As with our previous move in 2012 I thought it would be nice to give everyone some daily updates and pics as we progress through the transfer to our new home. There's a lot more to be done this time around as it's a much bigger place and we need to do some initial alterations to the building before we can move in.
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The building is generally in good condition and we've got some rooms that are fine as they are. The workshop is the main area of work as we need to firstly partition it off into a laser room and casting room, and then we need to replace a previous mezzanine floor which will give me my new office. The whole workshop area needs a good clean down and repaint as well and the casting room needs fresh wiring bringing in to the centre of the room to power all of the casting machines and melting pots. So firstly we had to get a load of timber delivered so that we can get started on the new rooms:
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So several tons of timber arrived at 7:30am on Saturday morning and we also collected the scaffolding tower ready for the redecorating works. We'll be able to use it to fix some of the lighting as well.
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Monday's plan is:
- decorate the casting room and start on the workshop walls.
- build the timber frames for the new laser room.
- start welding the new racks and workstations for the casting guys
- fill the cabling channel with concrete before we leave for the day.
- start clearing the brush from external fencing ready for new security fencing coming.
Laser room!
Bet it's not as exciting as it sounds - but I would still make "pyow pyow" noises as I went in.
Quote from: Leon on 28 March 2021, 05:40:29 PM
- start welding the new racks and workstations for the casting guys
The rack? Extreme discipline at Pendraken?
Wow, that looks like a lot ofac, but I bet it will soon fill up when everything arrives!
I note the bottle of coke has arrived already!
Sounds like an easy couple of weeks Leon ;)
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 28 March 2021, 06:08:42 PM
I note the bottle of coke has arrived already!
And a can of the stuff. :o
Cheers - Phil :)
That box (bottom picture, extreme left) looks sad.
We had a solid 1st day of proper work today with a lot of progress being made on multiple fronts. We went and picked up all of the box section for the new tables and racking, as well as the metal mitre saw from the tool hire place. We had 4 teams running today:
- Dave and Ian on metal cutting and welding for the new tables and racking
- Mike, me and Jimbo on timber assembling the new laser machine room
- Ashley, Joshua and Ben in the new moulding room getting it cleaned out and redecorated
- Adele and Jess in the packaging room getting it cleaned out and prepped for all of the stock drawers coming over
- We also had Lynne outside fighting with the overgrown foliage along the fence line ready for the new security fencing arriving
The new room is coming together nicely and we should have the floor joists on there tomorrow and the rest of the walls in place. We've got stairs coming on Thursday so we can't finish that side until they've arrived, so we'll probably start on the 2nd floor in the meantime.
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Most of the metal has been cut and Dave/Ian welded together the first of the new tables as a test, so there'll be another 3 of those done by Tues all ready for painting. The mould racks should be done as well and we can start fitting those to the walls next week (the walls need painting first).
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The packaging room should be the first to be completed and Jess spent the afternoon cleaning all of the drawers/units of talc powder, so that we're not dragging all of the dust straight into the new place!
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I need to get the new casting electrics cable concreted into the floor on Tues as well, ready for the electrician coming on Wed.
Great to watch other people do all the hard work :)
While your doing ll this - How long before you get a message like below?
PS. When is my order for 23 individual figures from 13 different ranges coming , I placed it yesterday.
:-bd =D> :-bd
A very productive first proper day :)
Wow!!
Good going.
I've spent 2 days clearing junk out of my garage and installing hooks on the wall to hang my bike paraphernalia.
I'd estimate my effort at about a 1/32nd of a Pendraken - and I'm exhausted.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 30 March 2021, 01:14:33 PM
Wow!!
Good going.
I've spent 2 days clearing junk out of my garage and installing hooks on the wall to hang my bike paraphernalia.
I'd estimate my effort at about a 1/32nd of a Pendraken - and I'm exhausted.
Thats because 1/32 is actually 54mm, so as Pendraken is 10mm you are expending energy at 5.4 times that of a Pendraken person.
More progress today with the ceiling joists in for the laser machine room, the worktops fitted in the packaging room, the mould racks made and lastly, the foliage cleared outside ready for the new security fencing!
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Tomorrow we'll be boarding out the second floor for the new office, as well as the 2nd level of the stud walls. The packaging room should be just about complete apart from the computer and packaging materials which have to remain at the current unit until we've got the phone lines/internet transferred over. The mould racks and tables will be getting painted and we can finally get the floor swept and ready for painting now that most of the cutting/welding work has been done. The electrician will be here as well to fix the electrics and put our new wiring into the laser room and office.
A lot of good work done there
Looking good so far- what is going to go wrong ?
We're managing to keep on track so far, with the timber work right on schedule and the new metalwork actually done a day early, so we'll be able to put those guys to work on something else tomorrow.
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The painting team have worked their way through the moulding room, the workshop toilets and the staff room as well, so we'll get them going on the workshop walls on Thursday. Everything had been done in a really weird shade of yellow previously, almost a pale mustard, so it's nice to have them in clean white (and a lot brighter as well!) We've had to wait for the welding/cutting to finish before we can paint the workshop, and then once those walls are done we can paint the floors before starting to put the tables and machines into position.
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The electrician was in today to check all of the old wiring and remove anything we don't need, as well as bring in the new wires for the laser machine room. Tomorrow he'll be finishing that off as well as the lights.
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We've channeled in new cabling to power the casting machines in the centre of the workshop so once everyone had left for the day I got that concreted over to give it time to dry overnight.
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Seems to be going well and amazingly quickly, wish my projects would go as fast and efficiently. I guess that the security fence is necessary everywhere nowadays, but it does prompt visions of Tom Cruise breaking in on a mission to steal the latest 10mm sculpts for a shadowy millionaire wargamer. :D
You need the fence up before you start any of the building work - as otherwise the 'buggers' will nip in and nick all your power tool faster than you can say 'bingo'!
I was once on the Board of a large print business and was called in by our COO (along with the rest of the board) to watch some CCTV security camera footage of 4 'lads' who'd scaled the 12 foot security fence the night before, broken into the tool locker, dismantled a new forklift truck and then man-handled it up and over the fence in bits. Getting the battery up and over was an unbelievable feat of strength and ingenuity.
We had the forklift back and they were all in police custody within 48hrs and in prison within 6 months ... sad ... but a new forklift would have fetched £30k on the black market back then.
Two of the four worked for us and were readily identifiable on the CCTV. Just daft.
Mark no-one went broke by under estimating the stupidity of the great British public....particularly the criminal classes
In the 2nd picture down ... what is the tube on the right hand side? Is it coming in or going out?
Quote from: fsn on 01 April 2021, 04:10:01 PM
In the 2nd picture down ... what is the tube on the right hand side? Is it coming in or going out?
Looks like kitchen roll popped onto a coat hook to me
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
That's both a relief and slightly disappointing.
Quote from: KeithS on 01 April 2021, 12:17:58 PM
I guess that the security fence is necessary everywhere nowadays, but it does prompt visions of Tom Cruise breaking in on a mission to steal the latest 10mm sculpts for a shadowy millionaire wargamer. :D
Quote from: Big Insect on 01 April 2021, 01:56:49 PM
You need the fence up before you start any of the building work - as otherwise the 'buggers' will nip in and nick all your power tool faster than you can say 'bingo'!
Yeah, the fencing is essential for any business premises really, even as just a visual deterrant than an actual barrier. There's already a chainlink fence up but it looks like the original one from the 1970's and has definitely seen better days. We've got a new 8ft palisade fence coming at the start of Week 3 which will improve the outside look of the place a lot.
Quote from: fsn on 01 April 2021, 04:10:01 PM
In the 2nd picture down ... what is the tube on the right hand side? Is it coming in or going out?
Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 April 2021, 04:56:34 PM
Looks like kitchen roll popped onto a coat hook to me
It's exactly that, good eye Ithoriel!
As we approach the end of the first week we're still just about on schedule with the various rooms, even with the distractions that inevitably come with a large project like this!
The highlight of the day was our new office stairs arriving this morning, which we got setup and into place this afternoon. We have to thoroughly recommend a company called Stairbox here, who made these to our dimensions and self-delivered them all the way to us in Middlesbrough, for less than £400. So if you ever need a new staircase, give them a look: https://www.stairbox.com/
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The packaging room is coming on nicely and most of the shelving units are in there now.
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And the painting team have finished off all of the tables and mould racks (the tables are on their ends before anyone asks!) We'll have to repaint some of the current racking when it comes over from the old unit, but we can do that next week sometime.
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We've started the 2nd floor stud wall and also put the first few sheets of plasterboard on the ground floor.
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In the new moulding room we've upgraded the strip lights to some nice LED units instead:
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An awkward job today was removing an old roof-level heater unit, which was sited around 15ft in the air and right in the space that we're building the office. The two guys who came to take it down were a bit like Waldorf and Statler and spent the 2 hours endlessly joking and insulting each other, but they got it down in the end. It was a pretty nervous job though as the unit weighs about as much as a person so when the full weight of it dropped, the guy on the other end of the rope suddenly became slightly airborne for a second! All done now and I just need to get the old flue hole repaired in the roof.
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Tomorrow we'll get the rest of the plasterboard on, and paint the workshop walls as well.
Work looks to be going great :-bd
The only thing is I think you might need at least 2 x 4 stud work to support that mezzanine.
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Very impressive progress =D> =D> =D>
I didn't realise there was so much in it! It's more like a rebuild than a move in.
Very impressive.
Now, about my order ... :P
Quote from: fsn on 02 April 2021, 07:00:47 AM
I didn't realise there was so much in it! It's more like a rebuild than a move in.
Me, neither..... :o
Like you say, Nobby..very impressive !
Cheers - Phil. :)
Good to see you are still on track - sumat will go wrong (I wuz born pesimistict) :( :'( :d
I continue to be impressed by the rate of work.
Imagine a world where the Pendraken wrecking fit-out crew were in charge of traffic flow on the Suez Canal.
Showed Mrs Orcs the pictures, and she said she is very impressed they can build things that are not in 10mm.
Sorry to labour a point but please tell me there is something more substantial than that stud wall (which looks 2x2 timber) supporting that mezzanine (like a steel or something).
Matt (also does building)
Quote from: Matt J on 02 April 2021, 08:24:52 PM
Sorry to labour a point but please tell me there is something more substantial than that stud wall (which looks 2x2 timber) supporting that mezzanine (like a steel or something).
There's three existing walls around it, so we've got fixings into masonry on two sides, an upright metal and a metal girder running through the back of the new room. The new stud work at the front is 3x2 CLS with OSB board on it, and we've reduced the studs and joists down to 450mm centres to give extra strength throughout. There won't be much weight up there either, it's going to be my office so it's desks and computers mainly. Luckily we've got a retired council planning officer doing the timber work for us so he's keeping us on track with the building regs requirements and making sure we're doing it properly.
Today was more timber work and starting the painting of the workshop, which took a lot longer than we expected! Breeze blocks soak up paint like you wouldn't believe! We're over the worst of it now so we should be able to ge the rest of it done tomorrow.
So...
The stairs have been boxed in now so they look a bit safer to get up and down!
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The top of the end wall has been painted white, again covering this awful pastel mustard colour that was everywhere in the unit.
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The plasterboard has gone over most of the front walls now, just a little gap to fill and then the windows can go in.
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And I spent most of the day up on the 1st floor getting the floorboards laid and fixed down. There's just a final row to do down the end there now.
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Saturday will be mainly painting in the workshop, and I need to return the scaffolding tower that we've been using.
Really impressive work guys.
=D> =D> =D> =D>
More impressive progress :)
I hope you've managed to address Matt J's concerns for the safety of that mezzanine, "3x2 CLS with OSB board on it" means nothing to this antipodean, "450mm centres" makes sense ;)
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 02 April 2021, 10:49:41 PM
Really impressive work guys.
