Lets talk about floors, baby!

As you may (or may not) recall, the pre-renovation dollhouse had some inconsistent floor heights. Not that there is anything wrong with that. And, as you may also recall, I had a bit of a disaster with the interior walls being too thin for the doors to be fitted into them. It’s not a total [...]

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On the level

In addition to loaning me his proper 1:1 sized level (a.k.a. the level of power), “The Dad” gave me some lessons in wielding the awesome power and responsibility that is the level. I can now raise my rock star power hand in the air, because I too can wield the level of power. Theoretically speaking, [...]

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Saw XIIIIXIIVIIIIII

Did you know when you are sawing, you have to think of sawing straight on the following axes: That which you are sawing back and forth on (we shall call this axis “the axis of straight”) That which is 90 degrees to the right/left of the direction of the saw (we shall call this “the [...]

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While this blog was sleeping…

Golly, I just realised it has been one month since I last posted. I have been so sidetracked by the horrors that is busy time @ work and my re-found joy for throwing paint at canvases (the larger the better…and I mean throwing in an entirely metaphorical manner), that I really have neglected you. Even [...]

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Why it is possible to be too square…

I may have taken on dad’s admonishments to “measure twice and cut once” and “make sure it is square” at the expense of taking into account my granpa’s DIY skillset. It seems my floors are pretty square but the actual house they are to sit in, is not actually square. Yes. I know. You can [...]

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The dad has spoketh

Dad came over last night and we assessed the wall depth vs door depth situation. It turns out the doors I purchased need 8mm depth, naturally I cut out my walls in 6mm MDF. Plus I went with the max measurements given (these doors will fit openings up to…) when I could have cut alot [...]

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Expected something a little more impressive

After all the work I did sawing, I expected my pile of 1:12 lumber would be…well…bigger: I took my pile of future floors and walls to Dad so that he could provide sage-like advice about what I should do next. Dad, being the Q of the DIY world, whipped out his plane and his jigsaw [...]

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The last cut is the deepest…

I have finally finally finally finally finished all the sawing I can do on my own. My David Tennant saw was perfect and I now have a callus the size of bermuda on my right hand. On the plus side, at least it’s not a blister. I would share photos with you but I plugged [...]

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Can you express post some sleep?

After much consideration about my Dad’s advice and the armoury of saws he left me with, I have decided my saw of preference is the tennent saw: Dad suggested the bigger saw (the Dad saw as it is the one he always uses) but he did say I would have to cut outside of the [...]

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It’s not a disaster, it’s an opportunity…

Well, although I previously said I wouldn’t touch the outside of the house and even tho my dad visited on the weekend and, when I said “I’m not going to do anything to the outside, he said “once you see how it’s going you’ll want to do the outside” and I hate proving anyone but [...]

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