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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    Sill formed, head and sill attached and inside linings cut to fit. The sill is not from the textbook but it seems to be a local variation so that's what I've plumbed for. The sill will be formed to suit this sash profile. The little lip at the left overhangs the sill. Set off the opening...
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    The casings are all basically just grooved. Internal and external casings have a 3/8" x 3/8" groove ploughed the same distance from the edge which in this case is 5/8". Therefore the outside casing overlaps the stile by 5/8". It will be moulded later (probably). The inner edge of the inner...
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    I hope it's clear enough. Difficult to photograph the facets in this oak partly as the lighting needs rearranged and improved.
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    To finish the stiles (and head), the chisel takes out much of the waste quickly. Still needs care to read the grain. Might require working in both directions or bevel down. This piece behaved well. The chisel is choked to prevent overrun. When close to the line then a bench plane takes care...
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    Carving animals

    That's lovely. Sad end though to the artist. There are some on here, amongst many other great projects. Someday I might try one of these: https://woodworkersinstitute.com/carving-a-tortoise-turtle/ https://woodworkersinstitute.com/carving-a-mouse/
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    Musée des Arts Décoratifs (and musée d'Orsay)

    I think both of your assumptions are correct. The following text is lifted from a photo in the room and is the sum total info I have. I searched for a book on him in the museum giftshop but wasn't surprised there was nothing about him. Perhaps there's a French text hidden somewhere. panelling...
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    Musée des Arts Décoratifs (and musée d'Orsay)

    Visited musee d'Orsay during the week. Had a lovely walk around an art noveau exhibition. Luckily no one taking selfies and this part of the museum relatively quiet and peaceful (contrasting with the impressionist's exhibition where I witnessed multiple people quite literally spend the entire...
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    Just back from a holiday yesterday so got a chance today to progress a little. I'm planning to put a fair bit of detail into the steps involved so hopefully that will be of interest. At the very least it's a reference for me for future builds so that I can reduce the thinking time. Start with...
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    Notre Dame - craftsmanship at it’s best

    Visited Notre Dame for the second time since it was renovated, the first the main tour around the ground floor, the second to one of the bell towers. The size of the timbers is staggering in the tower. Right at the top of the tower are 2 large bells one of which is around 13 tonnes! These...
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    A Better Rat Trap

    I have a goodnature A24 rat trap and would highly recommend it despite the initial high cost. It's a gas powered resetting bolt gun basically. Works best outside as the kill falls to the ground and can be scavenged. The trap is automatically reset for the next kill. Even has a counter to display...
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    A Japanese style garden shed

    Here is a better view of the beam in its proper orientation. The notch is for a rafter. Very nice to see the internals. While we're not sure how far back the rot goes, there's enough "meat" on that beam to do the work. The eaves beam/plate looks like it's doing most of the roof work. I...
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    A Japanese style garden shed

    Looking at your picture again, I'm not sure if you have a ridge beam but you probably do. I wonder have you dealt with thrust then so there's not much push outwards on those plates. I don't think I'm worried about the rot in terms of strength unless the ends are providing relish. Linseed sounds...
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    A Japanese style garden shed

    For exposed ends on my frame, I've wrapped a bit of 0.7mm copper sheet over. It's not tightly applied so air can flow but completely protected from rain. The copper weathers really nicely. I'd recommend anything applied should be breathable as much as possible
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    That's a common affliction, I'd say applies to many here too!... I've ordered another 3/8" which is what I'm especially missing so we'll see what happens
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    In the meantime I moved my bench and did a serious tidy up. However I've lost a full set of cutters in the process (hopefully didn't bin them somehow). It's a second set as I like to have 2 planes set so that I don't have to adjust as often when ploughing grooves. Ah well, hopefully they'll turn...
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    Very short post to say this project is still alive. Finally got around to getting some material. Went for oak in the end. This is mostly European (french and german) as it's quite boringly featureless and easier to work compared to homegrown. A few homegrown pieces also included however for the...
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    Hewing broad axe and 1" slick.

    Yes, looks like a slick. Slick is used to pare with hand force only and shouldn't be struck. I don't know when a paring chisel becomes a slick but it's probably more to do with the chisel and handle lengths than the shear width although they usually are very wide. Also the chisel probably...
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    Locating studs in the wall

    Yes strong neodymium magnets are what I used. I stack the magnets and move them in small circular motions to find the first screw. After that the rest are usually easy to find at regular intervals. I guess the string gives a bit more sensitivity by letting the magnet move more.
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    Locating studs in the wall

    There are of course stud locators, you can percuss the wall or even put a small bradawl hole in to test. Maybe this is a well known technique but I have used strong magnets on several occasions to locate screws that fasten the dry wall to the studs. You could just find one and then measure...
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    Cased frame sliding sashes with hand tools

    This is likely going to be at a leisurely pace. I thought I'd include much of the planning stage too as I sometimes find this the most challenging aspect, arguabley the most important. Here is my cut list, reasonabley accurate. This will be further refined, especially lengths, when I start to...
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