Definitely is !! =D> =D> =D>
Cheers - Phil. :)
Good stuff
Quote from: Leon on 02 April 2021, 10:26:54 PM
Breeze blocks soak up paint like you wouldn't believe!
Same with brickwork and new plaster. Seal them with a solution of PVA and water.
Very impressed with the speed of progress.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures of the finished premises.
I think that "Awful pale mustard" is what used to be called Buttermilk.
A once popular tome of masonary paint M'lud.
Favoured in the days when white didn't cover well, or the original surface had several contrasting colours.
Consider it an undercoat that'll show you the bits you've missed.
Today's been all painting work, so we've got the workshop walls finished off and also painted the floor in what will be the moulding room.
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And then I did a quick fix on the roof where the old heater was, as the flue had fallen off while the guys were removing it. The 'Upside Down Bucket' method will keep the water out until after the Easter weekend and we can get a professional in.
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More good progress =D> =D> =D>
Good use of static grass in that exterior picture.
No pics today but we got the floorboards finished upstairs and painted the outer edge of the workshop floor, so that we can put the racking/tables on it while we do the rest of it. Tomorrow we need to get the plasterboard and stud walls finished ready for the electrics to be finished off on Wednesday and the carpets to go in on Thursday. I think we're going to miss out on painting the rooms all pre-carpet so we'll just have to cover them properly and paint afterwards.
We also spent a few hours today casting and prepping a load of orders, so there's about 40 orders going out in Tuesday's post and then another batch on Thursday. We're trying to keep things ticking over as much as we can as we need the orders to keep coming in while we get through all of the moving costs.
Quote from: paulr on 02 April 2021, 11:54:37 PM
=D> =D> =D> =D>
More impressive progress :)
I hope you've managed to address Matt J's concerns for the safety of that mezzanine, "3x2 CLS with OSB board on it" means nothing to this antipodean, "450mm centres" makes sense ;)
CLS = Canadian Lumber Standard - (Kiln dried construction grade softwoods).
Today we've been putting the insulation and ceiling boards into the laser machine room and getting the last few wall boards up as well. We also popped the window in as well but it still needs framing properly.
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Over in the packaging room Jess has grabbed a couple of the desks and put those in the middle to make a little stock packaging area for show prep.
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The workshop has had the outer edge painted grey so that we can start fitting the new racking to the walls and get some moulds over to the new place.
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And we've moved the first batch of moulds over! These are all the master moulds which will live in the casting room, so it's only about 1/8th of the total moulds in Pendraken HQ. It's a start though!
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Tomorrow we need to get the laser machine finished completely ready for the carpets coming on Thurs. We'll need to skim/plaster/paint after they've gone in, but we can cover the floor easily enough. The electrician is onsite again as well to get all of the lighting and sockets finished off on the ground floor.
Looking good :)!
Wow, it's incredible what you've done in the time.
Great efforts!
Well done each!
Really coming along well!
Coo...
Doesn't the packing room look neat, at the mo'.
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: Techno II on 07 April 2021, 07:32:24 AM
Coo...
Doesn't the packing room look neat, at the mo'.
Cheers - Phil. :)
Won't last long ;) Going well !
Impressive =D> =D> =D>
Quote from: Leon on 06 April 2021, 08:37:25 PM
Tomorrow we need to get the laser machine finished completely ready for the carpets coming on Thurs.
You're cutting the carpets with
lasers ? :o :o :o.....Talk about Posh !!
Cheers - A Twerp. ;)
Quote from: Techno II on 07 April 2021, 10:26:52 AM
You're cutting the carpets with lasers ?
"No, Mr. Axminster. I expect you to die."
Quote from: Techno II on 07 April 2021, 10:26:52 AM
You're cutting the carpets with lasers ? :o :o :o.....Talk about Posh !!
Cheers - Antwerp. ;)
Now we know your forum handle is a misnoma Techno
Very good, Martyn. ;D
Cheers - Phil.....Who has spent the last 20 minutes resetting the tablet....AGAIN....It seems to have a mind of its own....I'll now have to check that, that intrusive b*tch 'Alexa' hasn't been switched back on......she can go intercourse herself.
Cheers - Grumpy Phil.
Quote from: Techno II on 07 April 2021, 10:26:52 AM
You're cutting the carpets with lasers ? :o :o :o.....Talk about Posh !!
Cheers - A Twerp. ;)
It's the future.
A window in the laser room.
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Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 07 April 2021, 12:21:41 PM
A window in the laser room.
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Other stamps are available for laser mishaps.
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While searching or that lot, I noticed that the Thunderer has its finger on the pulse of all the latest stories.
Stupid boy: Uncle Arthur was Pike's dadhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stupid-boy-uncle-arthur-was-pike-s-dad-says-ian-lavender-fch3flxlf (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stupid-boy-uncle-arthur-was-pike-s-dad-says-ian-lavender-fch3flxlf)
Makes you proud of our free and fearless press.
Today's focus was on the laser room to make sure that it's all done and ready for the carpets arriving on Thursday, so we've got the plasterboard finished, the sparky put all of our lights and switches in and then we quickly popped the skirting boards on tonight.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51102464980_d43bab8869_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kRKusq)LaserLights1 (https://flic.kr/p/2kRKusq) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
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There's still a few jobs to do in there, the sockets need putting on, the plasterboard needs skimming and some holes need filling, the window needs framing and we need a new pair of doors at the corridor entrance. Then the whole room needs a coat of paint as well.
While he was here the electrician popped the lights and emergency lights in the exit corridor as well.
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Elsewhere we had the security company onsite upgrading the alarm system to a fancy new one which I can control using my phone. Everyone will have their own entry code so we can see whos's opened/closed each day and I can set the alarm remotely if we ever forget to set it as we leave. We've got CCTV cameras coming as well which will also link to the phone so that I can watch them from home.
And some good news for everyone, we're a bit ahead of schedule on the workshop side of things so we got Dave and Ian to do a day's casting each so we've managed to get a good chunk of orders done and ready to go out in Thursday's post.
Ohh remote vision on the casting dwarves!
The Dark Lord transforms effortlessly into Big Brother!
This is EXACTLY how Cyberdine Systems started !
Quote from: Redstef on 07 April 2021, 10:55:36 PM
This is EXACTLY how Cyberdine Systems started !
10mm high terminators might be easier to deal with :)
Quote from: Leon on 07 April 2021, 09:28:46 PM
We've got CCTV cameras coming as well which will also link to the phone so that I can watch them from home.
Does this mean you can live stream the doings of ... whatever you're going to call the building? Imagine! I get a text saying that my order is being cast ... and if I go to camera 6 I can see it happen! "Day 23 in the Pendraken House, and Balor, son of Hokul son of Malgon son of someone in the 1928 Dwarf All Stars team is discussing Nobby's orders ..."
Quote from: Leon on 07 April 2021, 09:28:46 PM
And some good news for everyone, we're a bit ahead of schedule on the workshop side of things so we got Dave and Ian to do a day's casting each so we've managed to get a good chunk of orders done and ready to go out in Thursday's post.
Huzzah! Or rather Light Dragoons!
Pendraken: good things happening to good people. I am proud to give you my money.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2021, 06:35:29 AM
Pendraken: good things happening to good people. I am proud to give you my money.
Looks like its going really well :-bd
made a modest order myself recently to assist with PM's cashflow (including some lasercut bases ;))
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 April 2021, 11:14:31 PM
10mm high terminators might be easier to deal with :)
Not so sure, I remember stepping on Lego.
I am hugely impressed by your building coordination skills.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 08 April 2021, 09:54:09 AM
I am hugely impressed by your building coordination skills.
Of course it will
NEVER EVER FLY
Definitely cracking on =D> =D> =D>
PM must be working double overtime since I got a shipping confirmation for the order I did a couple of days ago ;)
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2021, 06:35:29 AM
Does this mean you can live stream the doings of ... whatever you're going to call the building? Imagine! I get a text saying that my order is being cast ... and if I go to camera 6 I can see it happen!
Not quite to that level I'm afraid, the cameras are mainly external plus a couple in the shop area.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2021, 06:35:29 AM
Pendraken: good things happening to good people. I am proud to give you my money.
Quote from: pierre the shy on 08 April 2021, 08:36:33 AM
made a modest order myself recently to assist with PM's cashflow (including some lasercut bases ;))
We really appreciate these new orders at the moment, the moving costs have severely depleted the funds (long story, the bank screwed us for an £3500 at the last minute) so every penny helps right now. Once we get in and settled things will be fine again but it's a bit nervy right now!
Quote from: pierre the shy on 08 April 2021, 09:00:40 PM
PM must be working double overtime since I got a shipping confirmation for the order I did a couple of days ago ;)
Luckily that was mostly stock items plus those trays, so all done and shipped out!
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 April 2021, 11:14:31 PM
10mm high terminators might be easier to deal with :)
Clearly you've never stepped on one in your bare feet :D
Today we had the carpeting guys in to make our new laser room look rather nice!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51103531332_aa299b407d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kRQXrN)LaserCarpet2 (https://flic.kr/p/2kRQXrN) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
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Upstairs we've got half of the joists up so we started a bit of plasterboarding up there. We've gone for exposed beams in the office for a bit more character (and it's easier to lay them above than below with these wider centres!)
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And out in the workshop our little rubber feet arrived so we can now start fitting the racks to the walls and bring over some moulds!
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Friday will be more joists and plasterboard in the office, another 2 mould racks from old Pendraken to fill this wall run, and then we might get a batch of moulds over in the afternoon. We're also building the casting area partitions ready to screw to the floor next week. And last job for the day will be the plastering in the laser room (as long as I can find my dust sheets to protect that new carpet!)
Plasterer is going to love you when he comes to that ceiling ;D
Cracking pace of work. It's that quick I'm half expecting LLB to walk in with a flash suit to do the finishing decor.
:-bd
Quote from: Matt J on 08 April 2021, 10:30:03 PM
Plasterer is going to love you when he comes to that ceiling ;D
Sadly the plasterer is me! :(
There's a skin of plasterboard going on the outside of that wall so I'll probably just tape/fill the gaps at the end of the joists and then we'll paint it all white inside.
Quote from: Matt J on 08 April 2021, 10:45:22 PM
Cracking pace of work. It's that quick I'm half expecting LLB to walk in with a flash suit to do the finishing decor.
I'll have to get a pic of my eldest, he's not far off the 'full Bowen' at the moment. He's taken to shirts and waistcoats for 95% of his attire, even when gardening or just sitting in his room, so all he'd need is some fluffy cuffs and he's there.
Quote from: pierre the shy on 08 April 2021, 09:00:40 PM
PM must be working double overtime since I got a shipping confirmation for the order I did a couple of days ago ;)
Quote from: Leon on 08 April 2021, 09:52:31 PM
Luckily that was mostly stock items plus those trays, so all done and shipped out!
The trays were, of course, the items I asked Pierre the Shy to add to the order, yet another special from me :-[
Thanks for getting those out so quickly while in the middle of the move =D> =D> =D>
Very pleased to hear our pennies are helping ;)
Quote from: Leon on 08 April 2021, 10:50:18 PM
Sadly the plasterer is me! :(
Gad, is there no end to your talents! We already know you don't sleep but finishing drywall in your spare time is over and above (literally). :)
I received an order of bases yesterday and have (for reasons surpassing all understanding) a small order for Napoleonics placed. You don't seem to be missing a beat. Your products and service remain nonpareil.
Quote from: d_Guy on 09 April 2021, 03:27:17 PM
... a small order for Napoleonics placed.
That's how I started.
