Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Got to show ye this, mate! You're my inspiration after all. I'm constantly getting two bits of wood to fit together with a whisper and thinking; " That's how Kanny'd do it! " I've had this manky fukking glory hole, in my kitchen, for years now. Completely utilitarian. Always gave me somewhere to put the kettle and fiddle about with food ~ as long as it never touched the hardboard counter top! Well. I've finally had a gut full of the fukking thing and decided, quite arbitrarily, to do something about it. First thing was to make those blocks more amenable to being worked with. Without popping out all over the place. All clever stuff, eh? Ye can tell there's a hidden Engineer just dying to break out of this old Rat Catcher! Next bit was to make the first frame, to hold the two doors, for that top hole. I used wood glue. Long pins. And a variety of, frankly, just not suitable clamps! I then left my creation to dry, over night. Sleeping in a cold sweat! Turns out the fear was justified. Because, the moment I touched it, this morning? It fell over and clattered to the floor in four bits of fukking wood!!! Do I Sound like the sort of Disciple to simply sit amongst the wreckage and cry in self pity?! Fukk, no! I thought; " What would Kanny do? " And set about it with a vengeance! Know what? I rather surprised myself! I mean, okay; No dove tails or fancy joint work. I'm still just a fukkin' old chancer, having a go. But; So far, so good? (The frame's fixed in. Door frames are just sat in there. Have to join them next. Think I'll use fukking screws, this time! ) Be gentle with me! I'm quite chuffed with myself! Not exactly a wasted morning, anyway. (Oh! And, don't worry: The hatchet's for chopping up the dogs meat! ) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
big sid 1,109 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) you could help newkid on his next project, in fact if that was any better it would be to good. Edited September 16, 2021 by big sid 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,246 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Eh I'm buggered if I know where he is will I do I'm a different kind of canny by the way damp. Patch would you kindly speak up. When u come on here I'm as deaf as you and summat else I'd love a butchers around your gaff 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted September 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, iworkwhippets said: I'd love a butchers around your gaff Shame I ain't got a Go Pro! Always fancied one of them. Just had to face the fact I never do anything worth filming though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted September 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Well, horror of fukking horrors!!! I've just run out of wood and, on carefully measuring, noting and calculating; Would ye believe I need another eleven and a half foot of that 2 x 1!!! Fukking length's fourteen foot! At least I won't have much wastage left over! On top of that? I've just had to shell out over forty quid on a pair of clamps, to hold these door frames together while I drill and screw them! No muck 'n rubbish, 'mind you: Wolfcraft EHZ 100-450 One-Hand Clamp PRO 3032000 | Powerful Clamps to Clamp Workpieces Professionally with Just One Hand | Clamping Pressure: 120 Kg - Clamping Width: 450 Mm : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Shop Wolfcraft EHZ 100-450 One-Hand Clamp PRO 3032000 | Powerful Clamps to Clamp Workpieces Professionally with Just One Hand |... I'm given to believe that, next to Record, these are the 'one handed' absolute bollocks. Un fukking believable, when I think of it, what this damn thing's costing me! Worth every penny though. Because the pure enjoyment of the many challenges, and managing to actually do shit like cut a bit of wood with deadly accuracy (Funny how this shit comes with age) is fukkin priceless! Only pissed off that my clamps won't be here till Monday now. Give me time to sort that wood out though, and have a think on what my next steps should be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,246 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said: Well, horror of fukking horrors!!! I've just run out of wood and, on carefully measuring, noting and calculating; Would ye believe I need another eleven and a half foot of that 2 x 1!!! Fukking length's fourteen foot! At least I won't have much wastage left over! On top of that? I've just had to shell out over forty quid on a pair of clamps, to hold these door frames together while I drill and screw them! No muck 'n rubbish, 'mind you: Wolfcraft EHZ 100-450 One-Hand Clamp PRO 3032000 | Powerful Clamps to Clamp Workpieces Professionally with Just One Hand | Clamping Pressure: 120 Kg - Clamping Width: 450 Mm : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Shop Wolfcraft EHZ 100-450 One-Hand Clamp PRO 3032000 | Powerful Clamps to Clamp Workpieces Professionally with Just One Hand |... I'm given to believe that, next to Record, these are the 'one handed' absolute bollocks. Un fukking believable, when I think of it, what this damn thing's costing me! Worth