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Post by Fairsociety on Dec 9, 2022 13:18:20 GMT
Superb, they have a collection of TT bikes, kids toys, I was mesmerized, they had kids bikes, I remember one of them being my first bike, dolls prams I remember my sister having as a kid.
The original car picnic baskets with all the original contents, all the old signs, it just went on and on.
I went to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu on route to the 20th anniversary of the Isle of Wight festival. The festival was disappointing but the motor museum was unforgettable. We couldn't get my VW camper started when we went to leave and they let us stay in the car park overnight and the workshop gave us the coil we needed when they opened up the next morning. I have always wanted a VW camper, just never got round to it, have you still got yours?
I have a mate who's put one in his garden and turned it in to a bar, it really is quirky, it actually is in running order and can still be driven, they make good money. I've not been to any motor museums outside of the UK, I would go if I knew one was anywhere near I was staying, just love looking at old nostalgic motors, in fact not just cars most things from the past.
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 9, 2022 13:30:57 GMT
I went to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu on route to the 20th anniversary of the Isle of Wight festival. The festival was disappointing but the motor museum was unforgettable. We couldn't get my VW camper started when we went to leave and they let us stay in the car park overnight and the workshop gave us the coil we needed when they opened up the next morning. I have always wanted a VW camper, just never got round to it, have you still got yours?
I have a mate who's put one in his garden and turned it in to a bar, it really is quirky, it actually is in running order and can still be driven, they make good money. I've not been to any motor museums outside of the UK, I would go if I knew one was anywhere near I was staying, just love looking at old nostalgic motors, in fact not just cars most things from the past.
No the VW is long gone. I had another later model square type one as well. I've been working my way up in size over the years including a 6 ton Dodge Renault ex waterboard truck and a Mercedes 709. I now have a 7.5 tonne DAF with a 21' box which I've fitted out as a luxury motorhome over the last 8 years or so. These are from after the oak worktop kitchen was put in and the dresser as it was nearly completed.   |
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Post by Fairsociety on Dec 9, 2022 14:05:11 GMT
I have always wanted a VW camper, just never got round to it, have you still got yours?
I have a mate who's put one in his garden and turned it in to a bar, it really is quirky, it actually is in running order and can still be driven, they make good money. I've not been to any motor museums outside of the UK, I would go if I knew one was anywhere near I was staying, just love looking at old nostalgic motors, in fact not just cars most things from the past.
No the VW is long gone. I had another later model square type one as well. I've been working my way up in size over the years including a 6 ton Dodge Renault ex waterboard truck and a Mercedes 709. I now have a 7.5 tonne DAF with a 21' box which I've fitted out as a luxury motorhome over the last 8 years or so. These are from after the oak worktop kitchen was put in and the dresser as it was nearly completed. Amazing, is that your carpentry skills?
I love that look, especially at Christmas, very cozy natural, you are doing a sterling job, my DIY skills are pretty basic, I have to bring in the tradesmen when we need working doing, but when you build something yourself its more personal, send us some pics when its finished.
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 9, 2022 14:21:54 GMT
No the VW is long gone. I had another later model square type one as well. I've been working my way up in size over the years including a 6 ton Dodge Renault ex waterboard truck and a Mercedes 709. I now have a 7.5 tonne DAF with a 21' box which I've fitted out as a luxury motorhome over the last 8 years or so. These are from after the oak worktop kitchen was put in and the dresser as it was nearly completed. Amazing, is that your carpentry skills?
I love that look, especially at Christmas, very cozy natural, you are doing a sterling job, my DIY skills are pretty basic, I have to bring in the tradesmen when we need working doing, but when you build something yourself its more personal, send us some pics when its finished.
Most of it was me but I have a cabinet maker friend who made the double bi-fold back doors for me and did the worktop, cooker and sink (not yet fitted in the first pic). My craftsman ship isn't too bad but I'm very slow. It has also cost a small fortune as well so I only do a bit more whenever I can afford the materials. The dresser was all my work. The 2'' thick oak came out of a skip at a nearby manor house and was completely black with age. I knew it was good though because it weighed so much. Could be 100 years old.    |
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Post by Fairsociety on Dec 9, 2022 14:58:37 GMT
Amazing, is that your carpentry skills?