Today was more work upstairs with plasterboarding and stud walls for the office. We've got the carpets coming up there in about 10 days so we need to get this all finished off next week. I've got the electrician back next Tuesday as well to put the lights and sockets in for us.
Yesterday was officially the final postage day from Old Pendraken and today we broke down the whole packaging area and brought it all over to New Pendraken. There are a lot of orders in the system at the moment (with quite a few waiting on paints/decals/resin deliveries) so we decided that the safest way to get them moved over was to lay them all out in a mosaic on the van floor! There's some little sneaky new things hiding among these as well, for the eagle-eyed among you...
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We managed to get the first row of mould racks secured to the walls today so we went and got the first batch of production moulds as well, which fills in almost everything from Ancient Greece to around 1812. The next lot will come over on Mon/Tues and then the machines can be cleaned down and prepped for the move later in the week.
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I spy with my little eye...
Mon6!
And for folks who prefer a bit of video with my inane waffling...
Week 1 Update:
Week 2 Update:
I'm incredibly bad at visualising the innards of hollow things.
But those mould cylinders on racks remind me of the bad old days of open reel half inch tape storage.
Quote"Dammit Jim, the Architecture Vulcan has corrupted his autocads again.
Uhurua, fetch me reels 079, 084 and 257 from the vault".
Work was so much more enjoyable in those days.
Interesting videos, shows how much thought and effort goes into organising just the packing room and keeping orders straight
I want to know which vacuum cleaner(s) you're going to get......Or is the mould room going to be hermetically sealed, to stop all of the talcum powder getting into every nook and cranny throughout the building. ;)
Ooooh !......What IS the new address, Leon ?........I'm not sending all of the masters to the wrong place. :D
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 10 April 2021, 12:23:31 AM
But those mould cylinders on racks remind me of the bad old days of open reel half inch tape storage.
$DEITY, yes! Flashbacks to my first proper job, with a room full with racks containing >2k 2400' mag tapes.
Quote from: Techno II on 10 April 2021, 06:58:51 AM
Ooooh !......What IS the new address, Leon ?........I'm not sending all of the masters to the wrong place. :D
Good point. Where do the few of us who still post orders (with cheques!) to you send our money to now?
Quote from: Raider4 on 10 April 2021, 07:46:48 AM
$DEITY, yes! Flashbacks to my first proper job, with a room full with racks containing >2k 2400' mag tapes.
Only 2000 ? We had over 10000 at JM Centre, and horrible things they were.
Anyone else spot the can of coke halfway down the stairs?
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 10 April 2021, 12:23:31 AM
I'm incredibly bad at visualising the innards of hollow things.
Don't worry, Steve....I'm sure I said this YEARS ago.
When I was 'Miniatures coordinator' at GW I was sent on a crash course of 'how to make moulds'.....So I had some idea of 'what would work...and what wouldn't'..
I was making one of the half dozen, or so, moulds that I did that week, when some visitors walked in.
At that point I was cutting into the rubber, ..to make a
rough shape of where the Green Stuff masters would go into the mould.
The 'visitor' thought I was making a
negative in the rubber to produce a model. :o :o :o
Cheers - Phil. ;)
Quote from: Techno II on 10 April 2021, 10:15:16 AM
The 'visitor' thought I was making a negative in the rubber to produce a model. :o :o :o
Cheers - Phil. ;)
Quite a skill if you could do it!
Talk about cutting out the middle man. :D
Quote from: Gwydion on 10 April 2021, 11:19:16 AM
Quite a skill if you could do it!
Talk about cutting out the middle man. :D
It'll be the future when the 3d printers get their act together.
Nah....There still needs to be a truly huge leap, before that happens......It'll be 10-20 years after I'm pushing up the daisies before that becomes a commercial reality. ;)
Cheers - Phil. ;)
Quote from: ianrs54 on 10 April 2021, 08:53:08 AM
Only 2000 ? We had over 10000 at JM Centre, and horrible things they were.
Don't know how many we had but there was a member of full time staff permanently assigned to fetching tapes on demand for transfer to the machine room.
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 10 April 2021, 12:26:51 PM
Don't know how many we had but there was a member of full time staff permanently assigned to fetching tapes on demand for transfer to the machine room.
From memory we had 3-4 for that. Used to get ape like arms on night shifts shifting the bloody things from library to read use racks.
Quote from: Techno II on 10 April 2021, 11:59:13 AM
Nah....There still needs to be a truly huge leap, before that happens......It'll be 10-20 years after I'm pushing up the daisies before that becomes a commercial reality. ;)
Cheers - Phil. ;)
It did occur to me that printing the negatives would reduce the need for all those supports and risers.
But that doesn't answer the many questions about castability in the printed medium.
Quote from: fsn on 09 April 2021, 03:36:50 PM
That's how I started.
;D Such is the Way of the Lead.
Wow. Just caching up with the move.
Great work guys. Coming on nicely :-bd :-bd
Cudders
This weekend we've down there getting the laser machine room plastered and painted, as well as doing another chunk of the workshop floor. I've just caught up on all of the emails as well so the orders are in the system and we'll have them out to you asap.
We'd plastered and base coated the laser machine room over the weekend...
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... and then today it got another two coats of paint to finish it off. I completely forgot to take a picture though!
We also managed to get the grey workshop floor finished off today which is looking quite nice! Shame that it'll never look this good again once the machines, dirty boots and casting powder get all over it!
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Tomorrow we've got the electrician back to finish off the sockets in the laser room, put the lighting and sockets into the office, wire in the sockets for the casting machines (that black cable in the middle of the workshop pictures) and also move a light switch in the moulding room. We should have the majority of the plasterboarding done in the office as well so that's getting close to needing a coat of paint now. Wednesday the laser machines are coming over and then Thursday we're hoping to get all of the casting machines and moulds over from the old place. So all being well, we'll be back in production by Monday 19th!
Bottom piccy...
Is it me, or does the wall with the door in the top right corner look like it's at strange angle ?
(The plain white door..not the stripey one...with a cat flap.......If that IS a door.)
Cheers - Phil. :)
Yes the plain white door with the window does look to be leaning forward....
Camera angles can produce some very interesting results.
Quote from: Techno II on 13 April 2021, 07:27:30 AM
Bottom piccy...
Is it me, or does the wall with the door in the top right corner look like it's at strange angle ?
(The plain white door..not the stripey one...with a cat flap.......If that IS a door.)
Cheers - Phil. :)
This is the bit where Lovecraft's protagonist is about to meet the Cthulhu monsters.
Quote from: Leman on 13 April 2021, 09:10:25 AM
Camera angles can produce some very interesting results.
True, Andy :).....But from where the pic was taken....If anything, I'd have expected to see the wall looking like it was leaning the other way.
Cheers - Phil 8-}....Gibber.
I don't know if I should mention it, but there's a very big hair got stuck in that floor. :(
Gosh, Leon must be really grateful for all you guys' professional comments!
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 10 April 2021, 09:32:40 AM
Anyone else spot the can of coke halfway down the stairs?
:D
I've been tempted to hide one in the photos here and there to see if anyone notices!
Quote from: Techno II on 13 April 2021, 07:27:30 AM
Is it me, or does the wall with the door in the top right corner look like it's at strange angle ?
It must be the angle as I've not noticed it being out of whack in real life. We have found though that a lot of the existing walls aren't square, which has caused some fun when we've built a perfectly level new stud wall and find ourselves with a random gap when we reach the original brickwork.
I don't know why that door has a cat flap either, extremely weird. There's a roller door outside that door, so there's no access in/out through it anyway. I'm curious as to whether it's to let the cat out or the rats in?!
Quote from: fsn on 13 April 2021, 08:02:20 PM
I don't know if I should mention it, but there's a very big hair got stuck in that floor. :(
I know, it'll certainly make your hair stand on end if you grabbed it...!
We've made some good progress today with the casting partitions put into position and the initial wiring brought through. We need to finish the white cover boards and wire in the rest of the plugs this weekend.
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The laser machine room is now ready for the machines to come over on Wednesday, with all of the sockets fitted and our nice new worktops in place as well. We just need to get some cornicing to finish off the walls and run a bit of sealant around all of the electrical fixtures.
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And upstairs we're continuing with the framework and plasterboarding to complete this room. BT are coming on Thursday to fit our phone lines and turn the internet on, and then the electrician is back on Saturday to fit our lights and sockets for us. Then we can finish off the walls and get some paint on them!
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Nice ideas
Quote from: Leon on 13 April 2021, 09:43:02 PM
I've been tempted to hide one in the photos here and there to see if anyone notices!
Coke can ?......I spy, with my little eye.....
(I can't really...unless it's in the black toolbox. :D)
It MUST be the camera angle that's causing some weird distortions......or the camera's on a pretty 'wide angle' setting....I can see more 'out of kilter' bits. (But again, not the way I'd expect)
:'( 8-} :'(.......
Perhaps the original architect plans were drawn by that nice Mr M.C
Hammer Escher ?
...and it
was a cat flap ? :o
Nobby, leave that hair where it is !
Cheers - Phil. :)
Cracking progress =D> =D> =D>
|Perhaps there are many rats on the estate and you need to have a moggy on the pay role.
Name the Pendraken Moggy competition??
It's obvious, really....
Quote from: Techno II on 13 April 2021, 07:27:30 AM
Bottom piccy...
(The plain white door..not the stripey one...with a cat flap.......If that IS a door.)
Cheers - Phil. :)
A Pendraken company Cat ... I like it :D
Well all cats should be call either Bag Puss or Mog
Quote from: ianrs54 on 14 April 2021, 12:16:20 PM
Well all cats should be call either Bag Puss or Mog
Hisssssss.
They should all be called Mandu.
Black cats should be called Sooty.
Well I might admit to Tiddles .
Quote from: FierceKitty on 14 April 2021, 12:45:08 PM
Hisssssss.
Audible proof of the snake at Kitty's place ;)
Here SCN-NML6, Here .......
I am very impressed with the speed of the work.
Quote from: fsn on 14 April 2021, 06:56:09 PM
I am very impressed with the speed of the work.
So am I.
Best not mention this speed at decorationg etc to any significant other. Otherwise they will assume that we can all match that.
We will get the "If Pendraken can do all that in two weeks why cant you redecorate the lounge, landscape the garden and put up the new shed in a weekend?"
I'm afraid I'm not a cat person (sorry FK!) and Adele's allergic to most pets, so a Pendraken pooch/moggy isn't in our future.
Quote from: Orcs on 14 April 2021, 08:01:44 PM
We will get the "If Pendraken can do all that in two weeks why cant you redecorate the lounge, landscape the garden and put up the new shed in a weekend?"
My own garden and shed is my first job as soon as this lot is done! The shed is being delivered on May 26th so I need to get the hole finished, concrete laid, fence put up, all before they turn up with the shed.
As we get towards the end of Week 3 we now have some machines! The laser machine company came up to move these for us today and got them all setup ready for next week. We just need to get the extraction fans fitted and then we're good to go on bases and buildings.
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And then this afternoon me, Dave and Ian went over to old Pendraken and got the vulcanising presses (mould making machines). These are heavy bits of kit, probably 80-100kg per piece so we took it slow and careful with a new 300kg capacity trolley to wheel them in.
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Thursday sees our phone lines and internet get activated so we'll be able to field phone calls again. Apologies to anyone who's been trying to call these past couple of weeks, we've got your messages on the answering machine and we'll get back to you asap. We'll also be bringing all of the casting machines over tomorrow, which are again large, heavy pieces of machinery. We've got 6 or 7 of us ready to get these manhandled into the van and into position in the new place. Once that's done we'll get everyone busy on the moulds and those should all be over by the end of Thurs.
Spiffy, or what !
