🚨L1's 🇫🇷 shenanigans. Exhausting work

[loserone]

I know a moon cup when I see one

[loserone]

[loserone]

The tyres were summer tyres so I bought some all seasons.  Fitting tyres on a manual machine with centreless wheels is a pain, so I got them done professionally.

Got up yesterday and head over to Catchgate to see Ferguson's.

Handbrake turn? Not me officer.  Those aren't my skidmarks.

[loserone]

New tyres fitted I made my way back to the A 68 and turned right 

[loserone]

Stopped at Jedburgh for a leek to discover 

The holes in the bumper have made themselves even bigger and the chemical metal I repaired it with has come unstuck from whatever gunk was in them previously.

[loserone]

Carried on up and found a wild @320touring in it's natural setting 

 

[loserone]

Cut down the old reg and stuck it in the french sized recess, ignoring the screw holes

[loserone]

Caught up with a few northern folk (lovely to see you!) and then went haem again.

 

 

Back home by midnight, 318 mile round trip.

[loserone]

When in a built up area I tried locking the doors using my dice key for the first time.  Unfortunately the wooden die did not agree and disintegrated.   This morning I took steps to improve durability 

And then tried copying Peter C with making some mounts for 14" speakers for the l322.  

[loserone]

Had to run my rents to the hospital in Newcastle yesterday.  120 miles, the first 20 in floods up to 20" or so.  Took the l322 obviously.  Managed 20mpg which I thought was OK, rents were very comfortable.  It's really fucking capable but I probably should actually advertise it for sale as I seem to be doing about £20k of work on the house as of this week FFS.

[Sunny Jim]

Hope your parents are ok and sorry to hear about your house's plan to ruin your fun.

[paulplom]

When you calling for the Westoe netty painting and the tounge drum?

[loserone]

32 minutes ago, paulplom said:

When you calling for the Westoe netty painting and the tounge drum?

Ah fuck! I had completely forgotten.  

 

Er.  Soon.

[loserone]

Have some pictures of a day, including what I reckon to be a calendar shot of "the graveyard" with @Jimbob McGregor

[loserone]

On 14/11/2025 at 17:15, loserone said:

the house

This too.  I don't think it needs much of a narrative?

[Shirley Knott]

Nice.

I've pretty much condemned myself to permanent HAVS and tinnitus off the back of the amount of hours I've spent sanding floors in here, still, it's a satisfying job.

After much trial and error (And seeing very expensive products yield a David Dickinson-esque orange mess) I can personally recommend the Rustins floor varnish range rather than wax/osmo or or any of the other stuff. Cheap, looks great, readily available,  easy to apply and most importantly it lasts.

[loserone]

We're halfway through Osmo raw already, though it was great on our last floor.  That was Sapele, however.

[Shirley Knott]

RE Osmo Raw, we found it seemed to go 'yellow' over time.... but.... that was on a 1930s pitch pine floor.

I'm sure it reacts differently depending on what you're working with. Either way, looks to be a great job so far man 👌 

[loserone]

Some progress 

Checking the manual 

Counting teeth

[loserone]

I'm told it runs! It's not had an oil change in a while so it's got modern lightweight oil in for a quick flush during the MOT.

[rusty_vw_man]

Loving your helpers cleaning the gaps in the floorboards. Tried to get my three to do that once, but they rebelled!! 

Did you seal the gaps? I’ve tried the sawdust and glue and also hammering in the thin strips covered in glue but both have limited lifespan…..

[loserone]

Meanwhile on the evening project, it's all change as half of the floor has dried and it's time for the other half.

[loserone]

1 minute ago, rusty_vw_man said:

Did you seal the gaps? I’ve tried the sawdust and glue and also hammering in the thin strips covered in glue but both have limited lifespan…..

Yes, 120grit dust and Mix and Fill.  It... Would have been better with a second round. As it is it's better than its ever been.

 

[loserone]

This coordination means that we now can do the bit where the piano and pew were

Random bit of cedar is one of the old shelves, used as infill on the concrete where the post office safe used to sit.

 

[loserone]

11 hours ago, Shirley Knott said:

RE Osmo Raw, we found it seemed to go 'yellow' over time.... but.... that was on a 1930s pitch pine floor.

I'm sure it reacts differently depending on what you're working with. Either way, looks to be a great job so far man 👌 

Can you see which side has been done?

[Matty]

Vestibule envy

[loserone]

7 minutes ago, Matty said:

Vestibule envy

Jim that's not a booth, it's more of a kiosk

[High Jetter]

15 minutes ago, Matty said:

Vestibule envy

You should mock that up as a Tardis!

[Matty]

Ah its a beaut whatever. Really good colour choice too. Looks great with the brass closer 🤣

[Shirley Knott]

11 hours ago, loserone said:

Can you see which side has been done?

Right hand side?