The roof frame is in, 100% solid F27 hardwood
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
flowering gum and lego
We all know "real" programmers use jtag debuggers ;) (just joking)... I'm so incompetent that I spent about 6 hours "hacking hardware" (but really just following instructions) to the point where I can attach the debugger, break and continue execution. I could not get the lego iar special edition to work (on win 8) so I am using the iar kickstarter 32kb edition.
Flowering gum is looking pretty good.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Monday, December 24, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Long day putting in the floor
I'm using n12 simply because it is cheaper than mesh.
I used timber blocks to support the square frame and keep it level. By the time I had to take them away to fill the floor, the concrete had harden up enough to safely remove them. I concreted in the sump pit a couple of days ago and covered the lid in plastic. It is important to have the lid there just so the concrete does not push in the sides making the lid not fit.
I used timber blocks to support the square frame and keep it level. By the time I had to take them away to fill the floor, the concrete had harden up enough to safely remove them. I concreted in the sump pit a couple of days ago and covered the lid in plastic. It is important to have the lid there just so the concrete does not push in the sides making the lid not fit.
It started to rain yesterday, so I put up a canopy - just in case. The bent over rebar will be the ceiling.
The finished result, steel towel finish.
I used my ninja skills to jump out after finishing the toweling ;)
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Excavation day 3
Hit 1.5m, the bottom, still a little bit left for tomorrow.
I should mention that part of the cubbie area will have a concrete ceiling just below ground level. This will make the top of the cubbie smaller in area than the bottom.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Excavation Day 2 , another 60cm
Louka is with me, it needs to go down another 30cm
I even put in a safety rail in case the kids that play in the park come by again.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
diaphragm wall
It was pretty hard to take a picture of the excavation, so I took a video...
http://youtu.be/31Q05UoX1TE
http://youtu.be/31Q05UoX1TE
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Cubby House
My next big project is a cubby house / firepit.
The cubby house is to be partially underground. and the fire put is to be sunken (around 450-500mm). The top of the cubby house will be around 0.9-1m and be a viewing platform/stage for Louka. The bottom bit will be the actual cubby house.
The first step is to remove the builder's toilet - done.
Second is to build what is called a diaphragm wall by the fence. I excavated a trench 100mm x 1400mm below the fence and filled it full of concrete and reo N12 @ 350mm . Being mostly sand, it was easy for the first metre. Then it was hard sandy clay. The idea behind a diaphragm wall is to enable "bulk excavation" without impacting the park. This wall is approximately half the final width of the wall.
The cubby house is to be partially underground. and the fire put is to be sunken (around 450-500mm). The top of the cubby house will be around 0.9-1m and be a viewing platform/stage for Louka. The bottom bit will be the actual cubby house.
The first step is to remove the builder's toilet - done.
Second is to build what is called a diaphragm wall by the fence. I excavated a trench 100mm x 1400mm below the fence and filled it full of concrete and reo N12 @ 350mm . Being mostly sand, it was easy for the first metre. Then it was hard sandy clay. The idea behind a diaphragm wall is to enable "bulk excavation" without impacting the park. This wall is approximately half the final width of the wall.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Bird Attack
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