Cheers - Phil. :)
All very impressive :).
Wow, really impressed
Looking good...
You're going fast! Excellent!
=D> =D> =D> =D>
I love the smell of laser-cut MDF bases. I truly do. Sometimes I open a bag, take a deep inhale. It brightens up my day. Maybe someday I'll stand outside your building at at the exhaust port (when cutting bases) and enjoy.
That's not creepy at all.
Quote from: d_Guy on 15 April 2021, 08:32:42 PM
I love the smell of laser-cut MDF bases. I truly do. Sometimes I open a bag, take a deep inhale. It brightens up my day. Maybe someday I'll stand outside your building at at the exhaust port (when cutting bases) and enjoy.
Might be a bit dodgy that. I know breathing in dust when you sand them is a very bad idea as it will take formaldehyde into the lungs.
We got the machines and more moulds over to Pendraken HQ today but everything's a bit chaotic until we get the moulds onto the racks and the machines screwed into the floor, so no pics today! The BT engineer got our phone line in so we've got a phone now, but it'll be a day or two before our number comes over to the new line. We had a bit of good news today when the security fencing people rang and said that they can come a day earlier so they'll be onsite for 8am on Friday to start on the first section of new fencing.
Quote from: DecemDave on 15 April 2021, 08:38:30 PM
Might be a bit dodgy that. I know breathing in dust when you sand them is a very bad idea as it will take formaldehyde into the lungs.
I'm not sure if our MDF contains that? The formaldehyde is usually in the resin that binds the material but the laser grade stuff that we use is held together with some kind of natural glue I think? You can tell the difference if you run your finger along the edge of an MDF base/building. If you get a line of black dust/soot on your finger, than it's been cut from regular MDF. The sides will be a much darker black as well. If there's almost no residue on your finger and the sides of the MDF are a more caramel colour, then it's the laser grade material instead. The costs are higher on the proper laser stuff but it's much nicer to work with and doesn't give off as much smoke/soot.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 14 April 2021, 01:08:41 PM
They should all be called Mandu.
You will invoke the wrath of M'lady with that one. :)
Quote from: d_Guy on 15 April 2021, 08:32:42 PM
I love the smell of laser-cut MDF bases. I truly do. Sometimes I open a bag, take a deep inhale. It brightens up my day. Maybe someday I'll stand outside your building at at the exhaust port (when cutting bases) and enjoy.
Yes its a wonderful smell.
Definitely not an unpleasant smell !
(Unlike petrichor...which I can't stand...Almost everybody else that I know has said that that's a lovely fresh smell.....Not to me it's not....Yuk !!)
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: Leon on 15 April 2021, 09:28:15 PM
I'm not sure if our MDF contains that? The formaldehyde is usually in the resin that binds the material but the laser grade stuff that we use is held together with some kind of natural glue I think? You can tell the difference if you run your finger along the edge of an MDF base/building. If you get a line of black dust/soot on your finger, than it's been cut from regular MDF. The sides will be a much darker black as well. If there's almost no residue on your finger and the sides of the MDF are a more caramel colour, then it's the laser grade material instead. The costs are higher on the proper laser stuff but it's much nicer to work with and doesn't give off as much smoke/soot.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the Info and the tip on how to tell the difference. I've found one item (that will teach me to buy from other suppliers) of the black and sooty type so I will defo avoid sniffing that. :D
Quote from: Orcs on 15 April 2021, 10:07:05 PM
Yes its a wonderful smell.
You know that small. Smells like ... A new army :-bd
Quote from: Leman on 13 April 2021, 09:10:25 AM
Camera angles can produce some very interesting results.
If the camera is lower (pointing up) or higher (pointing down) than the object the lines of perspective will converge or diverge respectively.
On Thursday we'd got the machines over and then the tables and edging strips were done on Friday. The machines need to be fixed into the floor so that's the priority for Monday. Today we also sealed up the gaps around the partitions to stop any dust/grime/artillery wheels from disappearing under there forever!
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We've also got the tables for the melting pots all painted and ready to go into place on Monday morning.
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The mould making room is now all fully setup with the machines in, racking fixed to the wall, and wiring complete.
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Upstairs we've completed most of the plasterboard work and also moved the original doorway down the wall by 6ft! This door leads into a small storage room but we wanted to free up the left hand corner for my desk to fit in, and make it slightly easier to get the wiring/sockets installed.
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And then today we got the extraction sorted out for the laser machines so that they can be up and running on Monday. It took quite a while to get the circular drill through the metal cladding but we got there in the end! For now we've just put a bit of extending hose on the outside but we'll get a proper cowl fitted up there next week.
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So, we've got about an hour's work on Monday morning to get the machines fixed down and then we can restart casting. We've got all of your pending orders stacked up here ready for the machines so we'll hit the ground running and start getting these out to you as quickly as we can. With the laser machines working now as well there's no delays on anything really so it's nice to finally be 'open' again!
Brilliant news sll.
=D> =D> =D> =D>
Well done all, a huge achievement, in a very short time :-bd :-bd :-bd
All I can say is "WORK FASTER"
Looking really good now with everything in place.
Can't believe how much you have done so quickly
HUZZAH !! <:-P <:-P <:-P
Great news, Leon. :-bd
As soon as you're up and running...and have caught up with orders.....Can I have a few spins of my last load/mould of dollies ??.....I'm running out of some poses, even after recycling lots of the Korean 'greens'.
Cheers - Phil :)
Careful Leon! I spotted a burglar in that last picture!
Well done to all of you, a herculean achievement, particularly in the timeframe.
I hope you will go from strength to strength in your new premises.
I'm just finalising a order to be put in in the next few days once you're back up to speed.
Brilliant! An entire industrial building fitted out and a move in the time it takes me to do a 10mm unit. :-bd
Probably take you longer to decide on the new name. :D
Can you and your team not take over the government and get things really moving?
Quote from: Techno II on 18 April 2021, 07:11:23 AM
As soon as you're up and running...and have caught up with orders.....Can I have a few spins of my last load/mould of dollies ??.....I'm running out of some poses, even after recycling lots of the Korean 'greens'.
No worries, shoot me an email and we'll see where that master mould is currently living...!
Quote from: fsn on 18 April 2021, 07:17:07 AM
Careful Leon! I spotted a burglar in that last picture!
:D
I thought you were talking about the footprints at first!
Quote from: DHautpol on 18 April 2021, 12:21:07 PM
I'm just finalising a order to be put in in the next few days once you're back up to speed.
Thank you! Pop that through whenever you're ready and we'll get it into the queue.
Quote from: DecemDave on 18 April 2021, 12:51:38 PM
Probably take you longer to decide on the new name. :D
Can you and your team not take over the government and get things really moving?
;D We did a bit more digging on the name and we've found a previous occupant using Cleveland House so we're just checking whether this is still registered with the council database. If it is then we'll just keep it, it's easier than getting things changed.
Fabulous effort from all at Pendraken Towers, well done everyone!
As we complete Week 3 we've got another video update to show where we are:
Did I hear "Cleveland's House".
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Congratulations on a fantastic job.
I've an order taking shape and will be in touch.
But will allow you a few days to reduce your backlog.
Great progress
Please post some videos of everything when it is up and running.
It is beginning to look quite a cosy workplace now.
Sumat as to go rong - Good stuff there Leon ;)
Only 3 weeks, that is a huge amount of work to have got done in such a short period =D> =D> =D>
Look like it's still not possible to made any order.
the pay online button doesn't work!
Quote from: onyrevient on 19 April 2021, 01:25:42 PM
Look like it's still not possible to made any order.
the pay online button doesn't work!
The Basket is working as normal, have you completed all of the red boxes (name/address/etc) and then ticked the box?
yes my mistake. an item with 0 quantity that block order
Quote from: onyrevient on 19 April 2021, 02:34:04 PM
yes my mistake. an item with 0 quantity that block order
No worries, order all received and we'll get everything ready for you asap!
We've got all of the machines setup today and casting has resumed! The tables have now got some moulds on the shelves, spares trays above and order boxes to the side, but I got some pics while they looked neat and tidy!
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And outside we've had the fencing people in to get started on our new security fence, which should be finished by Wednesday. It'll be a lot tidier than the chainlink and definitely harder for anyone to get over!
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Very impressive work all round :).
Wot he sed :)
I assume you have checked that the new fence, which looks to be outside the old one, is still inside or on the boundary of the property :-\
So slow Leon ;) :D
Quote from: paulr on 20 April 2021, 09:17:58 AM
I assume you have checked that the new fence, which looks to be outside the old one, is still inside or on the boundary of the property :-
The property plans we've got here show us coming to edge of the pavement and the properties to either side have got their fences at the outer line as well, so we're just coming out to join that boundary really.
Nice bit of fencing, I can picture the late Angus Lennie* trying to climb over it.
(* From the motion picture The Great Escape - M'lud)
It's not that high to climb over.... unless you are a casting dwarf trying to escape :)
You keeping the old fence and declaring the gap a nature reserve?
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 20 April 2021, 04:49:37 PM
You keeping the old fence and declaring the gap a nature reserve?
You could probably get some sort of farm subsidy, if you do that. ;)
The place looks
brilliant, Leon !! :-bd
I think we're all SO pleased for you and the team.
All the best - Phil. :)
Nah, old fence is coming down once the new one is up, just to keep the property secure. I need to get that taken down first thing tomorrow morning so that the fencing guys can finish off.
Today we organised all of the orders, emails, additions and amendments so that we know where we are with the orders. These have been split into the different piles and we'll be working through these as quickly as possible.
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We were casting all day as well, so the orders will be flying out of the door until we get caught up.
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Upstairs the final office wall has been boarded and we dropped through the wiring for the lights and power. The electrician is back for his final shift on Saturday to get this all finished for us and we'll be decorating it over the next few days.
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Where are the pics of the original 'workshop' in the garage, with the wall of Coke cans ?
You should have a before & after shots once this is completely finished, Leon.
Cheers - Phil. :)
That's quite a few orders :!!
Quote from: Techno II on 20 April 2021, 04:57:31 PM
...
The place looks brilliant, Leon !! :-bd
I think we're all SO pleased for you and the team.
...
Seconded
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 20 April 2021, 04:49:37 PM
You keeping the old fence and declaring the gap a nature reserve?
That's where they are going to put the Mines/ Attack dogs :)
Is there any significance in the different colours of casting machine?
Quote from: Orcs on 21 April 2021, 10:54:18 AM
Is there any significance in the different colours of casting machine?
Not at all, they'd always been bare metal in the past so we thought it would be nice to add a bit of colour to the casting room. Each of the guys chose their own colours.
Quote from: Matt J on 20 April 2021, 04:39:59 PM
It's not that high to climb over.... unless you are a casting dwarf trying to escape :)
Angus Lennie was a rather short fellow.
His problem wasn't the height, but the cunningly sited machinegun tower.
Machinegun towers are out of fashion in these modern times.
Not since we have lasers.
"Nice bit of fencing, I can picture the late Angus Lennie* trying to climb over it.
(* From the motion picture The Great Escape - M'lud)"
I must say that "Stalag Pendraken" flashed through my mind as well when I saw the photo.
Quote from: DHautpol on 21 April 2021, 11:48:31 AM
I must say that "Stalag Pendraken" flashed through my mind as well when I saw the photo.
Don't want those casting Dwarves escaping, They have been in "Lockdown" since 1992
Quote from: Techno II on 20 April 2021, 04:57:31 PM
The place looks brilliant, Leon !! :-bd
I think we're all SO pleased for you and the team.
