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25 January 2021 at 12:43 pm #698477
Leave it flat for a few days and see what happens then do as needed.
I made the same mistake but the twist was small maybe 3mm but I only realised when I lay it on the completed legs. I thought jee whizz the leg frames are heavy perhaps it will settle down and untwist again so I carried on. When I screwed the top to the frame the gap disappeared. Yay I thought!!
Nope! What had happened was the leg had been lifted by the twist and because my garage floor concrete is crumbling and uneven I had not noticed.
Worse is that although 3mm the gluelam is only half the width of the leg top so effectively the top magnified the error by around 2 (as a lever would) so now one leg sits around 6mm from the floor.
It has moved slightly down over the last 6 months but definitely DO resolve the issue before carrying on.
My only options are to make a new top and run a saw down the glue line between the old top and apron and do it properly or since it is too high and I need to lower it correct the wobble cutting the legs. The top side is flat and true so that is an option.
Having said that given it’s the first thing I have made since leaving school 50 years ago its turned out pretty well. Standing on the shoulders of a giant like Paul has helped enormously and most people dont even see the issue currently fixed by a wedge but I will always know it’s there.
14 July 2020 at 4:19 pm #669628Thank you for your input I now have some idea of what I may be able to achieve. Fingers crossed.
30 March 2019 at 9:23 pm #555707Sorry for the late reply. I had to find it again.
Here you go.
Neil
21 March 2019 at 5:51 pm #555635Many thanks for the replies.
I will be checking all of them to try to better understand my technique.
19 March 2019 at 9:17 pm #555617Please ignore this. Although I searched for previous entries on mortises on the forum I found none. When I googled it tooke me to a page on this forum. Go Figure.
Anyway I have my answer.
23 June 2018 at 1:25 pm #548705Many thanks for the response. At least I know what not to do now 🙂
IF I have to buy new I may as well go to my local timber yard in Easingwold as its much closer.
Again thanks for the response.
Neil
3 March 2018 at 11:54 am #489347@Dave Firstly thank you for posting the information. I was curious and I have looked at it.
The name Methylated Spirits (AKA Meths in the UK) as used in A Joyner’s homebrew is misleading if you are unaware of its exact nature. I am not of course suggesting you are not but for disambiguation it is not pure Methanol as one might assume from the name. Call it Denatured Alcohol, Methylated spirt or IDA which is in Europe industrial Denatured Alcohol. This is of the order of 95% Ethanol with only 5% Methanol added. i.e. 5% by volume.
When mixed in the “homebrew” 50/50 as a percentage of the final brew the content is therefor only 2.5% Methanol by volume some 30.5% LESS than the windshield product.
You may want to find out whats in button polish or French polish. IDA is the major component.
Just to add to the fun the purple Meths which as sold by most outlets in the UK these days actually contains no Methanol these days. Its been replaced with IPA (Iso propyl Alchohol). I have attached the COSHH sheet for Screwfix but of UK based readers this company also supplies B&Q et al.
As Craig and yourself stated people must use their own Judgment as to what they feel to be good for them.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.2 March 2018 at 1:07 pm #488368@howardinwales Many thanks indeed for the rapid reply.
Oddly clear Industrial meths is actually cheap and available from many sources but no one will ship unless you send them “your” letter from HMRC. I understand HMRC are reasonably forthcoming at giving such letters when the reasons is explained as I was looking for some for another project but in the end speed drove me down another route.
I Will be “Stealing” one of the wives sprays later today and making a brew. For that I will need luck!
2 March 2018 at 12:27 pm #488316@howardinwales This is the first time on this forum and I note that this is an old thread so may not get picked up when when you say meths are you talking industrial meths or the purple meths from the chemist,B&Q, Screwfix et al? Failing that does anyone know of a cheap suitable “auto glass cleaner” in the UK.
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