming up from the floor itself 

Never seen it done with the floor installed last, but it's worked for you 

What have you used for insulation? Looks like laminate flooring underlay? 

Partly inspired by some houses I saw build a few years ago. They were built on precast concrete "rafts". My walls sit on the edge of a wooden raft with the floor inside so any water running down the walls is already bellow the floor by the time it reaches the bottom of the wall.
this is the insulation:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/ybs-airtec-double-reflective-foil-insulation-25-x-1-5m/50913?tc=HA3&ds_kid=92700058021678550&ds_rl=1249407&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=CjwKCAjw7diEBhB-EiwAskVi17gya7l5DsRsy2QE1yOavmmU3EUoJ4zih9YBIaMmYgmxSmbyoM4TyRoC6ocQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Dom in Dorset]

What is the most satisfying thing about making instruments?

- Digging, it's all about the digging.

Electrician number two has put in a quote and can start next month. Before then I have to dig a trench for the cable not less than 60cm deep. As we are also putting power into the summer house I have another 30' stretch to do as well. I'm on s budget so it's just me with s pick and shovel. I'm done for the day , lying down in a dark studio for a while.

 

Edited May 23, 2021 by Dom in Dorset
I kant spell.

[TheGreek]

Digging holes....reminds me of Trace Elliot (well...bad backs)

[bertbass]

Been there and done that, I share your pain.

[BassTool]

On 22/05/2021 at 15:13, Dom in Dorset said:

What is the most satisfying thing about making instruments?

- Digging, it's all about the digging.

Electrician number two has put in a quote and can start next month. Before then I have to dig a trench for the cable not less than 60cm deep. As we are also putting power into the summer house I have another 30' stretch to do as well. I'm on s budget so it's just me with s pick and shovel. I'm done for the day , lying down in a dark studio for a while.

 

Armoured cable Dom?

[Dom in Dorset]

13 hours ago, BassTool said:

Armoured cable Dom?

Yes ...42 Metres . 
Another 9 barrow loads of earth removed from "The Slot" as I've come to call it. I have to stand with one leg in the hole to dig, for some reason it makes my buttocks ache like crazy. I'll should finish the digging this afternoon or tomorrow.

[Dom in Dorset]

The electrician has done the first fix and I've been busy with the lining. The Tate have already shown an interest in my latest installation.

 

[bertbass]

I have to say that that's a lot more art worthy than the unmade bed or the pile of bricks.

[Dom in Dorset]

Finally moving out of here:

Into here:

Total chaos 😁

[Si600]

27 minutes ago, Dom in Dorset said:

Total chaos 😁

I was going to say, you've got the opportunity to move and reorganise and look at the state of it already 

Serious question for a moment, why didn't you go mad fitting shelves and storage whilst it was empty?

[Dom in Dorset]

48 minutes ago, Si600 said:

I was going to say, you've got the opportunity to move and reorganise and look at the state of it already 

Serious question for a moment, why didn't you go mad fitting shelves and storage whilst it was empty?

Nothing to put on them 😁

In an ideal world I would have done so, time is against me, the priority is to make instruments asap. I'm doing a trade stand at a festival next month and I need stock.

The work bench by the window has storage shelves built in so I don't need much right now. I still have to move the bandsaw and some of the plastic shelves from my mother's shed and I'm planning some sort of rack for work in progress.

[BassTool]

If you put shelves up, I guarantee you'll find stuff to put on them 😆

[bertbass]

These are brilliant.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203221794216?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D233036%26meid%3D5c91e0f234c4477da17ab68643a67f90%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D224022776741%26itm%3D203221794216%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv8MlcUltbPairwiseNativeDarwoXgbV1&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A2032217942165c91e0f234c4477da17ab68643a67f90|enc%3AAQAGAAACAC0NmjteTe1mzLeOCA5gAPn8kRkq%2FjxVaEgAJyfjFzOyVAsRM4seoWyArOb9dNDIOZKenWv2gWNImoPEGiKK%2B2W%2BBSBzaNUgHZ5QmKqOhY5B8EOzoiS2bZHS8lAoLzLTcmGGy%2FH60tpi7EZPp4Txjb176UBsJrAY6k366e%2FKI6UccYrazke3Ni%2FvdFDGrD7gJIDj5oBS7iN4CbRtVYjL0vTtIRTHyCulUtfW2wQ3DzDALi3dExJ5QwnxuSeWJcK3%2BHNljG4BXe%2BLll14Ea0HaGKWXcPNx3V6Dbj37hOq6kcIokyfdLTT9I0sQAXNaN8UMiFLRqow4KxENiUd4dmYTqinKndUg2BU8%2Fz%2BRAlAF3jRxsjhRQEkFY%2BobKVhJVVufMIm3kvq1ximq6S1PEq5kQQl7HCZxE5K1abTq1txeDSrfJmdJeGlBm4PzRe3TV0vMtWHZ%2FflWKMvyrTfNMZ%2B5VtGcbImtIXWyxrJ4j2SHekdJNMUMFi24hSoXPrrgF9aUxTqEsI400Q9WuJsHO%2Bx%2BY3wD1RjvHVxr0LSeQPef7JR%2BqeqGaU6GJsTT845Mz3%2BK%2Fh%2BUUi61cSQdDU4KoLnTd09rvNVUCKPZ2TQDk0HAaLtFAF3pDJ%2Fw4Lm9hsLZ8DtfFORXH8M2audoGyNJ1ySCYsEJDi%2FpBcigsrrGwukII%2Fs|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2047675

 

That's a surprisingly long link.

Edited July 4, 2021 by bertbass

[Richard R]

Simplified version, for those of us that don't play jazz:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203221794216

[Dom in Dorset]

There's still a few loose ends to tie up but I'm pretty much there

 

Edited July 9, 2021 by Dom in Dorset