Thirded. And as I put on my email, there really is no rush for my order. End of the week would be fine!!! :D :D
Quote from: DecemDave on 21 April 2021, 12:43:09 PM
Thirded. And as I put on my email, there really is no rush for my order. End of the week would be fine!!! :D :D
Sorry but I NEED MINE NOW :'( :d
Today's big news is that the outside fencing is complete and it's made a huge difference to the external appearance, it looks so much tidier and more 'professional' really. We need to give the original gates a new coat of paint and longer term we'll infill the internal grass/weed borders with concrete instead. I'd like a bit of greenery/nature to the front so I think we're going to build some basic raised beds and pop some of those meadow seeds in to give us some colour out front.
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We've made huge strides on the order front as well, with 40 packages going out today and another 60 ready for posting out tomorrow. The laser team have really ploughed through their stack and we're almost up to date on all MDF items.
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And we now have an address! We've confirmed that Cleveland House has been used previously so we've just reinstated that rather than go through the hassle/paperwork of changing it with the relevant places. Our first two deliveries arrived today from Epsilon and Vallejo so we've been able to fill a few back orders.
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Thursday we'll be continuing to get the orders out, the upstairs office will be finished ready for painting, and we'll be spending a few hours over at Old Pendraken to get the last of our stuff out of there. We've got a skip arriving for a load of the junk, so we should be able to start painting it early next week before we hand the keys back on the 30th.
Quote from: Orcs on 21 April 2021, 11:50:17 AM
Don't want those casting Dwarves escaping, They have been in "Lockdown" since 1992
And you know what Dwarves are like when it comes to digging.
This does explain the early installation of the concrete floors.
Bang Tidy
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Quote from: ianrs54 on 21 April 2021, 01:25:25 PM
Sorry but I NEED MINE NOW :'( :d
My order arrived yesterday afternoon :) mainly MDF bases.....yes l got the very distinct newly laser cut mdf smell when l opened the box :D
Quote from: Raider4 on 22 April 2021, 09:11:14 PM
Do not ever do that again.
No Sir! Very sorry sir.
It was inappropriate and in the worst possible taste.
Won't happen again.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 22 April 2021, 11:43:55 PM
No Sir! Very sorry sir.
It was inappropriate and in the worst possible taste.
Won't happen again.
Oh yes it will ;)
Congratulations on your latest (and so far, greatest) move, Leon. The documentation of it has been epic.
I wonder, can we request the color of the molding machine to be used 'cause I really like blue? Will you ever get a green one do you suppose?
Have you thought about producing vials of fresh MDF vapor? :D
Quote from: d_Guy on 23 April 2021, 03:49:40 PM
Congratulations on your latest (and so far, greatest) move, Leon. The documentation of it has been epic.
I wonder, can we request the color of the molding machine to be used 'cause I really like blue? Will you ever get a green one do you suppose?
If you want the blue one, most of the ranges from Ancients to 1905 would be the blue machine! Anything 20th Century will be the yellow one, and AWI/Naps/Fantasy/Sci-Fi are on the red machine. We do have a green one as well but it needs a new control panel fitting to it before it goes into regular use.
With your organizational skills I just knew there had to be a scheme!
As I do nothing before 1905 it's everything blue all the time! Your approaching 8 sigma customer satisfaction!
Now about them vapor vials... ;D
Quote from: d_Guy on 23 April 2021, 04:19:08 PM
Now about them vapor vials... ;D
I'm not sure there's a massive market for those! Although you can buy fresh Canadian air these days, so maybe there is something for us to tap into... https://vitalityair.com/collections/lake-louise
Quote from: Leon on 23 April 2021, 04:58:26 PM
I'm not sure there's a massive market for those! Although you can buy fresh Canadian air these days, so maybe there is something for us to tap into... https://vitalityair.com/collections/lake-louise
Some lunatic is* selling vagina scented candles, so there obviously is a market for these sort of things
*was - all sold out apparently - so, who's the lunatic? The woman selling these for $75, or the people buying them?
Quote from: Raider4 on 23 April 2021, 05:41:04 PM
Some lunatic is* selling vagina scented candles, so there obviously is a market for these sort of things
*was - all sold out apparently - so, who's the lunatic? The woman selling these for $75, or the people buying them?
Gwynneth Paltrow I believe.
Nuff said.
Geoff
Quote from: Raider4 on 23 April 2021, 05:41:04 PM
Some lunatic is* selling vagina scented candles, so there obviously is a market for these sort of things
*was - all sold out apparently - so, who's the lunatic? The woman selling these for $75, or the people buying them?
More to the point who had the job going round sniffing vaginas and making notes on the "tones of the scent" :)
Bit like the joke "What's the similarity between a Gynecologist and a Pizza Delivery Boy? :d
If you don't know the answer then PM me, but even I am not putting it on this forum
Thursday and Friday have been spent finishing off and tidying up the plasterboard inside and outside the new office, as well as getting the scaffolding tower back to shift a light unit and clear out some old wiring on the roofing beams.
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Back at the old unit, Adele has spent two days clearing everything out and sweeping/mopping the mountain of dust. We'll get this finished off over the weekend and then we can get it all repainted early next week. It's strange how big the place feels now that all of our stuff is out of it.
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And I forgot to take a pic of these last weekend, but after 3 weeks of crawling around measuring, sawing and drilling, my trusty boots gave up the ghost and fell apart. Time for some new ones I think!
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Finally, we've managed to get 173 orders processed and posted out this week so we're racing through the pile. We've taken on a new caster as well this week so once they're up to full speed we'll have 4 guys spinning your orders up each week.
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
Quote from: paulr on 24 April 2021, 01:43:09 AM
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
What he emoted!
Oh, and your boots are laughing at you. You should given them a d——d good thrashing.
I think Leon already has given them a d——d good thrashing ;)
Brilliant work, Leon !!
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: Leon on 23 April 2021, 10:18:30 PM
Back at the old unit, Adele has spent two days clearing everything out and sweeping/mopping the mountain of dust.
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:o Surely Milady shouldn't risk her perfect hands in such menial tasks!?
Quote from: Leon on 23 April 2021, 10:18:30 PM
And I forgot to take a pic of these last weekend, but after 3 weeks of crawling around measuring, sawing and drilling, my trusty boots gave up the ghost and fell apart. Time for some new ones I think!
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Finally, we've managed to get 173 orders processed and posted out this week so we're racing through the pile. We've taken on a new caster as well this week so once they're up to full speed we'll have 4 guys spinning your orders up each week.
Na Superglue fixes anything :d
Superglue really DOESNT boots, Ian, I know this from personal experience :D
Leon, how come your'e painting the OLD unit?! That was a rental wasn't it, and surely that's the landlords job?!
Quote from: toxicpixie on 25 April 2021, 12:49:40 PM
Superglue really DOESNT boots, Ian, I know this from personal experience :D
Leon, how come your'e painting the OLD unit?! That was a rental wasn't it, and surely that's the landlords job?!
Wasn't being serious, and cleaning up means you get your deposit back.....
Quote from: toxicpixie on 25 April 2021, 12:49:40 PM
Superglue really DOESNT boots, Ian, I know this from personal experience :D
Leon, how come your'e painting the OLD unit?! That was a rental wasn't it, and surely that's the landlords job?!
Yes surely that's down to reasonable wear and tear
Quote from: toxicpixie on 25 April 2021, 12:49:40 PM
Superglue really DOESNT boots, Ian, I know this from personal experience.
DOESNT boots ? :o :o
Yeah. Obviously. For boots you want duct tape.
Quote from: Leon on 23 April 2021, 10:18:30 PM
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Needs a mural.
Quote from: fsn on 25 April 2021, 06:28:26 PM
Yeah. Obviously. For boots you want duct tape.
Soldering iron and/or arc welder for proper boots ;)
And I'm with Orcs with that - unless you've trashed the place, it's an industrial unit and the landlords responsibility?!
Mind you having had to fight every bloody landlord Ive ever had for my deposit (having left places better than when I've moved in...) my faith in them is... limited...
Quote from: toxicpixie on 25 April 2021, 07:06:07 PM
Mind you having had to fight every bloody landlord Ive ever had for my deposit (having left places better than when I've moved in...) my faith in them is... limited...
Having had 4 girls going to Uni I would have been with you on that.
However last year the youngest finished her degree. Her landlord had been very responsive and reasonable throughout the two years they had stayed in his property.
When we went to collect her stuff after the end of first lockdown we bumped into him deep cleaning the house and decorating the rooms that were already unoccupied. He said to me " I am going to repaint the bedrooms and replace the hall carpet. The only work I have is wear and tear. When I came to this country I had a landlord refuse my deposit for no good reason, so I know what its like to be cheated. They will all get their deposits back within a fortnight of them leaving.". He was true to his word.
Blimey!
Well done that man :)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 25 April 2021, 12:49:40 PM
Leon, how come your'e painting the OLD unit?! That was a rental wasn't it, and surely that's the landlords job?!
Quote from: Orcs on 25 April 2021, 01:15:34 PM
Yes surely that's down to reasonable wear and tear
Quote from: toxicpixie on 25 April 2021, 07:06:07 PM
And I'm with Orcs with that - unless you've trashed the place, it's an industrial unit and the landlords responsibility?!
Sadly that's true of residential lettings but not commercial unfortunately. In a residential let the landlord has to accept 20% 'wear and tear' per annum, so after 5 years of a single tenant all of the fittings (carpets, curtains, white goods, etc) are no longer the tenants responsibility and if they need replacing then the landlord has to do it.
With commercials, the tenant has to leave the property in the same state as we took it on, so we have to repaint all walls, floors and doors, replace a water heater that's never worked in 9 years, get electric and gas safety certificates (although I'm challenging that second one as gas fixtures should be the landlord responsibility). They tried to get us to put down carpets that weren't present when we took it on as well. Basically we're making it all nice and ready for them to put new tenants straight in...
One of the other units in our compound used to be secondhand car dealers who left without doing anything to repair the place and the landlords sent them a bill for £6000 of work. We heard that it went to court and the judge found in the tenants favour, but potentially having to do something like that is a headache I could do without right now. We'll redecorate, make sure everything works and then hand the keys back. I'm fully expecting them to find something wrong and we won't get the deposit back anyway so I've written that off.
Time for another update! Saturday and Sunday we got the last of our stuff out of the old unit and then skimmed all of the plasterboards in the new office. The electrician was back in on Saturday and got the lights and sockets installed up there for us, so we now have light! I'll be starting the painting in there on Monday morning, while the rest of the painting team are back at the old place to get that sorted out.
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And as we're at the end of Week 4, I've done another update video for you:
Exemplary.
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
Brilliant !!! :-bd
Cheers - Phil. :)
Almost finished - whats going to go wrong :d
Quote from: Leon on 25 April 2021, 11:10:41 PM
Sadly that's true of residential lettings but not commercial unfortunately.
*snip*
One of the other units in our compound used to be secondhand car dealers who left without doing anything to repair the place and the landlords sent them a bill for £6000 of work. We heard that it went to court and the judge found in the tenants favour, but potentially having to do something like that is a headache I could do without right now. We'll redecorate, make sure everything works and then hand the keys back. I'm fully expecting them to find something wrong and we won't get the deposit back anyway so I've written that off.
Ah, that's rather tighter then...
Problem with landlords doing the latter is that it gives a perverse incentive for the tenant not to bother - if they're gonna sting your deposit, what's the point in even trying to make good?
Still? Good job you've enough time and resources to basically renovate the whole damn premises, even for the stuff that's always been duff! Cheeky deckers about the carpet - that's well off. Cant think why landlords/letting agents have a bad rep, neh.
Wow thats looking Brilliant
It doesn't look like much progress but I got all of the sanding done today and then started the cutting-in on the paintwork. With the exposed beams there's a whole lot of edges to paint! Tomorrow I'll get at least two block coats on and maybe a 2nd cutting in before we give it a final coat on Wednesday.
