What are you up to in the shed?

[whirsk]

Thanks Neilo

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[DaveD_XB]

I had my mate come around again in his beautiful classic Mustang, he couldn't change the plug on cylinder #1 as the exhaust header design meant that no plug tool or spanner could ever fit in to remove the plug. The cars been misfiring & dropping to a V7 ever since he got it a few months ago.

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Tried to modify the exhaust in place but in the end it was just simpler to remove it to work on it on the bench, you can see how tight that opening is

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Heated up the pipe & then used the Ford Special Tool (hammer) to reshape the tube

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That's better

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[DaveD_XB]

I made the mistake of cleaning off the plug before taking a pic, it was dripping wet with unburnt fuel & was probably the most fouled plug I've ever seen, the fact the electrode was touching the strap wouldn't have been helping either, those headers went on over 10 years ago according to the receipt from the old owner & I'd bet it hadn't been replaced since as the only way to do so would have been to remove the exhaust.

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Here's more pics of the Mustang just because... reasons

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[JohnBoy]

DaveD_XB if in doubt, get a bigger hammer!!!



My recent attempts at carpentry come to an end.....

putting an oak beam up for a mantel over the stove. Want it to be a floating beam so made a drilling jig out of plywood and used it to first drill the beam, then the chimney breast. epoxied in two M20 studs and then "slid" the beam onto the studs.

Beam is reclaimed oak, I'm hoping it has done all the shifting and cracking it's ever going to do. has two fine cracks in it, one ended up underneath, the other at the back, I'm hoping they give it all the stress relief it ever needs. main concerns are the obvious one that it's over a stove so will be subject to heat stress, but the secondary concern is that it's so tight on those studs it might need to let go a little. Initially it was sliding but as the studs went deeper in it got tight. put some tape and cardboard on a piece of ply and sledged on the ply to get it driven home. It aint ever coming off.

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[markcro]

Nice!
Does the paint around the stove handle the heat okay? We were thinking of getting an insert but aren't sure if to go with a new fire surround or just get rid of the surround and put on a plain wall. But then I was wondering if the wall paint would discolour or blister?

[BuckfastMan]

I have to ask.....why did you put the tv & mantel up so high ?
Is it not like sitting in the front row of the cinema ?

[JohnBoy]

Nice!
Does the paint around the stove handle the heat okay? We were thinking of getting an insert but aren't sure if to go with a new fire surround or just get rid of the surround and put on a plain wall. But then I was wondering if the wall paint would discolour or blister?

Paint has been fine, but the expansion/contraction has caused some cracking where the stove meets the plaster. planning on making a flat steel strip all around it to hide the join, matt stove black to blend in.

I have to ask.....why did you put the tv & mantel up so high ?
Is it not like sitting in the front row of the cinema ?

This boring problem of fire regulations. there's a limit of how close you're supposed to put a lump of firewood above a fire! Telly will be replaced with a bigger one which will hang much closer to the mantel. it's not ideal, but gotta work with the room I've got.

[foyler]

Tough crowd….

You could do more around the stove in time to give it a bit more presence/ fill the gap, I might even have an old metal surround lying in a shed somewhere .
I was never happy with our two in the big gaff and spent some time during covid tidying them, found a lovely old nickel plated surround and after a sh1t load of elbow grease they both look waaay better .

I kinda like to leave some imperfections cos wood doesn’t grow straight or always true but another man would be horrified at some of the stuff I leave in.

Beeswax to finish? Many layers , machine buffed?

That Rubio tack is really only good on smooth surfaces , tried it on a detailed antique chair I spent ages stripping back and the fcukin hardener must have got in the inserts and voids, hardened - looked sheeite and I eventually used petrol to get it off.

Being a full kit wanker I got Odies too and to be honest I wouldn’t be saying one over the other or over Yacht varnish , just depends on the wood, condition & intended use.

Since I got the hip done start of the month , I’ve done 6 chairs in various states of patina , finished 5 shelves and 7 coat hook pairs , a coat stand and was out painting the back of back seats in the abarth last night - Ferrari red wrinkle. , I think I might be losing my mind….

[Aontroim]

This boring problem of fire regulations. there's a limit of how close you're supposed to put a lump of firewood above a fire! Telly will be replaced with a bigger one which will hang much closer to the mantel. it's not ideal, but gotta work with the room I've got.

Asking for a friend: what is this measurement and is there anything else I (ahem, my friend) should consider? Width? Is it relative to size/type of fire etc?

Looks great BTW!

[JohnBoy]

Should be specified in the manual for the stove. In my case it was 550mm for a 100mm mantle. Then add on any additional overhang of the mantle. So my 200mm mantle needed 100mm added to give a total of 650mm clearance. Which is a lot.

[Deadly Dave]

I bought a heater for my garage.

[JohnBoy]

Tough crowd….

You could do more around the stove in time to give it a bit more presence/ fill the gap, I might even have an old metal surround lying in a shed somewhere .
I was never happy with our two in the big gaff and spent some time during covid tidying them, found a lovely old nickel plated surround and after a sh1t load of elbow grease they both look waaay better .

I kinda like to leave some imperfections cos wood doesn’t grow straight or always true but another man would be horrified at some of the stuff I leave in.

Beeswax to finish? Many layers , machine buffed?

That Rubio tack is really only good on smooth surfaces , tried it on a detailed antique chair I spent ages stripping back and the fcukin hardener must have got in the inserts and voids, hardened - looked sheeite and I eventually used petrol to get it off.

Being a full kit wanker I got Odies too and to be honest I wouldn’t be saying one over the other or over Yacht varnish , just depends on the wood, condition & intended use.

Since I got the hip done start of the month , I’ve done 6 chairs in various states of patina , finished 5 shelves and 7 coat hook pairs , a coat stand and was out painting the back of back seats in the abarth last night - Ferrari red wrinkle. , I think I might be losing my mind….

Yeah something simple in flat steel will reduce the gap a bit without too much fuss, but it could be a while, I ripped out the old fireplace just before Christmas last year so I'm in no rush to do much more at the moment!


Wax I used is a blend of wax, turpentine and linseed oil. Goes on easy and soaks in well. I think it got five coats. The wood was only sanded to 180 as we wanted to keep it more 'woody' so no need for machine buffing, just lash it on with one half of an old tee shirt, wait a few minutes and buff it lightly with the other half of the tee shirt. Was a lovely product and will definitely use it again.

https://totaldiy.ie/product/flag-nat...BoC8YgQAvD_BwE


I take absolutely no pleasure in finishing so there's no fear of me embarking on a mission like you, but maybe if I was laid up I could get bored too.

[Deadly Dave]

I wanted to mount it up out of the way so needed a mounting bracket. So scrap steel and chop saw.

[JohnBoy]

Picked up this kids pedal kart from 8~) a few weeks back. Pulled it into the shed for a bit of TLC with the boy.


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So nice working on a yoke up off the ground, if only I had room for a lift.

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We got new rear tyres, removed the seat to free up it's adjuster and had to do a bit of welding where it had cracked in the past. I say cracked but it had practically no penetration in the original weld.



Got that all done and back together.

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Almost nothing here stays on standard tyres for long so why should the kart be any different?

Already talk about adding an engine to it too

[Deadly Dave]