British Rail 12 ton vented wagon conversion

[Wildefalcon]

That should sit nicely on the edge of the angle side rail.

And, I've the seized screws soaking in plusgas. I'll mig some nuts on to those tomorrow night and they should come out. All ready to start adjusting the planks to suit...

Hopefully Friday I'll get sanding and getting the first coat oil on.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Battle enjoined.

For a while I thought these screws might be made from zirconia, but eventually they succumbed to the mighty Clarke MIG.

One took five goes, but all out now.

 

[Wildefalcon]

I was left with seven stupid little holes, some in the lovely cast letters bit.

So.

I'd some very old aluminium bolts, possibly from a glass house? That looked the right size.

I drilled the holes out, tapped them for the bolts, fitted and seized the bolts in place, removed the heads and peened then in.

Several minutes later, after the die grinder, the holes are nearly gone.

 

[Wildefalcon]

And I took photos!

 

[Wildefalcon]

Including of the result.

Pleased with that.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Hopefully, weather permitting, I'll get that temporarily installed tomorrow, so I can start the sanding and get some oil on the floor.

 

[Wildefalcon]

I had a cunning plan to fit the step.

It involved careful cutting, additional noggins, expansion gaps and all sorts of things that would take time.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Sod that. Jig saw, wobble wibble tool and a mini belt sander. Done.

 

[Wildefalcon]

As feared, the door needs trimming. I was hoping.....

 

[Wildefalcon]

Next task, much sanding of floor.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Belt job

 

[Wildefalcon]

Minor filling first though. A dozen little damages to fill.

 

[Wildefalcon]

And the palm sander for the end as the belt is too big.

 

[Wildefalcon]

This won't see varnish today. I'm going to get it sanded properly, not rush it. I think there's two different coatings, one consumer, one professional. I've to remove both.

 

[Wildefalcon]

The wood is fantastic. I'm really delighted with it. It's a grey pale oak, I think. It's superb.

My camera can't quite capture the colour.

The original varnish really hid the depth of the grain. I hope the Osmo does a better job.


It's had a second sand with 120 and that's brought it into a great place.

 

[brewdexta]

Osmo should bring that grain out lovely. I've just redone some floors that were varnished oak, they look superb with Osmo.

 

[Wildefalcon]

That's really encouraging. I am reluctant to hope that any coating can do the oak justice.

 

[Robotstar5]

Plus one for Osmo, I use their PolyX on my engine trollies, once dry it's hard wearing and waterproof, even oil won't stain it.

 

[Wildefalcon]

There's a couple of places with black stains, possibly from water? steel? exposure. I bought some tannin stain remover, which arrived this morning. That's a Osmo gel stuff that's has some acid in it. It's soaking away for the next half hour, whether it works or not, I'll see soon enough. Time to prep for rollering on the oil.

 

[colnerov]

Oxalic acid is good for black water stains in wood.