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Over at the old unit the painting team cracked on at a hell of a pace and got the whole unit repainted white in one day! Puts my efforts to shame a bit... With that done we can do the glossing on Tues, paint the floor on Wed, replace the strip lights on Thurs... and hand the keys back on Friday!
And finally we got another 40 orders packaged and posted out so the outstanding pile is getting smaller!
Leon,
How about a picture of the metal storage. How much do you keep on hand?
Cant be a wargames unit, far too clean.
Impressive work by all invovled and I bet you sleep well at night after a hard days work!
Quote from: ianrs54 on 27 April 2021, 06:59:52 AM
Cant be a wargames unit, far too clean.
They've only been there five minutes, Ian ! ;)
Give 'em a chance. ;D
Cheers - Phil :)
More impressive progress at both sites and with the orders =D> =D> =D>
Quote from: kipt on 27 April 2021, 04:18:11 AM
How about a picture of the metal storage. How much do you keep on hand?
The metal is stored on each station so there isn't really a central point for it. We don't keep a large amount on site either, there's a delivery at the start of each month and we soon go through it.
Quote from: Steve J on 27 April 2021, 07:07:47 AM
...I bet you sleep well at night after a hard days work!
If only! I might do once we get the other unit finished and handed back, but at the moment there's too many thoughts and impending deadlines for decent sleep.
Quote from: Techno II on 27 April 2021, 07:27:43 AM
They've only been there five minutes, Ian ! ;)
Give 'em a chance. ;D
Cheers - Phil :)
Just wait till a save die-rolls under one of those casting machines.
Quote from: Leon on 27 April 2021, 09:49:50 AM
The metal is stored on each station so there isn't really a central point for it. We don't keep a large amount on site either, there's a delivery at the start of each month and we soon go through it.
Just in time logistics then ?
Quote from: ianrs54 on 27 April 2021, 11:32:48 AM
Just in time logistics then ?
Basically! We've had bulk deliveries in the past if we think that the prices are due to go up suddenly, but it's a big outlay in one go.
How about putting out a Lead recycling bin at the stall when shows start again. Say you will donate £1 to Help for heroes for every Kilo collected. or give a raffle ticket for each kilo and at 50 KG pull a ticket from the hat for a free army pack.
I have given a load of lead figures to be recycled by a trader friend over the years. He mixes a little at a time into his melting pot .
My understanding is that the paint, varnish and glue would contaminate the melt. In otherwords it's not reallyn usable. Good idea though.
Leon wouldn't use 'second hand' metal....Good for him. :)
Otherwise I'd send all the 'used'/surplus to requirements stuff that ends up sitting on my desk, back to him.
It wouldn't be worth it.....It would cost more in postage, than the value of the white metal.
I'm afraid I 'bin' oodles of figures. :P
I could have probably lined the whole of Techno Towers a few times over with the figures I've got rid of.
Cheers - Phil :)
Build a nuclear bunker Phil
We've already got one, Ian. ;D
I'm sure I've mentioned this before.
In what is laughingly called the 'garden'/lawn ;D ;D ;D.....There's a tank that's so frigging enormous you could genuinely build a nuclear fallout bunker without too much effort.
Personally.....I wouldn't want to drown myself in that, as it stands, at the mo'......Poo...what a stinker. :-&
When we've had it emptied, in the past......Though never, ever emptied remotely fully......The 'stuff' that's floated up to the surface.....You really don't want to know.
I'm fairly certain that none of the 'remains' that have floated to the surface have been anything other than 'animal'.
I've never called the equivalent of CSI.
Cheers - Phil :)
That'd make a really sh*t bunker, Phil :D
Your apocalypse experience is going to stink.
One of the lesser-known perks of having a laser machine is the ability to knock up some flanges whenever you want...! We had some gaps around the roof joists that were a bit big for mesh/plaster/filler so we got our 2D guy to make us some handy flanges to sit over the joists and around the metal roof beam as well.
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Before the flanges:
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And after the flanges:
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I didn't manage to get the two coats done today but one coat and the second batch of edging is done.
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And Adele's continued work at the old place with all of the glossing done now and only the floor left to paint.
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We had some good news today as the landlords have agreed that we don't need to get the gas safety certificate as we've never used the heater, so that's £250 saved!
And another 35 orders went out so more progress on the outstanding pile!
Quote from: ianrs54 on 27 April 2021, 02:52:02 PM
My understanding is that the paint, varnish and glue would contaminate the melt. In otherwords it's not reallyn usable. Good idea though.
I have only ever given bare metal , nothing painted or glued
Today our new signs arrived, so the couriers can find us now!
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Over at the old unit Adele got the floor all painted and rather shiny it looks too! The last thing to do here is replace the strip lights, so once that's done on Thursday we're all set for handing the keys back at midday on Friday.
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We've been getting on with another few odd jobs today, including putting the insulation on top of the office roof. Never a fun job dealing with this stuff but that's half of it done and it'll be easy enough to finish this off tomorrow. The circular hole you can see in the roof is where the old heating unit flue went through, so we had a local roofing company out on Tuesday to fix that for us properly.
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...and another 45 orders went out in the post as well!
Cracking, racing through!
My two just shipped! You're killing it Leon!
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
The old place is looking very swish, good news on the gas safety certificate :-bd
"Cleveland House" so I take it you weren't too enamoured with all the tasteful suggestions made for the building name elsewhere? ;D
"Cleveland House" .... how many delivery drivers will go right past, looking for a Victorian mansion? :)
All looking good and Cleveland House is a good solid name .... though it lacks the panache of Worky McWorkshop :D
'Bout time someone changed the 'contact details' on the Pendraken Miniatures 'shop' site. :D
Von wants to change the details on the invoices begging letters we send. ;)
Cheers - Phil :)
Quote from: mmcv on 29 April 2021, 08:57:27 AM
"Cleveland House" so I take it you weren't too enamoured with all the tasteful suggestions made for the building name elsewhere? ;D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 29 April 2021, 09:00:47 AM
"Cleveland House" .... how many delivery drivers will go right past, looking for a Victorian mansion? :)
All looking good and Cleveland House is a good solid name .... though it lacks the panache of Worky McWorkshop :D
I really liked some of the suggestions, Centurion House and Vulcan House were my favourites. But when we did some more digging through the paperwork we found Cleveland House on an old energy survey and it was still showing on the council database. It's a pain getting names changed so we figured it was easiest to leave it in place rather than faff about trying to get it altered.
Quote from: Techno II on 29 April 2021, 10:07:34 AM
'Bout time someone changed the 'contact details' on the Pendraken Miniatures 'shop' site. :D
Von wants to change the details on the invoices begging letters we send. ;)
yeah... :-[ We've got a gremlin in the website somewhere and it won't let me update the address/Contact info on there. I've emailed the webguy to ask him to sort that.
Noticed my last order had the address crossed out on the free spider catcher flyer.
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 29 April 2021, 01:07:20 PM
Noticed my last order had the address crossed out on the free spider catcher flyer.
Good timing as the new compliment slips arrived today, complete with our new address!
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We've got all of the strip lights replaced at the old place so that's it all complete now and ready to hand back. End of an era there but we're moving on to bigger things now!
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And we also spent an hour or so with the scaffolding tower getting the workshop wall plasterboard skimmed and sealed, ready for painting early next week hopefully.
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Are you going to have a large 'Pendraken Miniatures' sign outside?
Huzzah for Ctrl + (so I can be certain that I've written down the new addy properly.) :D
Cheers - Phil. :)
I trust we'll be getting a video tour of the new place when everything is finished, including a group (mug :D)shot off all you good people at Pendraken?
Quote from: andys on 30 April 2021, 01:33:48 PM
including a group (mug :D)shot off all you good people at Pendraken?
That's banned under UK censorship rules
That's my current order cancelled :d :d
Quote from: John Cook on 30 April 2021, 01:31:39 AM
Are you going to have a large 'Pendraken Miniatures' sign outside?
We will be yes, I just need to get it designed and over to the printers to sort out.
Quote from: andys on 30 April 2021, 01:33:48 PM
I trust we'll be getting a video tour of the new place when everything is finished, including a group (mug :D)shot off all you good people at Pendraken?
I can do a video tour, no worries there. Rounding up the staff for a picture might be difficult though, a lot of them aren't too keen on being photo'd!
Quote from: Leon on 29 April 2021, 11:10:34 PM
And we also spent an hour or so with the scaffolding tower getting the workshop wall plasterboard skimmed and sealed, ready for painting early next week hopefully.
Ah! I see. A fresco then. "The Dark Lord leads his creatures to the inevitable supremacy of the one true scale!" Picture of Leon pointing optimistically into the future, whilst Milady stands at his side, dimpled chin determinedly stuck forward (possibly clutching a heroically streaming flag (with edges appropriately coloured)) whilst behind (and much smaller) the casting dwarves and the rest of the Pendraken bestiary gaze in appreciation, hope and a little green gunk in their eyes as they blink at the golden dawn of a new era.
Pendraken could all stand facing it every morning as they sing the company song and do 10 minutes of knee bends and stretches.
Maybe I don't actually appreciate the Pendraken company ethos.
Quote from: Leon on 30 April 2021, 01:51:24 PM
Rounding up the staff for a picture might be difficult though, a lot of them aren't too keen on being photo'd!
I have in the past, suggested a Pendraken calendar. I think the idea was misunderstood ... 'cos I certainly did not say the words "nude", "naked" or "in the buff".
I think I said "starkers".
Quote from: fsn on 30 April 2021, 04:44:23 PM
I have in the past, suggested a Pendraken calendar. I think the idea was misunderstood ... 'cos I certainly did not say the words "nude", "naked" or "in the buff".
I think I said "starkers".
Perhaps Leon could make a Forum Calendar using members of the forum holding strategically placed Pendraken products to hide their nakedness.
It could be sent out free with any order under £100 or you could 'opt out' of the free gift by paying an extra £5 delivery charge - He would make a fortune ;D ;D
Not until they release the Maus! :)
Quote from: Orcs on 30 April 2021, 06:32:32 PM
Perhaps Leon could make a Forum Calendar using members of the forum holding strategically placed Pendraken products to hide their nakedness.
Oh. Dear. God. :( :( :(
I don't think there's enough mind-bleach in the world to make this go away.
That was evil.
Quote from: Orcs on 30 April 2021, 06:32:32 PM
Perhaps Leon could make a Forum Calendar using members of the forum holding strategically placed Pendraken products to hide their nakedness.
Considering that the biggest product in the Pendraken catalogue is probably the WWI Railway gun at about 4 inches long, I think we might have some coverage issues...
It felt quite emotional today as we took the sign off our old unit and handed the keys back. But a new chapter now begins with more space, more products and more potential for the future. Exciting times ahead!
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Another 35 orders went out today as well which makes 185 packages sent out this week. The piles are starting to look a lot more normal so we should be back to something close to a 7-day turnaround again within 2 weeks I'd think.
Quote from: Orcs on 30 April 2021, 06:32:32 PM
Perhaps Leon could make a Forum Calendar using members of the forum holding strategically placed Pendraken products to hide their nakedness.
It could be sent out free with any order under £100 or you could 'opt out' of the free gift by paying an extra £5 delivery charge - He would make a fortune ;D ;D
Are you sure that 10mm products will do the job?
Didn't realise pendraken did 2mm...
Be OK for those who do the winter months
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 01 May 2021, 08:01:13 AM
Didn't realise pendraken did 2mm...
Wait till you see the Tardigrades. :D
Cheers - Phil ;)
Quote from: Techno II on 01 May 2021, 11:33:38 AM
Wait till you see the Tardigrades. :D
Cheers - Phil ;)
WARNING :o WARNING. :o The tardigrades have multiplied from another thread and are spreading across the known forum.
