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Author Message   Scottishslater (Scottishslater) Member Username: Scottishslater Post Number: 26 Registered: 01-2012 Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 04:58 pm:        what you mean by free market branden   Branden_wilson (Branden_wilson) Senior Member Username: Branden_wilson Post Number: 116 Registered: 03-2008 Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 - 11:17 am:        beeeeyoooootiful mon! what a breath of fresh air to see a proper job these days! across the pond it almost never happens anymore and if these guys get their way, proper will even be illegal soon as it already is in places like south florida USA. do you guys have a free market? REAL SLATER   Lazeyjack (Lazeyjack) Junior Member Username: Lazeyjack Post Number: 15 Registered: 04-2012 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 07:33 pm:        yes those would most probably be oak . Oak hates fresh water laying in it, rots it, that is why the ships had salt packed between plank layers, only in tropics does oak need copper sheathing, because the marine worms are into eat like fruitcake.   Scottishslater (Scottishslater) Member Username: Scottishslater Post Number: 25 Registered: 01-2012 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 05:40 pm:        That steeple is about 150 years old original timbers underneath   Lazeyjack (Lazeyjack) Junior Member Username: Lazeyjack Post Number: 14 Registered: 04-2012 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 08:29 pm:        nice, must have big timbers to hold that span and chord, must be tonnes on those I can remember Northern Italy where they just pile flat rocks onto the roof, you see many caved in, would not be fun when a 15lb rock landed on your bed when asleep   Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 779 Registered: 01-2009 Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 07:09 pm:        Nice job on the hips. Very clean!   Scottishslater (Scottishslater) New member Username: Scottishslater Post Number: 9 Registered: 01-2012 Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 12:48 pm:        yeah thats me on the coke lol. Yeah we marking tail lines. They are random slate plus you get them to line up better using tail lines as its tails thats showing   Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 773 Registered: 01-2009 Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 - 07:52 am:        Are you striking your lines on the slates as opposed to marking them all on the underlayment? It looks like a lot more mork to me. Is that you drinking the coke?   Scottishslater (Scottishslater) New member Username: Scottishslater Post Number: 7 Registered: 01-2012 Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 05:56 pm:        thanks very much am doing two round ones at moment ill post some pics, doing them in random scotch slates on the spire are a welsh slate there called port madoch there an attempt to copy scotch slate   Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 770 Registered: 01-2009 Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 05:46 pm:        A very nice safe setup. I like the the way you back cut the slates around the vents too.   Joe (Joe) Moderator Username: Joe Post Number: 667 Registered: 07-2006 Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 04:11 pm:        Nice!   Scottishslater (Scottishslater) New member Username: Scottishslater Post Number: 6 Registered: 01-2012 Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 09:50 am:          Scottishslater (Scottishslater) New member Username: Scottishslater Post Number: 5 Registered: 01-2012 Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 09:48 am: