Sunshine and a coat of paint - what a difference!

Entry posted by Killybegs October 19, 2012

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The trainshed roof and outer wall are now one unit. The jig to hold everything firmly in place while the two parts were soldered together was quite simple in the end. 3 lengths of brass tube that were a tight fit in the square tubes of the columns were let into the board to hold the wall vertical. 2 larger diameter tubes were notched vertically to be a tight fit on the wire cross bracing of the end trusses then let into the board in a position where the foot of the rafter butted against the inside face of the tube while locating the other end of the truss correctly on the wall. These 2 tubes were accurately cut to length so that, when flush with the underside of the board, they also held the truss at the correct height. To ensure accuracy and verticality of the holes in the board, they were started (just) with a 1mm drill in a pin vice then drilled out using my large pillar drill. Once everything had been double checked, it only took a couple of minutes to solder everything together using my RSU (whereas most of the soldering of the trusses was done with a soldering iron). A spot of cleaning, then it was out with the can of primer. Voila!

I was so pleased with the result that, as the sun was shining, I couldn't resist nipping out into the garden to take a few pics.

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