Well.....They ARE the masters of the universe. ;)
Heat them to the Nth degree.....Freeze them to almost absolute zero....and they'd still stick two fingers 'claws' up to us and say...."Is that all you've got ?"
Cheers - Phil ;D ;D
Quote from: Leon on 30 April 2021, 11:47:59 PM
Considering that the biggest product in the Pendraken catalogue is probably the WWI Railway gun at about 4 inches long, I think we might have some coverage issues...
I am sure that will be enough for the members of some of the forum members :d
But you cold use army packs or packaged orders, FSN looking around the banner you used to use at shows. Some of the MDF buildings would be suitable. You would only need to print a few on the office printer, as expect the 'No free calender' payment would be taken up the vast majority.
Quote from: Orcs on 01 May 2021, 01:48:36 PM
I am sure that will be enough for the members of some of the forum members :d
Ouoteth for thine self Orcs :P
EH ?...What ? (The last two posts)
Frigging Hell....Even I can type something approaching the English language when I'm half out of my brain on morphine based pain killers.
Just imatatin Bill Spearshake Phil....Nota on any bennies or simlur.
That was slightly easier to translate.....Huzzah !
Leon,
On the week 4 video there was a brief glimpse of what will be the entrance to the shop. I noticed it had a slight step, so not easily accessible for someone in a wheelchair? Something to consider at some point in the future perhaps?
Pity you're at 2D. One up would have been perfect.
Quote from: andys on 02 May 2021, 07:57:14 AM
On the week 4 video there was a brief glimpse of what will be the entrance to the shop. I noticed it had a slight step, so not easily accessible for someone in a wheelchair? Something to consider at some point in the future perhaps?
There is a step at the front of the shop sadly and that bit of the building opens up into the parking at the front, so I don't think we'd have space for a ramp without it impeding the vehicle access. Ideally we need to clear out some of the grass towards the fenceline to give more space for the cars to pull forward, so that might allow space for a ramp. Alternatively we've got a secondary door at the back of the shop which is currently a pair or patio doors (I don't know why!) so I'd like to have a ramp up to those for bringing stock in and out of the shop when we're loading the van for shows.
Leon you may have to put a ramp in due to building regulations.
Quote from: ianrs54 on 03 May 2021, 12:37:10 PM
Leon you may have to put a ramp in due to building regulations.
I don't think there's any requirement under building regs but if we open the shop then we'd need to have disabled access of some form. Looking at the entrance again, we've got a small entrance foyer as well which a wheelchair user would never be able to get through so the rear patio doors are going to be the easiest point to do something.
That should be fine. I was thinking of our Grade 1 listed Gergorian square, where they have an exemption for disabled access.
I'm confident that you'll only need to provide disabled access to non-public areas if you employ a disabled person.
I think we are talking about potential customers with a disability having equal access to the shop, vice employees. (who would, you are right, require adjustments).
The Equality Act 2010 requires some organisations, like shops, to make 'reasonable adjustments' to remove barriers people face, because of their disability, to have as equal access to services, as far as this is possible, as someone who does not have a disability.
What is 'reasonable' and 'as far as is possible' depends on many things - like practicability, cost, size of organisation etc.
May be as well to have a note somewhere* saying that you have at least considered the matter but found it impractical or prohibitively expensive(if such is the case), or your workaround involves access by another route. Just in case.
(a small step with infrequent use where a permanent ramp would block vehicular access could be solved by a small movable wooden ramp - the foyer is another matter.)
Probably okay on building regs - unless the shop would be a change of use in which case this document my apply:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441786/BR_PDF_AD_M2_2015.pdf
(section 0.1C existing building change of use)
(*By 'note', I mean on file somewhere, dated, rather than on the wall or door!)
Thanks for the info, I think the 'reasonable' bit would limit us doing anything from the front as we'd have to pull down the walls in the foyer and get a full-time ramp built into the drive/parking area, which isn't really feasible. Putting a permanent ramp to the rear doors would be fine though, as we'd wanted to do something for stock/show packing access as well.
Quote from: Gwydion on 03 May 2021, 06:22:50 PM
Probably okay on building regs - unless the shop would be a change of use in which case this document my apply:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441786/BR_PDF_AD_M2_2015.pdf
(section 0.1C existing building change of use)
I don't think the change of use aspect would be an issue anymore since they changed all of the usage bands last year. Where they used to have 'industrial', 'offices', 'retail' etc it's all been lumped together now into Class E I think, which covers all of those commercial uses.
Sounds like you're okay then! :)
Quote from: Gwydion on 04 May 2021, 01:14:26 AM
Sounds like you're okay then! :)
Hopefully, we'll probably ask the council to come and have a look at it once we're all settled in.
What I should have said first was:
What a brilliant piece of organisation and a super new workplace!
Congratulations!
Quote from: Gwydion on 04 May 2021, 12:14:58 PM
What a brilliant piece of organisation and a super new workplace!
Congratulations!
Thanks, you'll have to come visit if you're ever in the area. We've got a bit to do to get the shop and gaming room all setup but we'll get there with it.
Couldn't resist - told you it would all go smoothly ;D....
BUT
Where is my order :d
Quote from: Gwydion on 04 May 2021, 12:14:58 PM
What a brilliant piece of organisation and a super new workplace!
Completely agree! Well done - all your hard work appears to have paid off handsomely.
Thirded :)
Yes. Fourthed. (is that a word?)
And my little order has been dispatched as well. Which apart from being good in its own right puts you ahead of another supplier (different scale) who has not yet fulfilled one in the same timeframe despite NOT moving, modernising, refurbishing old premises, arguing with landlords, posting to social media, ....
I must remember this when the next WSS or Wargames Illustrated survey comes out.
Apologies for the lack of updates, we're working through some small fiddly jobs at the moment which don't make much difference visually, so photos/updates wouldn't look too impressive! So, over the past few days:
Saturday we went and picked up all of the fire doors for the new rooms/corridor, so we'll start fitting these on Friday.
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Monday was spent mainly finishing off the plasterwork and sanding it all down ready for painting, which we started today with two coats done. It'll need one last coat tomorrow and then I'll put some trim around the windows and tidy everything up a bit.
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We took a couple of hours today to get the shop tidied up a bit as well. It had mainly been used as a bit of a dumping ground while we found homes for things but with the rooms starting to come together now we thought we might as well set it up like our show stand and then we can see what's what. There's a lot of empty hooks here which we'll need to get filled up before we head off to the first show post-Covid (which is currently scheduled to be Hammerhead) and then we'll need fresh stock throughout once we start fitting out the shop.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51160474953_f920bc2326_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kWSNNn)Shop1 (https://flic.kr/p/2kWSNNn) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51159571227_8924001737_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kWNb9T)Shop2 (https://flic.kr/p/2kWNb9T) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
And we're also continuing to plough through the orders with 100 sent out so far this week and another 55 on the side for Thursday's post.
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Ooh! the shop looks good, almost makes me want to make the 500 mile round trip just to visit the shop to add more stuff to the Himalayas sized painting mountain
Want a wingman?
Quote from: ianrs54 on 04 May 2021, 01:15:45 PM
BUT
Where is my order :d
Arrived this morning.....
Quote from: ianrs54 on 06 May 2021, 01:17:21 PM
Arrived this morning.....
All good things come to those who wait . . .
I'm the World's least patient person though :P
Great that you'll have a shop on site, ditto a games room 8).
Quote from: Orcs on 06 May 2021, 12:49:49 PM
Ooh! the shop looks good, almost makes me want to make the 500 mile round trip just to visit the shop to add more stuff to the Himalayas sized painting mountain
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 06 May 2021, 12:52:56 PM
Want a wingman?
You're both very welcome!
Quote from: Steve J on 06 May 2021, 06:03:25 PM
Great that you'll have a shop on site, ditto a games room 8).
The shop should be a great addition, I'm hoping to have it all sorted and setup by July hopefully. The gaming room will be a couple of months behind that I think as we'll need to do some adjustments to the building for that.
Quote from: Steve J on 06 May 2021, 06:03:25 PM
Great that you'll have a shop on site, ditto a games room 8).
Hear, hear !! :-bd
Cheers - Phil. :)
Well Done with the move and re-fit.
I've been lurking watching it all unfold and build taking inspiration
for my impending move to my new home in a few months.
(more info to come closer to the time)
regards
Sean
With the outside of the office/laser room all painted white now we've been able to seal and frame the gaps around the windows, just to make them look a bit neater:
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Upstairs we've started the fire doors today so I now have a frame in my office, which makes it feel a lot more like a room now:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51164986214_c11c7dbc9c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kXgVQJ)DoorFrame (https://flic.kr/p/2kXgVQJ) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
We had to take the scaffolding tower back to the hire place today so I quickly got the insulation finished off before it went back. I hate working with this stuff, I feel like I'm picking shards out of my arms for days, despite wearing several layers and gloves!
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And with all of the machines and staff working hard to catch up on the orders, another 188 packages have been posted out this week to patient customers everywhere. Hopefully they all arrive quickly for you!
Fibreglass, is it? Ugh!
What about a hazmat suit, Leon ?
That should keep the vile stuff off your skin, and you could wear it at the supermarket to give all the other shoppers a scare. :D
Cheers - Phil. :)
Restricted purchase Phil....
I know it's be posted a dozen times already but I am amazed by the speed of progress.
In the Foul Times, a great plague hit the land, and Nobby was much afraid, for he was old and fat and susceptible to the unhappiness of the people. Nobby went to his burrow and sealed up the entrance and was determined not to emerge until the land was free of the plague, but by tea-time he had consumed his supplies and so had to emerge to forage for biscuits. So it went on for many a month, and Nobby grew to enjoy the life of a hermit, and he spoke to no-one, and chose the path that avoided the other dwellers of the land. In the dark months Nobby re-organised his collections and looked upon the Centurions with much favour and he chuckled as he crooned a little song over them. He looked at his Guards in their Armour and consulted his grimoires to see if there were anything he had missed and did not know if he should be satisfied or disgruntled that there was nothing he could not reasonably add. At the back of his hoard he found the box that disturbed him. Nobby scowled and reached for the box. He knew it contained the Ring of Neelin-fi. He scowled again and thrust the box back into the very darkest corner of his burrow.
That night his dreams were unquiet. He saw in them the Ring of Neelin-Fi and it bubbled and mocked him in a chorus of high piercing voices. Then came to his dream he friend and mentor, Techno II, known in the land of his fathers as Phil the Green Stuff and by the staff at his local hospital as Lewis Scalpel Hands, not for his skill with the blade, but because of the usual diagnosis.
"Oi Nobby, you Oik!" Phil the Green Stuff intoned his usual greeting. "How come I'm in your dream? ... 'cos I'm actually awake and trying to de-worm a hedgehog."
"You know hedgehogs eat worms, don't you?" Nobby inquired solicitously.
There was a brief pause, then the night-wraith spoke thus "wondered why she was putting up such a fight. Anyway, all yours now."
Freed from his self imposed act of animal husbandry, Phil the Green Stuff peered about Nobby's burrow. Nobby could see the keen intellect at work; the furrowed brow, the myopic stare, the line of drool.
"It's the Ring of Neelin-Fi" prompted Nobby.
"Obviously, " snapped Phil the Green Stuff, "but I was just checking to see if there were any biscuits."
"What am I to do?"
"The Ring of Neelin-Fi will drag down your soul, well it would if you had one and not had it replaced with an ability to remember obscure historical facts and recite that at inappropriate times." Nobby thought back to his grandmother's funeral. It was the anniversary of the battle of Salamanca and he thought his eulogy was a refreshing break from those people waffling on about Granny.