I love that look, especially at Christmas, very cozy natural, you are doing a sterling job, my DIY skills are pretty basic, I have to bring in the tradesmen when we need working doing, but when you build something yourself its more personal, send us some pics when its finished.
Most of it was me but I have a cabinet maker friend who made the double bi-fold back doors for me and did the worktop, cooker and sink (not yet fitted in the first pic). My craftsman ship isn't too bad but I'm very slow. It has also cost a small fortune as well so I only do a bit more whenever I can afford the materials. The dresser was all my work. The 2'' thick oak came out of a skip at a nearby manor house and was completely black with age. I knew it was good though because it weighed so much. Could be 100 years old. You'd pay a fortune in the reclaimed shops for tops like that, they were made to last. We've got solid wood kitchen worktops, they weren't cheap, but they will be nowhere near the quality of yours, imagine having worktops 100+ years old that you could rub down to look like new again, probably last for another 100 years.
We often visit a local emporium, it's like stepping back in time, old red phone boxes, old red pillar boxes, street lighting, furniture, toys, lots of old pub stools and equipment, I love all that, spend hours in there, bought a old garden pub table, took about 6 of us to lift it lol, those were the days.
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 9, 2022 15:08:12 GMT
Most of it was me but I have a cabinet maker friend who made the double bi-fold back doors for me and did the worktop, cooker and sink (not yet fitted in the first pic). My craftsman ship isn't too bad but I'm very slow. It has also cost a small fortune as well so I only do a bit more whenever I can afford the materials. The dresser was all my work. The 2'' thick oak came out of a skip at a nearby manor house and was completely black with age. I knew it was good though because it weighed so much. Could be 100 years old. You'd pay a fortune in the reclaimed shops for tops like that, they were made to last. We've got solid wood kitchen worktops, they weren't cheap, but they will be nowhere near the quality of yours, imagine having worktops 100+ years old that you could rub down to look like new again, probably last for another 100 years.
We often visit a local emporium, it's like stepping back in time, old red phone boxes, old red pillar boxes, street lighting, furniture, toys, lots of old pub stools and equipment, I love all that, spend hours in there, bought a old garden pub table, took about 6 of us to lift it lol, those were the days.
The block wood worktops on the other side are reclaimed too. My mate does a lot of kitchen fitting and they were taken out of a house and he ran them over a bench plane to get them back to new. I then spent days putting about 10 layers of hard wax oil on them. They don't look anything like as nice as the old oak on the other side though. I'm tempted to sand them down and put a bit of dark oak stain on them and wax them all over again but I wouldn't be able to use my kitchen for about a fortnight if I did. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Dec 9, 2022 15:19:38 GMT
I'm tempted to sand them down and put a bit of dark oak stain on them and wax them all over again but I wouldn't be able to use my kitchen for about a fortnight if I did. It sounds like my kitchen. I have a door I've been sanding down and there is white dust everywhere. Most managed to settle in a day, but still, no fun cleaning it all up. I've still got to get all the crap off the walls and last time I tried in the bathroom it was a nightmare and could only see 6" in front. Everything was botched in this house so I'm gradually redoing all the bad work. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 9, 2022 15:25:19 GMT
I'm tempted to sand them down and put a bit of dark oak stain on them and wax them all over again but I wouldn't be able to use my kitchen for about a fortnight if I did. It sounds like my kitchen. I have a door I've been sanding down and there is white dust everywhere. Most managed to settle in a day, but still, no fun cleaning it all up. I've still got to get all the crap off the walls and last time I tried in the bathroom it was a nightmare and could only see 6" in front. Everything was botched in this house so I'm gradually redoing all the bad work. The dust would be bad enough but then it would take a day to get 3 coats of stain on it then the wax oil takes a day to dry each coat and I'd want to put about 10 coats on. I should have stained it first time around. |
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Post by Fairsociety on Dec 9, 2022 15:28:42 GMT
You'd pay a fortune in the reclaimed shops for tops like that, they were made to last. We've got solid wood kitchen worktops, they weren't cheap, but they will be nowhere near the quality of yours, imagine having worktops 100+ years old that you could rub down to look like new again, probably last for another 100 years.