every penny though. Because the pure enjoyment of the many challenges, and managing to actually do shit like cut a bit of wood with deadly accuracy (Funny how this shit comes with age) is fukkin priceless! Only pissed off that my clamps won't be here till Monday now. Give me time to sort that wood out though, and have a think on what my next steps should be. Keeping yourself busy my friend good for your mental. Wellbeing 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,246 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 I'm. Sure I've seen summat like your gaff on telly Ken my son complete.with gear such as you have in your place starring Richard Attenborough ahhhh that's it 10 Rillington place eh it's that hatchet that done it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post kanny 19,129 Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Nice one Ken looks like your keeping busy and having fun with it don't forget to leave gaps for hinges or do you plan on fitting the doors after either way is fine, you could get away without jointing the door frames by simply glueing them to a panel the same size ,im all for making things easy lol, anyway your call nothing wrong with filling your day either. Funnily enough I've been working on a larder myself 26 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,246 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Nice job is that matey nice one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 5,933 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, kanny said: Nice one Ken looks like your keeping busy and having fun with it don't forget to leave gaps for hinges or do you plan on fitting the doors after either way is fine, you could get away without jointing the door frames by simply glueing them to a panel the same size ,im all for making things easy lol, anyway your call nothing wrong with filling your day either. Funnily enough I've been working on a larder myself Shit ! IKEA? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted September 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 hours ago, kanny said: you could get away without jointing the door frames by simply glueing them to a panel the same size Yo Da Man!!! Frankly? I was fukking terrified! I don't have a drill press and, short of trying to accurately push Two and half, three inch screws through and into 2 x 1" (Sixteen Fukking Times, without a mistake!) I was resigned ~ just as bad, really! ~ to pushing a wider pilot hole. Then using a long, thin bit to make the screw hole, for a shorter screw at the bottom of that. Even typing it makes me feel like a delusional lunatic! What the hell was I thinking?! What thickness of ply, for the back panels? 1/4" ? If I ring the shop first thing in the morning, they might be able to get a sheet of ply and my length of two be to me tomorrow. That'd mean I could keep going Oh, and talking of hinges? What I'd have absolutely loved are These!!! But, fukk my boots! £5.50 each (I need Eight of them!) And the shipping for One is Seventeen quid!!! Fukk Me!!!!! Anyway, I console myself with the simple fact that, at four inches a pop? They're much too much hinge for my little doors. Two inch would be to die for. I'll keep looking. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 5,933 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, waltjnr said: Shit ! IKEA? I meant stunning ,true craftsmanship! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 5,933 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, waltjnr said: I meant stunning ,true craftsmanship! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,129 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 59 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said: Yo Da Man!!! Frankly? I was fukking terrified! I don't have a drill press and, short of trying to accurately push Two and half, three inch screws through and into 2 x 1" (Sixteen Fukking Times, without a mistake!) I was resigned ~ just as bad, really! ~ to pushing a wider pilot hole. Then using a long, thin bit to make the screw hole, for a shorter screw at the bottom of that. Even typing it makes me feel like a delusional lunatic! What the hell was I thinking?! What thickness of ply, for the back panels? 1/4" ? If I ring the shop first thing in the morning, they might be able to get a sheet of ply and my length of two be to me tomorrow. That'd mean I could keep going Oh, and talking of hinges? What I'd have absolutely loved are These!!! But, fukk my boots! £5.50 each (I need Eight of them!) And the shipping for One is Seventeen quid!!! Fukk Me!!!!! Anyway, I console myself with the simple fact that, at four inches a pop? They're much too much hinge for my little doors. Two inch would be to die for. I'll keep looking. 8mm upwards for the ply would be sound, those hinges are a tad overkill you want to be looking at something a bit smaller, cheaper also 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,514 Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 Here's a garden gate that KD made for me Cheers, D. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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