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Mould under repair, (bloody cheap, 20 year old, free ply ?), ready for the next one.

I'm in Sevenoaks or thereabouts... No primer required with Bedec Barn Paint... Got a mate lives in Nutfield...I went to Esher once, felt very out of place!

Is that a tile spacer or are you just pleased to see me?

Too late! ? The small/same ratio mix came out alright imo: I'll try an orbital sander for the next one.

@vk2003 whereabouts are you? I've satin black Bedec barn paint here. Could sort you a jam jar full to try if you were local 'ish. Not a thing I would post. My mate has Battleship Grey or maybe Forest Green. Oddly he doesn't rate the stuff. Painted his already painted palisade wooden fence and reckons it accelerated it's demise! I'll say again I think it's brilliant and he's wrong. 3 coats of satin black on bare, new scaffold boards I made my gate from. Gates fitted in 2014. This taken last year. Never painted since.

The finished surface has a few pinholes close up. I'm a tad concerned, over time, of those being a bit of a "key" for frost action. I was going to just install this atop the brick pillar and paint with Thompson's Water Seal. Veering now towards filling those imperfections and just painting with a decent, black masonry paint. On the basis the paint will fill the pinholes. Also, if it does flake off it won't look too bad as the substrate is the dyed grey colour anyway. For a first attempt I'm pretty happy with that. OMG is it heavy though! Guessing a dry'ish mortar bed to lay this on? Off now to mix up a small quantity, measured on the scales, for filling, to the same proportions as the big mix. Not a chance it'll match! ? Then I'll jet wash, clean and reassemble the mould ready for No.2.

Rolled the first cap stone out onto a pallet, protecting the edge with an old towel: Two edges have imperfections: For a first attempt I'm pretty happy with that.

Yep. Only black and white is available in satin in the barn paint.

Bedec Barn Paint for me. Coverage on bare wood is magic.

Thanks for that. PM me your PayPal address so I can cover the postage at least if you would please.

Laugh! ? Could be a bit more straightforward than I thought...although the battery adapters appear to slide in fine..... THE CONTACTS DON'T REACH! ??? It only slides about this far: Subtle differences between the chainsaw and brush cutter where the battery connects. Brush cutter top, chain saw bottom: So... Enough for tonight, ? o'clock.

OfWoof, woof! ? So far it appears to be a pup! Putting the batteries on and nothing so in we go... The blade locking plastic thing is well worn. It works OK to put a blade on but won't pick properly to take one off. I guess 3D print one or make from ali/steel. It's clearly seen some use. Strip down / meter time. Motor is stamped "64-25DC36V" All the jammed vegetation removed from the head around the motor...tbh it didn't stop it turning. Tried again, nowt.

I was recently given a whole load of plastic concrete moulds. No immediate use for them...but they were free! Typically none the size I wanted for atop the gate hence making the bespoke mould. With some leftover mix from doing the first cap stone I did then fill one of these moulds up. It is at least indicative of what the cap stone might come out like. Thinking once on to treat it with a liquid waterproofer / rain repellent like Thompson's Waterseal. Might help keep its colour too.

Good the Makita / Einhell battery adapters we 3D printed here fit a treat:

The"returns" brush cutter turned up. It appears to have seen light use but oddly comes complete with the blade, strimmer head and box spanner, something I didn't expect from reading the ad... Of course I've yet to power it up and see what happens...if anything. The one thing that is missing is the body harness/strap to support it as you use it (surprisingly heavy). Pretty certain I can do something with a spare, out of date full body harness, some D shackles and karabiners etc. Just waiting for the Makita batteries to charge up. Best I go find the chainsaw and see if the battery adapters fit! @Roys looks like I have blade after all. Will still happily take that other one off your hands though! ?

I did ask last time if I could go back with them on the Tesco delivery van such was SWMBO's moaning at the poor lads about the quality of the packing.....

By biggest worry tbh is the Tesco driver reversing up and catching the 2" overhanging lip. I may, for the next one, cast in a tube at the apex (some sort of 3D printed former probably). This for the aerial so as to mount as high as possible.

Nope just. A big square of 25x25x2.5 galv mesh halfway up.

Just long enough so I can strim a patch and dig a 6' hole to climb into. Tbh it's just for isolated overgrown patches, under the trampolines, around the tree house etc.

How big an area? You can get a 7.5m2 tanking kit for circa £50. No brainer for piece of mind imho.

I envy you. What you need is a wife to f*** up your idyll. I've one going spare, can post. Be warned though, miserable ?.

Took the drip bead former and sides off of my pier cap mould. Looks like it has potential. Clearly a (very) few air bubbles got trapped but thinking maybe I can fill them with something? Gave the top a quick going over with a piece of broken Celcon then hoovered the top and the drip channels. I'll let it set for a couple of days then invert onto a pallet and see what the top side has come out like. Where I siliconed the internal corners and ran the Fugi Cramer tool along seems to have worked and given me rounded edges. I'll put the two best edges the side you see! ?

? Ah, in that case then I'd very much like it if that's OK. PM incoming. Cheers.

I could be wrong but the one @Roys has kindly offered has maybe a 14mm bore. I think the Einhell one is 25.4mm?

Sounds good. I've an outbreak of small cherry trees!