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Part 3 industrial weekend with..

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more studs and marine ply, hopefully complete roof structure next weekend, then tidy up everything ahead of roof lining

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I need a nail gun before I start cladding

any recommendations?

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Ah wow, it's looking great. I've heard very good things about the Milwaukee nail guns, and I am already in their battery ecosystem so that's what I'll be buying when the time comes. The only downsides seem to be weight, and I've heard from builders that if something goes wrong it's not as easy to service yourself as a paslode gun.

Paslode is the OG and many people love them. Apparently they can struggle with enough power to properly seat a nail in thick wood. Also if doing things in very cold weather the gas can freeze and then it doesn't work until you can warm it.

All of the above is gleaned through the experience of others. I don't have personal experience myself.

Cool thanks for the tip..

Your shed is looking good. Did you design all this structure yourself or is it pre fab?

thanks, I used the guidance from this book. I beefed up the wall studs and rearranged the roof profile, added loads of steel angles for better connections, everything measured and cut at home..

I’ve beefed up the roof structure too, in case I commit to have a green roof in the future also acts as insulation, then perhaps the grid soffit could be exposed

A few hiccups and mistakes along the way, all part of the learning process

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You won't need a 1st fix nail gun for cladding, it would be overkill.
A 2nd fix gun would do it easily - but that might not be a tool you'll use again? It'll certainly speed you along though; might be worth trying to hire one?

I’ve splashed out on a cordless 2nd fix gun, it was never going to be cheap, the shiplap board fixing is going well, mostly 🙏🏾🙏🏾 The gun can fire 18G staples and brad nails which is handy.

Loads of knot holes, splits everywhere, a few twists and gaps.. still it’s only a shed, the front will be entirely different, more on that later.

Thanks for the tip @Dugtheslug

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That's good to hear - if you run out of uses for it they seem to hold value too.

Damn - wish I'd seen this earlier. I have a paslode im65 that I need to sell.

(I also have an IM350 if anyone is interested.)

Front panels insitu..

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Very happy with results including verge boards to conceal the plastic trim from the EPDM kit

plank prep
1, before wire brush to remove as much residue as possible
2, before staining

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Woah looks great - what’s the wood ? Did you blow torch it ?

thanks @Sheppz all reclaimed planks. I haven’t started blow torching yet. The planks are redwood I think and possibly upto 50 years old.

I love the heavy distressed look on some of the planks, basically i went hard with wire brush revealed some great grain texture but also loads of splits and flaking. I then stained them black another coat required. To be fair this was the back up plan, if the gas torch burning method doesn’t work.

The fixed planks are much decayed trying to preserve that state as long as possible, torching these would possibly disintegrate them. The black studded nails were an unplanned bonus from the roofing supplier

So less distressed planks will be torched.. I want to understand how the timber behaves with the charring process, I think this is more art than science, not sure I will achieve the below finish, but I do like the grain profile like contours on an OS map. I also need to allow for windows cut outs, more on that later

I’ll post results soon

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Looks great. What stain did you use?

I did some wood burning for some bathroom shelves. I found wire brushing after allowed you to vary the finish, but it was also needed to some extent because otherwise the char got everywhere. I brushed and then varnished with matt varnish.

Ronseal Fence Stain Tudor Black, the shiplap timber planks on the back and sides look 👌🏾

Once I’ve charred the remaining planks I will get the wire brush on them to express those contours, then seal with a matt polyurethane lacquer

cheers

Gas torch trial on reclaimed plank

This after 30mins

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After wire brushing

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Insitu 🧐

this will need a lot of patience if I’m going to get that deep charred look.. gas torch was simple enough to use.. if I don’t pursue this I’ll find another use..

like build a coffee table and scorch it, kill weeds in the lawn, flame grill burgers in the jerk pan.

I’ll revisit another day, for now the cladding will be prepped for Ronseal stain, actually looks pretty good up close.

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Nice! What size/type of gas torch did you use?

I borrowed something like one of these and it was quicker than that….!

Found a picture!

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Great work.

I used 35mm torch head, it’s basic as fcuk. need to go to 25mm torch head.. I may switch regulator to variable which I have, flow rate is too low need more vava boom.. more trials

Couple of shed improvements:

• Fixed an angle poise light that I picked up off the forum an age ago, crucial for winter evenings
  
• Replaced half the ply work bench with a 1000 X 600, 6mm thick MAC welding table top to the kee clamp bench. It's definitely bowed, so planning to get some stiffeners laser cut.
  
• Installed a mini pc and monitor, which allows me to remote into my main desktop and look at CAD.
  

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