Construction Channel Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 31 minutes ago, Onoff said: Could you pre-do the frog as a lump of tapered (oiled?) timber? I could yes. But that would then be deciding which side looks best before i make it , if i cut it afterwards i have got 2 sides to choose from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 12 hours ago, Onoff said: This thread is "what it's all about" as far as I'm concerned. Ed doesn't "have to", could indeed take an easier route but wants to see "if he can". Rediscovering a lost art and some of his local history at the same time. Great stuff! Not only do I agree, but I also think there are some things in a self-build that are worth doing just because of the pride you'll feel looking at them in years to come and remembering all you had to learn in order to make it. This brick is more than just a brick, isn't it? I had a go at making a hand-made brick during a visit to the museum at Ironbridge, years ago (it was supposed to be an activity for kids, but they didn't mind an old bloke joining in). The mould was a timber box and the clay was thrown into it really hard to get it to fill the box completely. The only release agent was a dusting of very, very fine sand and I think the chap showing us how to make them mentioned there was some sand mixed in with the clay, too. This makes sense, as a lot of bricks seem to have a sandy texture. The excess clay was cut off the mould with a cheese cutter wire and then the bricks stacked to dry. I remember being told that they would leave the bricks to air dry for a long time before firing them, up to several weeks, depending on the weather. The kids making bricks were given stamps to make their own decorations, initials or whatever and the fired bricks could be posted on a month or so later, IIRC. If you watch the TV programme "The Great Pottery Throwdown" there is a fair bit to be learned from there about how clay behaves, the sort of drying times and firing regimes used for different thicknesses and shapes of clay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 (should be available at about 2am)....ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 What shrinkage have you added on? Reminds me of when I worked at a model and pattern makers. @Onoff said " This thread is "what it's all about" as far as I'm concerned. Ed doesn't "have to", could indeed take an easier route but wants to see "if he can". Rediscovering a lost art and some of his local history at the same time. Great stuff! " Why I am building a boat. Not going to be the greatest boat ever, but it will work, in a fashion and I will have designed, built, sailed and sunk it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: What shrinkage have you added on? Some.. to start with i only took 8mm off the original shape instead of the 10mm that I planned. so allowing 4-6mm shrinkage, but the more i thought and read about it i decided to give it a bit more, so I took it all apart and moved them all back about 3mm, (that is still to come in the next video, i filmed this last video on the 1st ;o ) so we now have allowed about 5mm shrinkage on all sides......ish..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Good boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just to wet all your appetites I'll show you attempt 2 before destroy it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, Construction Channel said: Just to wet all your appetites I'll show you attempt 2 before destroy it Wonderful! Really looks like "a brick". Why are you going to destroy it, to look at the internal formation / structure? Will you glaze it later? Just wondering if the letters are recessed enough? Has Faye says she doesn't feel you've gone deep enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Wonderful! Really looks like "a brick". Why are you going to destroy it, to look at the internal formation / structure? Will you glaze it later? Just wondering if the letters are recessed enough? Has Faye says she doesn't feel you've gone deep enough! Thank you, but funny you should ask, I destroyed it because i wasn't happy with it. the lettering wasn't deep enough so i doubled the stamp, also i wanted to redo it as i made the bottom slump when i tapped it out of the mould. I dont intend to glaze it at all, I'm going to leave the 2 finished ones to dry for a week, put them in the slow oven for a few days and then try and get the buggers up to 900 DegC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 These are what I am going to call batch 1.0. They now have a 6mm stamp and an inch cut off the back. and i scooped a "frog" out of the back with a big hole saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Has Faye says she doesn't feel you've gone deep enough! not to my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 not the most thrilling of videos but it all needs documenting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 we are going have to try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Learn how to throw you own brick at Bicester Buildit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, Onoff said: Learn how to throw you own brick at Bicester Buildit: Maybe...... One day... For the time being that brick is at the bottom of a very long list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Construction Channel said: Maybe...... One day... For the time being that brick is at the bottom of a very long list Bicester would be a day out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, Onoff said: Bicester would be a day out? Days out don't build houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Construction Channel said: Days out don't build houses. Nor do extended pub lunches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 39 minutes ago, Onoff said: Nor do extended pub lunches! Shush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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