We often visit a local emporium, it's like stepping back in time, old red phone boxes, old red pillar boxes, street lighting, furniture, toys, lots of old pub stools and equipment, I love all that, spend hours in there, bought a old garden pub table, took about 6 of us to lift it lol, those were the days.
The block wood worktops on the other side are reclaimed too. My mate does a lot of kitchen fitting and they were taken out of a house and he ran them over a bench plane to get them back to new. I then spent days putting about 10 layers of hard wax oil on them. They don't look anything like as nice as the old oak on the other side though. I'm tempted to sand them down and put a bit of dark oak stain on them and wax them all over again but I wouldn't be able to use my kitchen for about a fortnight if I did. It's a labour of love, hard work, lots of time, but the end result is well worth it, people know quality instantly, lots of the stuff that's made today is poor quality, looks nice, but wont be around for long.
The prep work is the key, then the waxing, staining, all time consuming, that's why they wont make much hand made furniture like that today, they'd have to charge a fortune.
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 9, 2022 15:46:03 GMT
The block wood worktops on the other side are reclaimed too. My mate does a lot of kitchen fitting and they were taken out of a house and he ran them over a bench plane to get them back to new. I then spent days putting about 10 layers of hard wax oil on them. They don't look anything like as nice as the old oak on the other side though. I'm tempted to sand them down and put a bit of dark oak stain on them and wax them all over again but I wouldn't be able to use my kitchen for about a fortnight if I did. It's a labour of love, hard work, lots of time, but the end result is well worth it, people know quality instantly, lots of the stuff that's made today is poor quality, looks nice, but wont be around for long.
The prep work is the key, then the waxing, staining, all time consuming, that's why they wont make much hand made furniture like that today, they'd have to charge a fortune.
My mate is a top end cabinet maker. He's done kitchens that cost £100k but the carcases of the cabinets are still shitty chipboard covered in melamine. It's just the doors and worktops that the money goes on. Most of my cupboards and units are still waiting for doors as I want to make my own out of oak and it's so bloody expensive. 9'' planks of American white oak costs about a tenner per foot. And then you have to stain and wax them which probably costs another pound a foot. I'm still saving up for an oak floor and even in such a small space it will be over £500. Just the insulation, plywood and tongue and groove to line the walls, floor and ceiling cost me about £1500. I haven't kept a record but it wouldn't surprise me to find out it will be £10k by the time I've finished on top of the £5k it cost to buy the lorry in the first place. Still, it's a cheap home and I don't really pay rent at the farm. I just help out with the threshing every now and then and bung him a few quid whenever I can afford it. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Dec 9, 2022 15:53:46 GMT
It sounds like my kitchen. I have a door I've been sanding down and there is white dust everywhere. Most managed to settle in a day, but still, no fun cleaning it all up. I've still got to get all the crap off the walls and last time I tried in the bathroom it was a nightmare and could only see 6" in front. Everything was botched in this house so I'm gradually redoing all the bad work. The dust would be bad enough but then it would take a day to get 3 coats of stain on it then the wax oil takes a day to dry each coat and I'd want to put about 10 coats on. I should have stained it first time around. Yes and if you don't leave it for ages then you are going to get this dust and crap in with the paint or varnish. Also this time of year is not the best time to get things to dry. Like for example if the filler isn't left for a few days to properly dry and then you paint over it you find it self destructs.
At least I managed to get the bad stuff all done in the rest of my house. I had many of the carpets up for ages and I was tripping over them. |
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Post by Fairsociety on Dec 9, 2022 16:32:39 GMT
It's a labour of love, hard work, lots of time, but the end result is well worth it, people know quality instantly, lots of the stuff that's made today is poor quality, looks nice, but wont be around for long.
The prep work is the key, then the waxing, staining, all time consuming, that's why they wont make much hand made furniture like that today, they'd have to charge a fortune.
