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Sunday started with laying the beam in the trench and concreting in place. It's about 5.2m long so I had use two full length sleepers (2.4m) and cut another in the centre.
Spent ages with the turbo planer to get the joints to fit perfectly, glued and screwed for a nice, seamless fit and left 100mm either side so we could offer it up and cut a perfect length.
Or at least that was the plan until we did offer it up and it was 100mm short at each end. Fuck.
I'd measured the centre bit from the long side of the mitre not the short side. Twat.
I cut a square piece and piece and tacked it on the end with glue and screws. It's been sealed with a few coats of oil which should mean we're ok for a few years.
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