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October 26, 2007
More on the desk
It’s nearly there,
nearly complete.
All it needs now, apart from the tops screwing on and the kicking board, is the lead cladding fixing to the front.
Six metres of code 3 lead, looks like, well, a roll of lead to be honest, but don’t let that fool you. It almost, but not quite, defies the laws of physics, or more simply: it weighs more than you’d think. It comes in 50kg or 110lbs - that’s nearly eight stone, which is a whole person, in just that roll of lead. Tricky stuff lead.
And trying to cut it square, well, again it challenges the laws of physics, it’s all over the place, stretchy and bendy and warped in odd ways. Still it’ll look smart with the copper clout nails. Mind you it’ll have to be inch-right when I set it up as there’ll be no moving it once I’ve gone.
Posted by john at October 26, 2007 12:16 AM