Tape, Square, Pencil, Saw....

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And let the building begin!

Now that I had obtained everything in The shopping list I was ready to begin. One of Mrs Shunter's friends who was into picture framing was kind enough to drop over and loan some framing jigs, so I gave Mrs Shunter notice I was going to turn her lovely patio into a Man Cave and make a mess that weekend as there was wood to be cut.

Below is my process of some bushy style carpentry works I had a crack at to get my model rail layout up and running.

Preparing the Frames

Sorting out lengths for 
optimal straight
lines and cuts
Loose fitting 
and surprising
myself with straight
cuts with a circular saw.
All snug in framing jigs
and ready for final screwing

Baseboard 


Loose fitting Baseboard
to confirm everything
square before screwing
with 10G x 75mm
countersunk screws
Baseboard screwed to
frame with 8G x 40mm
countersunk screws
Baseboard screwed to
frame with 8G x 40mm
countersunk screws
in attempt to minimise
amount of screws
Pre-drilled holes
for Baseboard legs
Legs
Still sorting out lengths
for optimal straight legs
 and optimising cuts
to avoid waste.
Marking center
on foot of leg
M6 Levelling Foot
and Tnut
Levelling Foot
finally installed

Installation

3 Baseboards built
before the legs were
built
Here I brought 2
baseboards together
and was very happy
with the clean join.
End to end view of 2.4 meters of beautiful hardwood
and world of endless opportunity ahead.

For the eagle eye amongst you reading my blog post, you may have noticed I am one baseboard short of the intended four baseboards I had planned to build as outlined in A modular approach it is!

All I can say is you've got to roll with the punches, keep moving forward, adapt and pour another Rum.

Until next time, see you at the next blog!


Little Shunter
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