Charter33

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

You know, the ceiling joists kinda make it look like a ships' framing😉
I love the porthole window as well.
Excellent design features, really look forward to seeing it develop and finish off 😎
I did a porthole window in the door of my  house attached workshop...now taken over as the dog's room😒
 

Very nicely done Graham.  
 
Robert

Having achieved a water-tight roof covering 

it's time to start cutting holes through it!
Took the best part of the day, but the six roof lights are now in place....

Here are a couple of 'before' pictures.....


The camera has compensated in the second image and lightened it. In reality it was as dark as the previous picture.
And 'after'.....


All units are double glazed with the right-hand middle one opening for additional ventilation.
Time now to complete the roof by adding the bitumen shingles.
Progress 🙂

Reviewing the instruction manual for the hull I realized that I had missed one of the final steps on the bow, namely the brass moulding that runs from the base of the cat-heads to the upper bow rails. Before events temporarily halted progress I did get as far as annealing the strip of brass profile. Seems I'm not alone in this omission, this component is also conspicuous by its absence from the photograph of the otherwise completed hull example that adorns the front cover of the manual! 😄
First task was to make a card template to guide the shaping...

The bending jig I made earlier in post #135 came in handy again


After shaping the tricky job of marking out and then removing a section of wale to get the moulding to sit against the hull......


Dry fit....

Before painting the ends were filled with soft solder to be more in keeping with contemporary photographs 

Finally glued in place

and after a bit of filler the paint work had its first touching up.

I'll be checking it again under natural light tomorrow.
A couple more views:


Channels and chainplates next.......
Cheers,
Graham.

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

At last the weather has changed and the forcast is for a several consecutive dry days. I can finally remove the tarpaulin and polythene sheets, which have often appeared more like sagging water balloons recently, and work on making the roof waterproof.
I reversed my original plan and worked on the more straightforward sections first before attempting the more challenging one adjacent to the garage wall.
A bit of advanced planning to find the optimum way to cut the six 8' x 4' 18mm to minimize waste resulted in less than half a square metre of ofcuts.

Not pretty but it does the job. Now for the fun part....

Relying heavily on the three 'Ls', leverage, lateral thinking and luck, the the final panel was constructed on the roof and dropped into place. I took steps to ensure the whole assembly couldn't fall down the narrow gap between garage and workshop wall. At about 16' long and a couple of feet wide it was quite weighty! After marking the end profiles it was pulled back out and trimmed ready for covering.

First a layer of breathable membrane, then one of bitumen felt underlay. Next the detail trim was tacked into place followed by one course of bitumen shingles. I could have added a second but found that they would be accessible for nailing when the section was in place so dropped the idea as the already weighty panel was even heavier now.

With much care and trepidation the section was eased across to its balance point and then nudged over while being supported by a loop of rope. The plan worked! Next I had the Admiral maning a 4' length of 2" x 4" on the inside to lever the panel up to fine tune the fit while I screwed it to the top of the roof frames. Membrane and underlay sheets that had been left unattached were now fixed down. 
Job done. The plan for tomorrow is to complete these two layers across the whole roof making it watertight. The shingles won't be added until the six roof lights are in place. These will be the next challenge 😉
Cheers,
Graham.

The roof shingles are now all sealed.
This is my neighbour's view of the build, a better one then I have!

The aluminium porthole lining panels have been cut to size, 'engine turned'

and rolled to profile.

These panels have had a preliminary fixing and my next job is to remove them and then re-fit with additional sealant.

The barge board/ fascia board has also been completed on this gable end using the spare length of wall cladding I had left over.  


Once the front gable end has been finished I can start working on the interior beginning with the floor.
Progress!
Cheers,
Graham.

That's the plan! 😄
Storm 'Babet' has halted work on the roof shingles for a few days but I'm aiming to complete the last couple of rows and the top ridge tomorrow.
In the meantime I'm working on the recess surrounding the porthole.

Card template made,

After adjusting the amount it projects out of the wall the template was cut to suit the available material, an offcut of aluminium sheet.

I'll add more pictures once these have been cut out and shaped.... 
Cheers,
Graham
 
 

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

Totally agree Rodger, and tool protection is very high on my prority list. I'll be looking to fit a de-humidifier in there, especially after seeing what happened to one of my friends last year when a freak temperature swing of over 12 degrees one night made his pre-fab concrete workshop look like it had rained inside. He was mopping up pools of water and had to spend days dealing with surface rust on tools and equipment.
I started preping the floor area yesterday and this included laying a vapour barrier on top of the OSB sub- floor base. The softwood boards have had nearly a week to acclimatise, so I plan to escape to the bottom of the garden later and begin fitting them......
Cheers,
Graham

Climate control is not as much for you as it is for your tools and equipment.  High humidity and condensation can rust tools overnight.  It is, therefore, wise to provide some means of controlling humidity even when you are not present in your shop.  It is also a good idea to put down a plastic film vapor barrier on the concrete before laying down the wooden floor.
 
Roger

Very neatly done Graham.

Great job, once annealed I found it easy to shape the brass.

Reviewing the instruction manual for the hull I realized that I had missed one of the final steps on the bow, namely the brass moulding that runs from the base of the cat-heads to the upper bow rails. Before events temporarily halted progress I did get as far as annealing the strip of brass profile. Seems I'm not alone in this omission, this component is also conspicuous by its absence from the photograph of the otherwise completed hull example that adorns the front cover of the manual! 😄
First task was to make a card template to guide the shaping...

The bending jig I made earlier in post #135 came in handy again


After shaping the tricky job of marking out and then removing a section of wale to get the moulding to sit against the hull......


Dry fit....

Before painting the ends were filled with soft solder to be more in keeping with contemporary photographs 

Finally glued in place

and after a bit of filler the paint work had its first touching up.

I'll be checking it again under natural light tomorrow.
A couple more views:


Channels and chainplates next.......
Cheers,
Graham.

Reviewing the instruction manual for the hull I realized that I had missed one of the final steps on the bow, namely the brass moulding that runs from the base of the cat-heads to the upper bow rails. Before events temporarily halted progress I did get as far as annealing the strip of brass profile. Seems I'm not alone in this omission, this component is also conspicuous by its absence from the photograph of the otherwise completed hull example that adorns the front cover of the manual! 😄
First task was to make a card template to guide the shaping...

The bending jig I made earlier in post #135 came in handy again


After shaping the tricky job of marking out and then removing a section of wale to get the moulding to sit against the hull......


Dry fit....

Before painting the ends were filled with soft solder to be more in keeping with contemporary photographs 

Finally glued in place

and after a bit of filler the paint work had its first touching up.

I'll be checking it again under natural light tomorrow.
A couple more views:


Channels and chainplates next.......
Cheers,
Graham.

With the worst of the winter weather behind us, and a bit of financial jugging, work on the workshop is underway again. Just taken delivery of the tongue and groove softwood flooring. Six bundles, fortunately well wrapped against damage and the rain, manhandled through the house and into the garden.

The workshop can just be seen through the arch.
This is a slightly clearer view, the best that it can be seen from the house, and benefitting from the jasmine over the wooden arch having had it's annual trim. Another soggy day!

The final addition to the exterior, the white gable end, is just visible.
The boards are now unwrapped and stacked inside to adjust to the humidity etc. for a few days before laying starts.

Another opportunity to add to the nautical aesthetic of the build perhaps.....we'll see! 😄
Cheers,
Graham.

The roof shingles are now all sealed.
This is my neighbour's view of the build, a better one then I have!

The aluminium porthole lining panels have been cut to size, 'engine turned'

and rolled to profile.

These panels have had a preliminary fixing and my next job is to remove them and then re-fit with additional sealant.

The barge board/ fascia board has also been completed on this gable end using the spare length of wall cladding I had left over.  


Once the front gable end has been finished I can start working on the interior beginning with the floor.
Progress!
Cheers,
Graham.

Having achieved a water-tight roof covering 

it's time to start cutting holes through it!
Took the best part of the day, but the six roof lights are now in place....

Here are a couple of 'before' pictures.....


The camera has compensated in the second image and lightened it. In reality it was as dark as the previous picture.
And 'after'.....


All units are double glazed with the right-hand middle one opening for additional ventilation.
Time now to complete the roof by adding the bitumen shingles.
Progress 🙂

Well.... what a day!
This could just as well been posted in the 'What have you received today' thread 🙂
 
I wanted a window in the far gable end that would increase the amount of natural light to the 'clean/dust free' model making section of the workshop (the Captain's day cabin?). I thought it would be appropriate to have some sort of nautical theme as a nod to the workshop's primary use and have a few ideas about how to do this. Then the Admiral asked for ideas for a Christmas present. "A porthole would be nice...."
Today we drove over to Trinity Marine near Exeter. Remember when you were a child and were taken to the most amazing toy shop and you felt like all your Christmases had come at once? This marine reclamation/salvage company has some jaw dropping stuff. Their website is impressive, but really does not do justice to the stunning stock they have - for example the very detailed model paddle steamer that currently has pride of place in one of the two display showrooms -it must be at least 8' long, or the model of a French frigate, or the gear reclaimed from HMS Hermes....... To call the place an Aladdin's cave is an understatement and I recommend a visit if you are ever in the area.
trinitymarine.co.uk if you want to browse their website.
 
So, I am now the proud owner of a 19" diameter, aluminium opening porthole reclaimed from the MV Orient Well.

and one of my next tasks is to adapt the timber framework to accept it.
 
Christmas has come a bit early this year 😁
Ho ho ho
Cheers,
Graham.

Thanks for the 'likes'!
Moving on to the walls......

Side walls comprise of four 4' wide x 6' high treated softwood frames faced with OSB board each. A modular design with each section to be covered in breathable membrane and composite cladding.  Completed sections will then be bolted together and secured to the floor.........


Far gable end next.  Framed and faced the same way but it will be covered in membrane and clad once all the elements are finally assembled - I can just about manage to lift this panel on my own..... no chance if it's clad! The bottom fence panel will be temporarily removed to do this.
First test assembly........

....... all good and now fully faced.
A meeting with the surveyor from the company who are making the French doors ironed out the finer details of the nearer gable end, and this will be the next stage.
Making progress!
Cheers,
Graham.

With the worst of the winter weather behind us, and a bit of financial jugging, work on the workshop is underway again. Just taken delivery of the tongue and groove softwood flooring. Six bundles, fortunately well wrapped against damage and the rain, manhandled through the house and into the garden.

The workshop can just be seen through the arch.
This is a slightly clearer view, the best that it can be seen from the house, and benefitting from the jasmine over the wooden arch having had it's annual trim. Another soggy day!

The final addition to the exterior, the white gable end, is just visible.
The boards are now unwrapped and stacked inside to adjust to the humidity etc. for a few days before laying starts.

Another opportunity to add to the nautical aesthetic of the build perhaps.....we'll see! 😄
Cheers,
Graham.