after many hours spent sanding the first beam, i decided i'm probably not going to get it a lot better than that and decided to move on it is pretty smooth, few machine marks here and there but i guess it adds to the "rustic" look of it. conviently, the second beam has more nails than the first piece, and a brand new element. woodworm. also it is covered in a load of paint too.
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| woodworm holes. |
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| after a few goes with the angle grinder. |
so, i took off the outer layer of paint with a scraper, then an angle grinder, which didnt do as much as i'd hope so i grabbed the arbortech.
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| weapon of choice. |
i'd like to apologise to the sheep outside which i really must have pissed off whilst i was using this very very loud piece of equipment, however it saves me countless hours of physical labour. in all fairness, it took me about half an hour to clean up all the dust and wood particles that went everywhere! had to take off a lot more material than i imagined, luckily for me there was an area on the other beam which had a lot of material taken out because of rot, so they kind of mirror each other. here are the two pieces together, there are both 63inches long, lots of work to do to the one on the right but hopefully this week i can start thinking properly about legs.
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| getting there. |
o. xx
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