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The new library part 5

I understand that people are tried of seeing posts on my new library, however it has taken over a great deal of my time so that is what I get to chat about.

When removing the decking what was thought of as only wood rot also turned out to be termites as well. To confirm the actual amount of damage we removed the stucco for the area of the library expansion.

There is a serious termite issue. One that will be address before completion.

The rest of the old decking was removed.

New floor joists were installed and new 1″ plywood added.

As with all projects there were a few set backs.It started raining on Saturday, so then tarps had to be hung to prevent the new decking from getting wet.

Both Saturday and Sunday the deck was worked on. By Sunday evening the first two walls were up and the a small start on the third wall.

It is amazing how these projects take on a life of there own. A quick video of the progress.

The new library part 4

Saturday was spent working on the deck for phase 2 of the library. All new 2×10’s were set in place and 1″ tongue and grove plywood set in place.

With the deck in place there are a couple of small issues that need to be address then the walls for the porch and phase 2 of the library will be built.

The new library floor was acid etched. The next step is to per-treat the floor for the epoxy coating.

Very good video on a carbon fiber stock coat

I came across this video by accent. It is a good video on doing a carbon fiber wrap on a rifle stock.

The New Library part 3

So with the main library getting closer to completion phase 2 has started. The main library has had the outside walls coated as well as the roof.

All the sheet rock is up and painted. The concrete floor has been stripped and de-greased. The last two steps require a 24 wait period between applications.

The final step is to acid etch the concrete in preparation to epoxy coating the floor.

So the second phase has started. The library will also encompass part of the lower deck under the guest house sun patio. It has been on the project list to redo the deck. The lumber has a great deal of water damage and needed to be replaced.

After the marine grade plywood has been removed

A close up of the damage area.

A view from the underside.

All the 2×4’s removed

All the 2×8’s removed.

Next weekend will be the start of re-installing the deck and floor.

The Library part2

Work on the library has started in earnest. The worst thing about the Library build is that the back hoe broke and everything had to be accomplished by hand.

The footer was dug and poured by had using my mixer. The framing was built and then the stem wall was poured.

Ready for concrete for the stem walls

Termite tubes are installed.

Adding dirt and starting compacting. A regular compactor was rented and used. As a side note all the dirt was dug by hand and moved over by wheel barrel.

The dirt is compacted and the rebar is in place ready for concrete

The concrete is down

Framing

More framing

All the interior sheeting is up

Just about finished with the sheet rock

The walls are now painted

The inside and out side walls are covered with osb. The outside walls are covered with an epoxy membrane More to come.

Nepalese Enfield

I am starting back with a weekly post of guns from the reference collection. I hope you enjoy them.

This is a Nepalese Enfield rifle.

This rifle has now gone to the Pattern Room to be added to there permanent collection.

The new Library Part 1

Step one of this whole process was to build a new store room so I could move and organize the old store room which would then be part of the new library building, confused yet I am.

The old store room was a disaster and something need to be done.

A slab was put down.

Then the framing was started.

And finished.

Prior to stucco the building was coated with a water proof membrane.

The electric was added for lighting.

A final coating was completed.

Then the racks installed and everything gone through and moved over.

Here is a short video clip.

Rick and the SA80 project

Rick at ar180s.com has started a new and interesting project. He has taken on converting a gas operated air soft gun to a shooting rifle. This is a complex project where he is using some AR-180 parts, some SAR 80 parts and making a number of the smaller parts. I wish him luck in his endeavor.

You can follow his progress here:

http://ar180s.com/project-sa80-l85a2/

The great library project

For those of you here at the last SAR get together you would have seen a couple of new building projects. I have a thing about books and magazines. I am a knowledge junkie and it shows. Actually it has gotten out of hand. So, to deal with the problem I have spent one day a weekend, sometimes only 1/2 of a day depending, and started a library project.

Gun books

And more gun books

Military manuals

Pictures I have taken over the years as well as scanned documents.

My office

A quick video on just how bad it is.

The going’s on at gun lab, end of year report (late)

This is an end of year update for what has been happening at Gun Lab.

This last year has been a very busy one. The VG1-5 is moving along. We have programmed the Sharps machining center to make the hand guards, video coming soon. A new welding fixture has been made to straighten and weld up the Vg1-5 receiver, again another video is coming. A great deal of time and effort was spent on the fluting press and new fluting tool design as well as the procedure we use to actually do the fluting. There has been a video on that and it works perfectly.

The hot forging press has had its hydraulics hooked up and tested. There are a couple of dies in the design phase for the next major rifle project, solid models are complete.

The new storage room is complete and filled.

The library is being worked on.

My work load has been massive, but I have promised one of my loyal followers , one of 5 that I have, some kind of update.

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