British Rail 12 ton vented wagon conversion

[Wildefalcon]

The door, however is bent. So I'm leaving it over the heater, set low, overnight. Hopefully this won't break the glass....

 

[Wildefalcon]

Good news, the glass didn't break.

Bad news, the warp on the door is still there.

I've tented the heater, hopefully that will help.

 

[Wildefalcon]

The screws for the step have arrived. However they're stainless, not mild zinc plated. And they're going into aluminium. So am I overly concerned about galvanic corrosion long term?

 

[colnerov]

You could be, Stainless is further away than Steel to Aluminium. So the risk is greater.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Yes, I've a back up plan if they mess me about any more. Heat shrink around the shank.

 

[Wildefalcon]

The slab for the stove is an outdoor tile which I cut, it's in two pieces. I was going to just fit them side by side, but I thought why not glue them together?

So I did.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Next task is to see what more I can do to straighten the door. It's slowly coming right so tempted to leave be, or just add a bit more weight.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Clamped, it's straight. So I think I'll over straighten and leave a day more.

 

[Wildefalcon]

And onwards. To the pillars. More cutting and drilling.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Not going to lie, that's irritating.

 

[Farside]

Not going to lie, that's irritating.

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[Wildefalcon]

Onwards. The slab on the steel protrudes a bit more than I'd like, so I'll put the steel through the thicknesser.

 

[Wildefalcon]

I'm not an artist. I like things done right.

 

[Wildefalcon]

I can live with it.

 

[Wildefalcon]

I've put a coat of oil on one side of one set of doors and will paint the rest of that set in the morning, when I'll do one coat of the epoxy on the steel hinge posts.

Another coat of epoxy in the afternoon and a top coat at night should see me ready to start hanging doors on Sunday.

This could be a slow day, hanging double doors is not something I've done before, and I'm not sure how it will work out.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Painting today. I've an hour of prep then slap on some epoxy. Yay!

 

[Wildefalcon]

The door on the left has the cheap varnish, the right hand two have one coat of Osmo. I'm expecting the Osmo coated doors to improve appearance radically with subsequent coats.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Paint and varnish.

First coat of epoxy mastic on. I'll let dry for a bit then second coat....

 

[Wildefalcon]

Two coats, I'm off out, apparently. I'll top coat when I'm back.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Top coat done, but the square head set screws haven't arrived, so door hanging will be later on. I'll get the slab in, and the step. Maybe more sanding on the inner doors, if I'm in the humour.