iankemp Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Can't wait see the actual construction, waiting to see the whole layout being built! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) Moved the third modelling table into the railway room, and all the models and modelling materials moved out of the workshop into the railway room as well. Everything is now under plastic dustsheets Painting the railway room ceiling tomorrow afternoon, and hoping to get started on the baseboard this coming weekend whilst everything is under dustsheets Edited February 25, 2013 by Ron Heggs 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) The ceiling is paintedThe spray painting certainly shifted a lot of dust and grit, good job everything was under dustsheets.The decision to spray paint was the right one, as wouldn't have wanted any of that dust and grit falling on the layout in the future Setting up the woodworking equipment on Thursday ready for the weekend Going to do a test piece first, to get a good methodology sorted and set up any jigs, etc. Edited February 26, 2013 by Ron Heggs 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 The last two span beams finished tonight That leaves just 68 tie beams to build to complete the train shed roof 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artizen Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Way back in a previous life when I was a wedding photographer, I decided to paint the old studio and was persuaded to spray the paint rather than spend several days up a ladder with a roller. Best move ever - all done in two hours late at night and ready for customers the next day. Hopefully with a bright-ish colour on the roof, the cave will start to look more inviting. Usually the space also looks much bigger and more impressive with painted walls as well. You are allowed to slow down you know - but if you have pics of the benchwork we all want to see them!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 You are allowed to slow down you know - but if you have pics of the benchwork we all want to see them!!!! Hi, Ian Just getting into top gear Daytime in the railway room [baseboard construction], and evenings on the dining table [Model construction] Will show the build of the baseboard as it progresses - if I can keep the camera clear of sawdust Cheers Ron 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron Heggs Posted February 28, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2013 Moved some of the woodworking equipment into the railway room ... and the weather turned really nasty - Hailstorm, and it looks like we are going to have a week of rain. So that's a good reason for working indoors on the baseboard This is the wall board material ... and a few packs ready to be marked-up and cut The chop saw on the portable work bench with the first 2600mm board being cut Three 1200mm long boards and one 2600mm board cut Four 2600mm boards cut and temporarily assembled This section assembled - 65mm dia holes to be drilled in each of the inner boards for cabling, etc.The whole assembly will then be glued, and 18mm x 18mm x 150mm timber pieces fixed at the outer ends of each board, to enable the outer skirt to be fixed in placeThis section represents half of the movable baseboard carrying the GNR goods warehouse and two level goods yard 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kenokie Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 Ron The dust collection system on the saw looks interesting Does it work and if so what have you used and how does it work? Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Ron The dust collection system on the saw looks interesting Does it work and if so what have you used and how does it work? Chris Hi, Chris It is a piece of 125mm dia flex aluminium tube taped around the outlet pipe on the rear of the chopsaw (the original cloth bag was too small and the zip was broken), and fed into a plastic tub enclosed by a plastic sheet It works, but there is still a small amount of sawdust direct from the saw blade which isn't collected It isn't worth buying a dust extraction system for this volume of work Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2013 It isn't worth buying a dust extraction system for this volume of work Ron Ron, if you do your cutting outside the hailstones will keep the dust down Impressive chopping though. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 That baseboard looks impressive Ron, although we shouldn't really be surprised by that. More reasons to keep watching your build. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 That baseboard looks impressive Ron, although we shouldn't really be surprised by that. More reasons to keep watching your build. Colin Thanks Colin I am in the middle of cutting the boards for the second half of this movable section will post pictures of the construction later Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Hello Ron, nice looking base boards. Am I correct in thinking that your going to make the outsides around the box that you have already? So that it almost becomes an open box type girder. The chop saw that we have up the MRC when we use it, we attach a vacuum cleaner to the outlet it helps to keep the dust down. The one that we use looks a bit like one of the Henry ones. Keep up the good work, one of the good things about doing the cutting now is that all you'll have to do is one BIG clean up when it's all done. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Hello Ron, nice looking base boards. Am I correct in thinking that your going to make the outsides around the box that you have already? So that it almost becomes an open box type girder. The chop saw that we have up the MRC when we use it, we attach a vacuum cleaner to the outlet it helps to keep the dust down. The one that we use looks a bit like one of the Henry ones. Keep up the good work, one of the good things about doing the cutting now is that all you'll have to do is one BIG clean up when it's all done. OzzyO. Thanks - Yes, there will be an additional skirt board fixed around the outside edges of the box Don't have a spare vac, but brush up each evening - then when the woodworking is completed there will one big clean up Cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 The second part of the movable section of the baseboard - The computer CAD temporarily located in the railway room to assist in the baseboard construction The current baseboard section on display Assembled boards Pillar drill set up to drill the 65mm dia holes in the boards Drilled & assembled The complete section will now be glued up, fitted with timber fillets and outer skirt boards 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Interesting stuff with the interlocking members - was the chop blade just the right width for the material? I'm sure you've planned out where cable runs go, but would it be worth drilling holes in the !internal" lengths where you've not drilled holes already, to allow for future changes of plan, or additions? Presumably wouldn't affect board strength, but might build in a bit of redundancy? Anyway, just a thought! What are the plans for the walls? Thought you might have sprayed them when you were doing ceilings? Keep up the good work and updates! Cheers, 26power Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phixer64 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Right, we ran out of plastsruct, is Ron now going to steal all the timber!!! Fantastic modelling Ron, hope all goes well with the project, stunning read, stunning modelling. Jeff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Interesting stuff with the interlocking members - was the chop blade just the right width for the material? I'm sure you've planned out where cable runs go, but would it be worth drilling holes in the !internal" lengths where you've not drilled holes already, to allow for future changes of plan, or additions? Presumably wouldn't affect board strength, but might build in a bit of redundancy? Anyway, just a thought! What are the plans for the walls? Thought you might have sprayed them when you were doing ceilings? Keep up the good work and updates! Cheers, 26power The blade width is 3.5mm and the board thickness is 7mm - so a double cut is all that is required All the cabling runs to the track droppers, turnout motors, signalling, and building & street lighting have been already been routed The walls have been brushed and washed down, and will be vacuumed after all the woodworking is completed. They will then be lined with foam boards and finally painted Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Right, we ran out of plastsruct, is Ron now going to steal all the timber!!! Fantastic modelling Ron, hope all goes well with the project, stunning read, stunning modelling. Jeff. No timber famine due to my modelling activities The baseboard was designed to be light and loadbearing with minimal deflection - so volume of wood and cost is low Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 All glued up and fitted some of the outer fillets The complete movable section - 5.2m x 1.2 m offsetting another 1.2m at the far end A few of the fillets clamped in place The jointing between the two halves of the section - sandwiched with PVAI have been thinking about the supporting legs ..... and may now use 150mm dia uPVC drain pipe instead of timber - cross cut at the upper end to fit around the board cross joints, and fitted with plastic bowl-shaped feet which will slid easily over the carpet flooring 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 ... more glueing, skirts and joining strip added - Joining timber strip added to the left - this will butt up to the fixed baseboard and allow locking of the two baseboards Close-up of the joining strip, and the two section jointings View from the opposite direction The diagonal boards The diagonal skirt board ready for fixing Close-up of the outer skirt board fixingsThe legs are next - after reorganising the railway room, and moving this baseboard into its final positionThen its all go for the main baseboard build 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted March 4, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2013 The Plastkard Perfectionist becomes the Woodwork Wizard! Looking fantastic Ron. If you are ever up for visitors, I'll be dropping Sofia off at the nearest beach and gunning it up country from Elche in a hire car at the speed of light Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 The Plastkard Perfectionist becomes the Woodwork Wizard! Looking fantastic Ron. If you are ever up for visitors, I'll be dropping Sofia off at the nearest beach and gunning it up country from Elche in a hire car at the speed of light Visitors are always welcome Although some of the actual layout build will need to be completed before a visit is worthwhile Cheers Ron 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2013 Visitors are always welcome Last week in July and first week in August all inclusive please Ron Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Visitors are always welcome Last week in July and first week in August all inclusive please Ron Mike. Yeh! Yeh! - Visitors not Guests - Might stretch to a cuppa, beer or wine 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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