This should be an update about the shed I'm building, it being six weeks since the last one. There are a few reasons why it isn't.
Firstly the weather has been difficult. We've had a damp spring so far and water does not mix with power tools. On days where it has been dry I've either been working, or not well - the ME/CFS has been a bit rough recently, mainly because I've been doing more than I should.
Secondly, I was asked to prioritise the bedframe.
Our mattress is quite new, but our bedframe was older and we didn't put it in storage when we had to move. The idea was to buy a new one. Then I had the bright idea of building one.
In the old house I'd built a large bed unit for my daughters in their room. The top was large enough for a double mattress and had some shelving for books and made my oldest daughter very happy. Below there was a cavern like space, which pleased the youngest.
Obviously this all had to be dismantled when we left, and all the timber, which was repurposed scaffolding planks, went into storage.
Well, the issues with health and weather have made things slow, but it has moved forward and hopefully by tomorrow will be in situ with the new bedding my wife ordered.
Here's the picture as of Sunday evening:
You'll notice we've had a spot of rain, which wasn't forecast. anyway, it's a substantial beast. At this point I have the frame supports to attach, more sanding, then dismantling it all and taking up to the bedroom to reassemble.
The top of the head and foot boards will have a beech wood cap which will look nice, but there's no way I have time to finish them for Wednesday.
You'll notice up in the corner there is an unwieldy looking block. That is there because the board used for the sidepiece has warped while drying out. Frustratingly I didn't have any of the necessary size to replace it. So I affixed the block to the backboard (there's about nine scres in that small block), and then clamped the board into place before scrwing it in.
The intention had been to affix the sides into the frame with dowels and glue, but the severit of the warp means it will need to be heavy duty scrws on that corner and so I'll use the same all round.
A nice thing I've been able to do is practice with my palm router. You can see a little detail here:
just that little rebate round the edge of and will make it a little less painful when the inevitable collisions happen. The picture also shows the roughness I need to be samding out in the time I have left. It's been done with a 40 and 80 grit paper, I need to get a pass with 120 and 180 before Tuesday evening. The application of a wax coat can be done when it's up in the room.
I'll put an update post our when it's done, including the caps. That may be a few weeks as next weekend my brother is coming to help me get the shed up to external completion. That will be walls up, door and windows in, and roof on. The roof will need to be waterproof, but it's unlikely I'll have time to get the outer walls fully done, but they will be up!
Watch out for a post next after next weekend.
