Wednesday 14th Jan 26 a clear frosty start with minus 1.5C on arrival.

                                     

So inside it is the rof light mountings for line wagon number 2 they needed stripping of paint and smoothing down a longer job than expected as we wanted all the white off so they will take a stain.

                                               

But later on we took them down to the wagon and screwed them to the roof  ready for sourcing so glass bowl lights to go up on them.

first job was to cut the old studded lamp rods from the roof to give us a flat surface.

                                               

                                                    Oiled and screwed up they look good.

                                               

The metal strip stamping machine has been on the back burner some time requiring us to cut out the shape in the stainless steel plate for the cutter, however 2 cobalt drill bits made little impression in the drill press so a change to mild steel and hardening after the shaping may be the way forwards.

                                                         

The coffee grinder had to stand by the fire to warm up so lacquer could be applied before being put on display.

                                                 

The old GWR notice board is progressing nicely with new edging where needed and the inner moulding done. This needs more preservative then painting before going down to the waiting shed at Hayles Abbey.

                                         

Whilst down the line wagon it was a look at the rotten floor from underneath, this proved productive as a bearer runs across just over a metre from the end so we have something to rest boards on without going full width as they are laid at a 45 degree angle.

So inside we started removing the top boards and checking how the metal shelving frames would come out for access a stroke of luck we found under the detritus the boards were cut and screwed not full length..

 The top layer was well rotted and crumbling but luckily we can get away with just 2 x 1.5m bottom layer ones

This repair although a big job looks like it will be a lot easier than we thought.

Then time was up.