Wednesday 19th July 2023

Worklist:

More corrugated roofing.

Roller shutter door!

Windows?

We started where we left off. Geoff printed roof panels and Stephen glued them on. 2 new panel sizes were required which were adapted from existing sheets. While these were being created, Stephen took some plain plasticard and a panel of corrugated sheet and created the parts for a roller shutter door.

As a ramp up to normal internal floor level had not been catered for outside, a ground level threshold was required. Discussions ensued as to how a channel/grating could be applied to the ground surface without making a mess - experiments will follow. Meanwhile, the door parts were glued in place.

Soon, all of the corrugated roofing was complete and thoughts turned to windows. Starting with the separate building, all openings were measured and glass panels with an approximate ratio of 7:10 were quickly calculated (we were very lucky!). Geoff will research metal window frame details and draw them up for discussion next week. The main building will have the window openings cut out next week and those window designs agreed.

The roller door did look a bit 'modern' and the possibility of the masons 'renting out' this building to another company came to mind. The possibility of different loads/materials in the yard was appealing. More anon.

Stephen had finally made some progress with the two brick buildings (office and managers house) and brought them down to see them in their future setting. The area is a bit of a hotch-pot, but hopefully still appealing.

The overall skyline of the two boards is getting a bit crowded.

3D printer in action. The 'build plate' is being lowered into the resin and will go down to the bottom of the tank. The product image is projected through a transparent screen in the printer base and cures a micro-layer of the resin, onto the plate. The layer complete, the plate is raised fractionally and the process repeated. Where would we be without it?