Coffee Stirrers
Coffee Stirrers
Just finished my first building in Coffee Stirrers.
and at just £8 for 2000 from Ebay - that's a lot of 4"x 1"x 10' planks
Cuts easily with scissors,
glues fast with a good weatherproof PVA - Everbuild 502
Laminates to make strong 4" x 2" or 4" x 3" or even 4" x 4" main Timbers.
Using 5mm foam Board as a base cladding gives a quick finish.
and at just £8 for 2000 from Ebay - that's a lot of 4"x 1"x 10' planks
Cuts easily with scissors,
glues fast with a good weatherproof PVA - Everbuild 502
Laminates to make strong 4" x 2" or 4" x 3" or even 4" x 4" main Timbers.
Using 5mm foam Board as a base cladding gives a quick finish.
Jim
Would you believe that slate roof is a slate roof.
I use Wickes slate floor tiles - the better ones in packs of 5.
Cut into 20mm strips with a tiles saw
Cut into 30mm long chunks
I then have lots of tiles 1'3" x 1'10", on the larger size for roof tiles but just what the Lines Architect ordered.
Only problem the tiles are 7" (10mm) thick.
Leave in a bucket of water several days, then Split them with a thick bladed Long Kitchen Knife (not very sharp). Wear Gloves and make sure they are Cut Resistant 3 or 5 builders type.
Flat piece of hard wood (Old window sill) with a stopper
put the tile up to the stop- hold the knife on the tile with the grain and tap the back of the knife. The tiles will split. Then split again and again, until you have 5-7 pieces of tiles around 1" thick.
Keep practicing, you will get better
DON'T forget the CUT RESISTANT GLOVES
Would you believe that slate roof is a slate roof.
I use Wickes slate floor tiles - the better ones in packs of 5.
Cut into 20mm strips with a tiles saw
Cut into 30mm long chunks
I then have lots of tiles 1'3" x 1'10", on the larger size for roof tiles but just what the Lines Architect ordered.
Only problem the tiles are 7" (10mm) thick.
Leave in a bucket of water several days, then Split them with a thick bladed Long Kitchen Knife (not very sharp). Wear Gloves and make sure they are Cut Resistant 3 or 5 builders type.
Flat piece of hard wood (Old window sill) with a stopper
put the tile up to the stop- hold the knife on the tile with the grain and tap the back of the knife. The tiles will split. Then split again and again, until you have 5-7 pieces of tiles around 1" thick.
Keep practicing, you will get better
DON'T forget the CUT RESISTANT GLOVES
Wow! Thanks, Steve. Any tips for a good brand or supplier, please?
I've just laminated-up two 10" long beams, but my stirrers were so variable that I measured up three times as many stirrers as I needed, writing the widths and thicknesses on each one, then lined them up in size-order to choose two sets of near-enough ones. (Very laborious, but done for a good reason.)
Good to be cautious with water. Even if your structure has a waterproof lacquer 'skin', big changes in humidity will cause wood movement that will crack it and let water in.
Making test walls to leave outside will show what works and what doesn't.
When splitting roofing slates, the Welsh would halve and halve and halve again to get down to thickness. But sometimes in 16mm I've got away with taking repeated slices off one 'end', like slicing a loaf.
David
I've just laminated-up two 10" long beams, but my stirrers were so variable that I measured up three times as many stirrers as I needed, writing the widths and thicknesses on each one, then lined them up in size-order to choose two sets of near-enough ones. (Very laborious, but done for a good reason.)
Good to be cautious with water. Even if your structure has a waterproof lacquer 'skin', big changes in humidity will cause wood movement that will crack it and let water in.
Making test walls to leave outside will show what works and what doesn't.
When splitting roofing slates, the Welsh would halve and halve and halve again to get down to thickness. But sometimes in 16mm I've got away with taking repeated slices off one 'end', like slicing a loaf.
David
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-WOODEN-S ... 3EvV10OQJg
Double checked and this was what I ordered
£11 for 2000 (2 boxes)
Double checked and this was what I ordered
£11 for 2000 (2 boxes)
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Here is my little station building on my PHRy (the Pine Hill Railway).Steve:118742 wrote:Anyone else have building from Stirrers to show?
The station was built of 4mm ply glued together with PVA. The coffeestirrers was then glued to the ply like your building. As you can see it was outside in wet and cold weather, and this wasn't good for the ply after some time. The humid weather maked the ply splitt in some places, mostly on the base and lower parts of the walls.
I have now restored the station by some woodenscrews and PVA. And have made a new roof made of acrylate sheets and roof tiles from Plasticards (US).
Now I keep the building stored in my garage when not having a steamup.
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Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
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