jonblakeney Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 I am using mortar to hold the posts in the sandstone as it will bond better with the stone. For the posts in the ground sand cement with the gravel allready mixed in is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Here is the product I am using to treat my posts with.It works very well. Shall I say "like water off a ducks back" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 You guest it, another post on a post. It's Saturday here and it has stopped raining just long enough to plant post # 8. That's enough for now as the three beers I have drunk are starting to kick in. I think I will just watch the mortar dry on post 8 and drink some more beer. life is good. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grockle Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Could have shared the beer with us at least Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Any time you are in Oz The beer is on me Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grockle Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Wrong side of Aus for me. Got relatives that live Perth area, tother side of the continent. Last time I was in Aus was back in the early 70's. A picture of this beer would have been better than just alking about it , as its making me thirsty. Time for another cuppa tea, as I can't drink due to medication. Damn and blast it Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Three consecutive posts that don't mention a post. C'mon chaps, post haste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yeah your right Roddy I fix that . Todays post is on a post on a post that is not yet planted,so some might call it an outpost? This pre mentioned post is post # 9 (not the Beatles song off the White album) but a post that is to be positioned in an area that is over grown with greenery (think African Queen) and needs to be cleared buy the one man track gang (me)this arvo . See photo below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 It's good to see people posting on the forum. *groan, a repeat bad joke* It looks like it's coming along very nicely. Love the photo updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Another short post on a post that was a waiting post,but now is planted like all good post should be.(few). This is a shot of posts #7 # 8 #9 that run along the sandstone , #10 post will be on the other side of the hole cleared in the vegatation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Here is a post not on a post ,but on ground clearing,and beer drinking. As we all know you can't cut a clearing with out liquid refreshment. This shot shows the cleared path for the mainline,but seen from the opposite direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Hi It's me again A post on a pile of posts that have been posted so far,nine in all. This shot shows the work completed so far and gives a better view of the path the tracks will be taking. The track will turn back towards the house just in front of the path seen here that goes to our clothsline that will complete the oval.There will be a branch line some time in the future after the first one is up and running . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Post one on son!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here yee , hear yee post # 10 is now planted and I can now post a photo of the for mentioned post as an attachment to this post, and did I mention it's the shortest post I will ever be posting about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Sorry about the finger in the last photo, you get that on the big jobs,lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grockle Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Just had a thought. You should have asked Griff about digging HOLES. He is the expert on them at this present time. Aint you Griff !! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hi Ian,I think I have seen the photo's lol The holes look like graves .but why so big ,did he have plumbing problems or forensic evidence that had to be in the ground before midnight???????????????????? Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 STOP PRESS; (copyed from my in the planning stage area) This is my 49th post on a post,and todays post is about a post thats not unlike a late race horse, and thats to say that post # 11 has finally come in, planted .(the crowd roars) Only two more posts needed # 12 and # 13 to complete the circut then I can start work on the road bed.thats it for todays post -------------------------over and out. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Good to hear that you're getting close to completing the posts Jon. I was just about to ask how many more you had to do and then noticed you'd just told us. I've not read back through everyone's threads since my enforced absence from the forum but I don't recall seeing that you'd added a track plan. Once you begin adding the track boards then I'm sure it'll all be self-explanatory. Keep meaning to ask about the cross but not sure if anyone's already done so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonblakeney Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Hi Mick the track plan is just an wonky oval ,which has been done by eye,the corners plotted using my garden hose, lol. The Cross was originaly bought because my wife liked it and thought it would look good somewhere it the garden. Little did we know it would be used to mark a grave,6 months after buying it (the cross ,not the cat) our cat (the wifes cat) was taken out by cancer. so -x-markes the spot where it is becoming fertalizer.Post #11 was planted a little close for comfort,Im just glad I didn't hear ghostly meow's while planting it,the post that is lol. Jon - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanerg6e Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Hi Jon it's good to see another aussie bloke having a go at putting in a garden railway. I thought I was the only one. So nice to see a collapsible washing line, colourbond fence, and a bloody big lump of sandstone. I have those too but they usually end up on the end of my mattock. What gauge are you using O, OO/HO? We certainly have had some rain of late and although a bugger when it comes to putting in a garden railway, we certainly needed it. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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