My mate is a top end cabinet maker. He's done kitchens that cost £100k but the carcases of the cabinets are still shitty chipboard covered in melamine. It's just the doors and worktops that the money goes on. Most of my cupboards and units are still waiting for doors as I want to make my own out of oak and it's so bloody expensive. 9'' planks of American white oak costs about a tenner per foot. And then you have to stain and wax them which probably costs another pound a foot. I'm still saving up for an oak floor and even in such a small space it will be over £500. Just the insulation, plywood and tongue and groove to line the walls, floor and ceiling cost me about £1500. I haven't kept a record but it wouldn't surprise me to find out it will be £10k by the time I've finished on top of the £5k it cost to buy the lorry in the first place. Still, it's a cheap home and I don't really pay rent at the farm. I just help out with the threshing every now and then and bung him a few quid whenever I can afford it. It's a dear-do, but quality doesn't come cheap, you are doing the right thing, bits at a time when you can afford it, it's like a investment, what ever you spend on the project you will get back, it adds value.
I watch quite a lot of these do-a-uppers tv shows, 'tree house masters' is one of my favourites, not sure if you've watched it, Pete builds bespoke tree houses, but when I say tree houses I mean mini houses in trees, the craftsmanship is amazing, he only uses natural materials, and the end result is jaw dropping, having said that his customers have shed loads of money, and he has about 10 men working on the job, he even installs lifts in them.
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Dec 9, 2022 16:36:42 GMT
Which rather proves his point! The Squeezed Pimple, master of the one liner troll fest school of internet posting, with a penchant for penises as avatars, modus operandi = rock up, post one or two lines which add nothing at all to the debate, then retreat again to the bottom of the sea with all the other bottom feeders. You'll be along in a minute to give us another master class in your unique technique. You'd be top of the class in any debate with 10 year olds. Oh the irony. 
Meanwhile back in the real world, Markle's a nasty piece of work:
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 9, 2022 17:03:25 GMT
My mate is a top end cabinet maker. He's done kitchens that cost £100k but the carcases of the cabinets are still shitty chipboard covered in melamine. It's just the doors and worktops that the money goes on. Most of my cupboards and units are still waiting for doors as I want to make my own out of oak and it's so bloody expensive. 9'' planks of American white oak costs about a tenner per foot. And then you have to stain and wax them which probably costs another pound a foot. I'm still saving up for an oak floor and even in such a small space it will be over £500. Just the insulation, plywood and tongue and groove to line the walls, floor and ceiling cost me about £1500. I haven't kept a record but it wouldn't surprise me to find out it will be £10k by the time I've finished on top of the £5k it cost to buy the lorry in the first place. Still, it's a cheap home and I don't really pay rent at the farm. I just help out with the threshing every now and then and bung him a few quid whenever I can afford it. It's a dear-do, but quality doesn't come cheap, you are doing the right thing, bits at a time when you can afford it, it's like a investment, what ever you spend on the project you will get back, it adds value.
I watch quite a lot of these do-a-uppers tv shows, 'tree house masters' is one of my favourites, not sure if you've watched it, Pete builds bespoke tree houses, but when I say tree houses I mean mini houses in trees, the craftsmanship is amazing, he only uses natural materials, and the end result is jaw dropping, having said that his customers have shed loads of money, and he has about 10 men working on the job, he even installs lifts in them.
Better move this conversation to the Duck and Cover. We've gone well off topic now. ukpoliticsdebate.boards.net/post/29218/thread |
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Post by jaydee on Dec 9, 2022 18:48:27 GMT
No the VW is long gone. I had another later model square type one as well. I've been working my way up in size over the years including a 6 ton Dodge Renault ex waterboard truck and a Mercedes 709. I now have a 7.5 tonne DAF with a 21' box which I've fitted out as a luxury motorhome over the last 8 years or so. These are from after the oak worktop kitchen was put in and the dresser as it was nearly completed. I spent two months touring France in the summer in my camper. It was roasting. I must have done about 4,000 miles. |
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