Gate Pillars

[Pocster]

  On 27/06/2021 at 17:35, Onoff said:

Got my gland in!

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Funnily enough exactly what I said Friday evening after a bottle of Chablis 

[Onoff]

  On 27/06/2021 at 18:06, pocster said:

Funnily enough exactly what I said Friday evening after a bottle of Chablis 

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I'll line 'em up son!

[Pocster]

  On 27/06/2021 at 18:07, Onoff said:

 

I'll line 'em up son!

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Funnily enough exactly what I said Thursday evening. Admin snooze / drunk on the weekend as usual .

[Onoff]

  On 27/06/2021 at 18:11, pocster said:

Funnily enough exactly what I said Thursday evening. Admin snooze / drunk on the weekend as usual .

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That's because we're keeping it clean with mild inuendo rather than resorting to your usual, crass, in your face, blatant filth! ?

[Pocster]

  On 27/06/2021 at 18:21, Onoff said:

 

That's because we're keeping it clean with mild inuendo rather than resorting to your usual, crass, in your face, blatant filth! ?

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Yes . Still think you’ll be band by Monday . ?

[Onoff]

  On 27/06/2021 at 18:27, pocster said:

Yes . Still think you’ll be band by Monday . ?

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Is that like banned?

[Pocster]

  On 27/06/2021 at 18:35, Onoff said:

 

Is that like banned?

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No . It means you will form a band by Monday like Littlemix minus the fat one 

[Onoff]

Getting ready for the buff coloured silicone! Packed with this stuff first:

 

 

 

Looking forward to giving the pillars a mild Disclean!

[Pocster]

  On 29/06/2021 at 16:03, Onoff said:

Getting ready for the buff coloured silicone! Packed with this stuff first:

 

 

 

Looking forward to giving the pillars a mild Disclean!

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Pants fully wet now with wee 

[Onoff]

It's RUSTIC! ?

 

[Onoff]

The other pillar:

 

 

This side will be in shadow ?:

 

 

A very careful application of silicone eater might tidy the bricks up a bit. Should have masked up first I guess! 

 

I'll admit to resorting to a surgical glove dipped in a water / washing up liquid mix to finish things off!

[Big Jimbo]

We fuss about the little things that nobody else ever notices.

[Onoff]

A smidge of aluminium anti seize on the M4 screws:

 

 

A horse shoe of silicone grease:

 

 

Nut 'em up:

 

 

A good hard rub round the rim with a moist toilet tissue to get rid of the excess lube...and roughly what it'll look like finished.

 

 

Still awaiting someone coming back who's hopefully laser cutting me some Celtic cross washers to go under the stainless dome nuts!

 

 

 

Edited June 29, 2021 by Onoff

[Pocster]

  On 29/06/2021 at 19:27, Onoff said:

A smidge of aluminium anti seize on the M4 screws:

 

 

A horse shoe of silicone grease:

 

 

Nut 'em up:

 

 

A good hard rub round the rim with a moist toilet tissue to get rid of the excess lube...and roughly what it'll look like finished.

 

 

Still awaiting someone coming back who's hopefully laser cutting me some Celtic cross washers to go under the stainless dome nuts!

 

 

 

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I’d be careful round the rim you might get chaffing 

[Onoff]

  On 29/06/2021 at 20:03, pocster said:

I’d be careful round the rim you might get chaffing 

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I make a point of taking any rough edges off with a needle file/emery cloth.

 

Nothing worse than sticking you finger in a hole and pulling it out covered in blood.

[CC45]

work of art this is....

[Pocster]

  On 29/06/2021 at 20:25, Onoff said:

 

I make a point of taking any rough edges off with a needle file/emery cloth.

 

Nothing worse than sticking you finger in a hole and pulling it out covered in blood.

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Yes be careful! . I’ve fingered a few rough holes before and have cut myself quite badly ?

[Ronan 1]

  On 29/06/2021 at 20:27, CC45 said:

work of art this is....

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The carefully structured ineundo or the gate pillars ?? ???

[CC45]

unlike @pocster I'm def talking about the pillars!  I've virtually built a house in the same time.  Its turning into another bathroom project really..

[Onoff]

  On 29/06/2021 at 20:33, CC45 said:

unlike @pocster I'm def talking about the pillars!  I've virtually built a house in the same time.  Its turning into another bathroom project really..

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The unfortunate thing with these steels is they were never galvanised originally. I'm a bit concerned about internal rust over time. As much as anything it, the rust, might drip out of the open bottom.

 

Planning to squirt something up inside like Waxoyl or more likely ACF50.

[CC45]

will outlive all of us so I don't think you need to worry really. 

[Onoff]

Cap stones can go on next! 

 

...after I've given the bits of steel box I can reach inside the pillars a coat of car body underseal. I hopefully won't be getting to them again.

 

That is until the Tesco, Amazon, DPD etc van driver, destroys the pillar(s) one day! ?

 

I still need to figure what I can paint onto these relatively freshly cast cap stones. I thought something breathable but a painter at work reckons I should apply a proprietary sealer then a masonry paint? 

 

I want them to end up painted black.

Edited June 29, 2021 by Onoff

[Onoff]

  On 29/06/2021 at 20:33, CC45 said:

Its turning into another bathroom project really.

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No it won't...hopefully!

 

I won't be posting up for instance where all the power, access control, camera stuff is being run specifically.

[Onoff]

Test "washer" laser cut out of mild steel. One of these in stainless will go under the dome nut above the down lighter.

 

[Pocster]

  On 30/06/2021 at 10:55, Onoff said:

Test "washer" laser cut out of mild steel. One of these in stainless will go under the dome nut above the down lighter.

 

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Ninja throwing star !!