The 'Today's Job' thread

[hiluxman]

What was it supposed to be?

You know, it was one of those.

 

[DaveDCB]

What was it supposed to be?

Custom panel of glass , literally the final piece of the puzzle on my last 18month long project!

 

[6feetdown]

You know, it was one of those.

Thingame jig

 

[hiluxman]

Thingame jig

Yeah, it connects to the wuffle fluffle valve.

 

[6feetdown]

Yeah, it connects to the wuffle fluffle valve.

That's the 1

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Custom panel of glass , literally the final piece of the puzzle on my last 18month long project!

Should you have bought a new tape measure first?… xx

 

[6feetdown]

Is it your cock up or glazers?

 

[DaveDCB]

Is it your cock up or glazers?

Glazing Channel suppliers.. ‘12mm glass channel’ I just assumed it was for 12mm glass, ie there would be some tolerance in it, no it’s dead on the same size! Could just get a offcut of the channel to fit on it, but when the glass is 2.3meters long there needs to be abit of wriggle room, there was not
Lesson learned - measure with callipers before ordering! Or on the next job let some bugger else do it

 

[Giles]

Glazing Channel suppliers.. ‘12mm glass channel’ I just assumed it was for 12mm glass, ie there would be some tolerance in it, no it’s dead on the same size! Could just get a offcut of the channel to fit on it, but when the glass is 2.3meters long there needs to be abit of wriggle room, there was not
Lesson learned - measure with callipers before ordering! Or on the next job let some bugger else do it

I’ve got a great glass/window guy round Bramhall and Cheshire way if you ever need one. Does loads of glass balustrades etc

Did this walk on glass for house dad built for footballer in wilmslow aka the up the skirt

 

[Lancs Lad]

I’ve got a great glass/window guy round Bramhall and Cheshire way if you ever need one. Does loads of glass balustrades etc

Did this walk on glass for house dad built for footballer in wilmslow aka the up the skirt

Old guys sit downstairs

 

[CPS]

I don't do as many repairs as i used to now, I did have a thread on the old forum with what i used to get up to daly. Still like to get stuck in to a repair every now and then.
Like this ram re-rod for a local customer.

 

[DaveDCB]

Showing them how to do it friends kids birthday so couldn’t really say no.. they did say half way through the day ‘we could of just come to your yard couldn’t we’ *not my hardhat

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Fencing weekend. Father has a lorry load of concrete sleepers which we are using for gate posts and strainers and anything important. Wood rots off at ground level in 10ish years which means that tomorrow I’m replacing a 2012 gate post that’s snapped off already. I doubt I’ll outlive the concrete one. Pigs to handle though, and I definitely want a bigger digger than the E10, but it wont pay :-(

 

[Furniss]

Fencing weekend. Father has a lorry load of concrete sleepers which we are using for gate posts and strainers and anything important. Wood rots off at ground level in 10ish years which means that tomorrow I’m replacing a 2012 gate post that’s snapped off already. I doubt I’ll outlive the concrete one. Pigs to handle though, and I definitely want a bigger digger than the E10, but it wont pay :-(

Solid....are you trimming the top

 

[Left hooker]

Showing them how to do it friends kids birthday so couldn’t really say no.. they did say half way through the day ‘we could of just come to your yard couldn’t we’ *not my hardhat View attachment 51850

Had the teenager running the 3cx ride sucking up seat material at the Devon one

 

[DaveDCB]

Had the teenager running the 3cx ride sucking up seat material at the Devon one

I don’t imagine any of them are qualified operators… girl on the 3cx was like this but is abit bumpy, I couldn’t be bothered to explain she could of levelled it out with the front bucket

 

[Storrsy]

Fencing weekend. Father has a lorry load of concrete sleepers which we are using for gate posts and strainers and anything important. Wood rots off at ground level in 10ish years which means that tomorrow I’m replacing a 2012 gate post that’s snapped off already. I doubt I’ll outlive the concrete one. Pigs to handle though, and I definitely want a bigger digger than the E10, but it wont pay :-(

Around here we use alot of granite gateposts that hav been split off moorland rock. But with there tendancy to snap very easily I did wonder about digging a gatepost shaped trench filling it with concrete and rebar and then digging it back out once gone off- voila a granite looky like that won't snap

 

[Smiffy]

Around here we use alot of granite gateposts that hav been split off moorland rock. But with there tendancy to snap very easily I did wonder about digging a gatepost shaped trench filling it with concrete and rebar and then digging it back out once gone off- voila a granite looky like that won't snap

Sprinkle a bit of grano dust on them similar to the conservation kerbs and it will be perfect

 

[doobin]

Sprinkle a bit of grano dust on them similar to the conservation kerbs and it will be perfect

Who will be first to the patent office? The race is on!

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Who will be first to the patent office? The race is on!

Old concrete railway sleeper looks a tiny bit like a granite post from a distance