| This blog is written by Serradura | 27 entries so far |
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Artisan Fair, Delivery of a Desk and a new shop dog!
Every now and than we’ll attent an Artisan market or car boot sale. Most of the times that ...
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#18 Challenge Tree Entries
Semi-interactive video. You can chose between my entry for the Challenge Tree and the one my twin...
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Triple Chaos #1: A CBG Called Amália, the making of
Well, technically it’s not a cigar-box guitar because the (new) box was made for 3 smal...
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Workshop Projects #8: My Summers Woodworking 2x4 competition entry
Oh well, it was difficult to find a 2×4 in Portugal but… in the end we found two 2...
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Workshop Projects #7: Update on projects, workshop and a safety tip!
This time about some project updates, looking back at the easter video with the bunny and the pol...
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Workshop Projects #6: Easter special. A pole lathe bunny?
Well yes, my twin brother got a painted egg… I had to wait until the middle of the night...
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Workshop Projects #5: about recycling, a table saw - lathe jig and marionettes
My latest video on the Não Só Serradura Youtube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h...
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Workshop Projects #4: Work shop Clock
Video on the workshop clock and a little update on the workshop.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #16: Not much happened lately..
Now I wish I could show you a bunch of new pictures of our workshop. Specially after the attentio...
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Workshop Projects #3: Introduction to the workshop -Part 3 - Pack Rack
Part 3 of the introduction to the Não Só Serradura workshop. All about restoring 200 year old wal...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #15: Finally a floor in the workshop and some more...
It’s all because of a lovely lady that the floor became a reality in our workshop. Yes, she...
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Workshop Projects #2: From a 200 year old ruin into a workshop - Part 2
Now, how strange it is to be all alone in your workshop, nobody around, just you, your tools and ...
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Workshop Projects #1: From a 200 year old ruin into a workshop - Part 1
For some time now we’ve made blog entry’s about the restoration of a 200 year ruin in...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #14: Doors and Windows
No, sometimes it doesn’t feel all that smart, working with wood. Every time there’s a...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #13: The last stones (we thought)
The roof was on, time to get the “workshop to be” closed up to keep the rain and wind...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #12: Getting a roof on the workshop
The big wall was repaired, but to get the roof on I needed to put the steel beams on the side wal...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #11: Not just another brick in the wall...
Now with the back wall finished, and being in the “cement mood”, I decided it was tim...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #10: Building up side down.
Yes, I do know that when you are building a house or a barn you normally start at the foundation,...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #9: A door for the front
Now I could have finished the roof, I could have finished the back wall, but… I’m alw...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #8: "Aut Viam Inveniam, Aut Faciam"
Finally we could order the roof plates. And yes, this was 90% of our budget. It seemed to make se...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #7: Finally some wood....
I don’t know what the bigger job was, making the wooden wall for the second floor, or getti...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #6: Building the new front wall
June 2011, finally we started building something. Now for garden walls etc. it’s obvious to...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #5: Working towards the first stones of rebuilding
The view, the reason for buying a 200 year old derelict cottage at this place in the rural heart ...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #4: More stone, rock and dirt
The more you dig down into the history of Portuguese building methods, the more respect you get f...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #3: With a little bit of help from a friend...
And there he was, our friend from the Netherlands to help us out. Just for a week or so. Soon we ...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #2: Cleaning out the ruin
After the dust was gone we could see what we bought. It’s strange to realize that just a de...
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From a 200 year old ruin to a workshop, a 3 year journey... #1: A big pile of stones....
It all started in 2007. After selling our Dutch Art & Frame shop we were looking for a new ch...