Phil the Green Stuff beheld the creature that he once had high hopes for, but had come to recognise as a complete idiot.
"You know what you must do?" He asked gently?
"Stock up on digestives?" Nobby responded eagerly.
"No." Phil the Green Stuff drew a pipe from an inner pocket and began to grate a carrot into it. Nobby had seen this action before and wondered if Phil the Green was as wise as advertised. "No," said Phil the Green again, because the narrative about the pipe had been quite long and he feared his dramatic negative had been somewhat undermined. "No" said Phil the Green a third time, sounding frankly a bit narky. "NoyoumusttaketheRingofNeelinFiback" Phil the Green was frankly gabbling a bit now.
"Sorry?"
"No. You must take the Ring of Neelin-Fi back."
"To the Post Office?"
"No. Back to the fire, back to the lair of the Dark Lord, back to Middle-Borough."
"Oh."
"The narrator's having a strop. I'm sorry. Honest."
It is well known that the role of narrator is much despised by characters, but really rather vital to the plot. Narrators though, are gracious in the face of adversity.
Nobby gasped.
"Gasp!"
He blanched, even though it seemed an odd time to prepare vegetables.
"Yes, you must journey far to the North to Middle-Borough, and return the Ring of Neelin-Fi to the fire!" Phil the Green intoned in his most portentous voice - the effect being slightly diminished by the spray of carrot shavings that dropped from his pipe.
"Will Milady be there?" Asked Nobby hopefully.
"Well if she is, you're not allowed within 100 yards of the place" Phil the Green reminded him gently.
"True, true" said Nobby a little disappointed. He nibbled on a Digestive and wondered about Custard Creams.
"Will you accept the quest?" Intoned Phil the Green. He liked intoning.
"Yes." Said Nobby, unenthusiastically. "I shall journey to Middle-Borough to return the Neeling-Fi Ring to the fire."
But Phil the Green had gone, and all that was left was the smell of carrot.
"But only after the land is free of the plague." Mused Nobby as he reached for another Digestive.
The what? ;D
The Neelin-Fi Ring. The scourge of Pendraken ... like this ...
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/1910/FFL3.jpg)
A fine figure of a man.
And clearly battling the same gale force wind as AS5
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 08 May 2021, 08:01:35 AM
Restricted purchase Phil....
Nah....You can buy all
sorts of cruddy suits, Ian.
They seem to vary from around £60 to well over £1K....Goodness knows whether any of them are of any of the
remotest use...though the expensive ones reckon they're good enough to stop any sort chemical or biological 'stuff'.
Quote from: fsn on 08 May 2021, 09:31:16 AM
Phil the Green Stuff beheld the creature that he once had high hopes for, but had come to recognise as a complete idiot.
"Yes, you must journey far to the North to Middle-Borough, and return the Ring of Neelin-Fi to the fire!" Phil the Green intoned in his most portentous voice - the effect being slightly diminished by the spray of carrot shavings that dropped from his pipe.
"Will you accept the quest?" Intoned Phil the Green. He liked intoning.
"Yes." Said Nobby, unenthusiastically. "I shall journey to Middle-Borough to return the Neeling-Fi Ring to the fire."
But Phil the Green had gone, and all that was left was the smell of carrot.
"But only after the land is free of the plague." Mused Nobby as he reached for another Digestive.
Nobby !.....I've told you before. When I appear in your dreams X_X.....I don't want sodding
digestives......Techno (II) needs
Twiglets !!
Cheers - Phil ;)
As an aside.... a certain
OIK,
very kindly sent me a package for my recent birthday.
Said package contained a number of items......One of which was a 'Covid' face-mask, which is basically the bottom half of a face...This face has a beard & mustache which makes the wearer look like he's had very bad plastic surgery.
Last Saturday, I walked into the local Chemists (Pharmacy) to get the papers and some of my medication, wearing said mask.
I knew 'Heather' (who was at the front of the shop..doing some sort of stock-take) saw me out of the corner of her eye....I'm easily spotted, because of the awful yellow jacket I wear....and my mane of hair.
She turned, and then totally collapsed with laughter.....hands on knees...almost wetting herself (truly)......Then ran to the back of the shop, calling to the pharmacist and the other operative, to come and have a look.
It's nice to make folk smile....especially at the moment.
Anything that helps Phil.
Ain't that the truth, chum.
Cheers - Phil. :)
And its not even Christmas ;)
You have excelled yourself, at least twice, M'Lord Oik
Well done Phil
Excellent Phil, Mr. Oik :D
Good work Leon!
Saturday was spent up in the office getting another coat of paint on everything so hopefully we can get this finished off on Monday and ready for the carpets. The stairwell will be next where we just need to plaster/sand/paint the walls and give the stair edges a coat of gloss.
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When does your giant Throne of Darkness desk come altar get installed?!
Quote from: toxicpixie on 09 May 2021, 09:46:56 PM
When does your giant Throne of Darkness desk come altar get installed?!
Soon hopefully! I'm looking for something that falls into the 'ludicrous' category, a bit like Raj from Big Bang...
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/d4/39/cfd439b467e015c5b72b3edb6e990b80.jpg)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 09 May 2021, 09:46:56 PM
When does your giant Throne of Darkness desk come altar get installed?!
I envisage this as something like the 'Iron Throne' in Game of Thrones, but it being occupied by M'lady as we all know she owns 'The One Ring of Power'
Alas HBO are no longer selling (or rather failing to sell) their replica Iron Thrones.
However, 1st Dibs (https://www.1stdibs.co.uk) have the following, among others.
(https://a.1stdibscdn.com/maderas-de-santa-barbara-gothic-revival-elvis-jungle-room-style-throne-arm-chair-for-sale/1121189/f_228430721615322664530/22843072_master.jpg?disable=upscale&auto=webp&quality=60&width=320)(https://a.1stdibscdn.com/english-gothic-revival-carved-throne-chair-for-sale/1121189/f_183890521584771722780/18389052_master.jpg?disable=upscale&auto=webp&quality=60&width=320)(https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/9779/05_15/1697672/ORG_1697672.jpeg?disable=upscale&auto=webp&quality=60&width=320)
Prices are quite steep though!
They look horribly uncomfortable
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 10 May 2021, 06:50:10 AM
They look horribly uncomfortable
They're designed to be impressive, not for comfort . . .
An alternative look is early 1970's tubular stainless steel and black leather.
Accessorised by a prominent button that opens the trap-door and drops the customer victim into the pirhana tank below.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 10 May 2021, 08:46:17 AM
An alternative look is early 1970's tubular stainless steel and black leather.
Accessorised by a prominent button that opens the trap-door and drops the customer victim into the pirhana tank below.
You channeling Elon Musk again?
Leon's going to need a whole lotta weird before he gets that weird...
Quote from: toxicpixie on 10 May 2021, 08:56:32 AM
Leon's going to need a whole lotta weird before he gets that weird...
You
quite sure about that ?
Yes. Very yes.
When Grimes is the sane and grounded one in the relationship you know it's bonkers :D
Quote from: toxicpixie on 10 May 2021, 08:56:32 AM
You channeling Elon Musk again?
Leon's going to need a whole lotta weird before he gets that weird...
So should that be Leon Musk? Elon's secret twin brother...?
Geoff
Quote from: Elliesdad on 10 May 2021, 05:08:05 PM
So should that be Leon Musk? Elon's secret twin brother...?
ELON
LEON
We're just two letters and $166 billion apart...
You are still young
Quote from: DecemDave on 10 May 2021, 05:44:40 PM
You are still young
and sane ... hmmm ... money or sanity?
Quote from: Leon on 10 May 2021, 05:15:08 PM
ELON
LEON
We're just two letters and $166 billion apart...
If someone were to give me $166 billion then I'd change my name in an instant.
My name only has 3 letters in common with "Elon Musk" and none of 'em in the same placing.
If they gave me $166 billion I'd happily spend a billion on lawyers to tell them stuff off I'm keeping my name. :D
Quote from: Big Insect on 10 May 2021, 06:17:18 PM
and sane ... hmmm ... money or sanity?
Can I see the medical reports Mr Fry ;) ;) ;) ;)
Sanity everytime!
Is there a Sanity Clause? :)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 11 May 2021, 01:27:58 PM
Is there a Sanity Clause? :)
Don't be ridiculous, as any fule no there ain't no Sanity Clause!
Quote from: Leon on 10 May 2021, 05:15:08 PM
ELON
LEON
We're just two letters and $166 billion apart...
But what would you do with all that money ? :)
You could afford to run Pendraken as a charity sending out free figures to all us addicts
Quote from: Orcs on 11 May 2021, 02:55:44 PM
You could afford to run Pendraken as a charity sending out free figures to all us addicts
He'd probably make
more money running a charity. Lots of em over £100k p.a. last time the Grauniad did a survey .
It's been a little while since the last update so there's been a load of work going on! We've now got the fire doors all framed and fitted, so we just need to paint the frames and pop some handles on these next. They'll all need return hinges as well to keep them closed.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51187396917_6c4c9c31f7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kZfMLa)CorridorDoor1 (https://flic.kr/p/2kZfMLa) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
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The office has had it's white finished off and we've added the skirting boards and protective strips on the corners. The carpets are coming in on Thursday so we'll finally be able to get the office setup properly and catch up on a lot of paperwork/orders/queries.
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The stairwell is now all white and we've tidied up some of the rougher edges with some of this handy plastic trim, it's amazing what you can cover with this stuff!
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Out in the workshop we've been doing some more small jobs with the casting partitions topped, the fire window framed out and then the extra worktops fitted against the laser room wall.
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And as well as all of that, we managed to post out 222 orders last week!
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We've done another progress video as well for anyone who wants to listen to my dulcet tones...!
Stroll on.......I keep remembering you running PD from your garage. :o
This is definitely a bit better !! :-bd
Cheers - Phil. :)
And here's me thinking that wargaming was a cottage industry !
Is the glowing door the flames of the casting dwarves?
Coming along nicely :D
This all coming along very nicely and should look great once it's finished, plus being a nice space to work in :).
Hang on ... where was the Throne Room, the Punishment Wing, the Casting Dwarf Pens, Milady's Dimple Emporium, and the gaunt wretch that used to be Dave?
Looking very snazzy.
All that and 222 orders :-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd
Quote from: fsn on 19 May 2021, 08:04:38 PM
the gaunt wretch that used to be Dave?
I think you must be mistaken FSN. Every time I have seen Dave at a show he is either eating Pie and chips, or drinking a Latte while "networking" (well thats what he call skiving off for a coffe every 10 mins) :D
So I hardly you can call him either gaunt or a wretch.
Quote from: Orcs on 20 May 2021, 12:03:50 AM
Every time I have seen Dave at a show he is eating Pie and chips,
It's the only time he's allowed to eat.
On another matter Leon, aside from having extra elbow room, do you think the new premises will increase productivity? Better workflows etc?
Quote from: fsn on 21 May 2021, 10:36:47 PM
On another matter Leon, aside from having extra elbow room, do you think the new premises will increase productivity? Better workflows etc?
Definitely, on several fronts as well.
- The laser machines used to be crammed down a 6x15ft strip in the old place so it was a pain trying to get up and down to empty them. With a new 20x15ft room there's plenty of space to spread out and make it more efficient.
- The casting stations used to be in the corners of the workshop with the moulds sticking out from walls and inbetween the tables, so it was quite disjointed. The new layout with all 4 stations in quadrants in the middle, with moulds in chronological order along the walls is much easier to get around. The new tables also have shelf space for several ranges, so each caster is able to put their most frequently used ranges on their own table and remove the walking/carrying about.
- The packaging room is about 3 times the size with all of our stock storage in there. As well as the obvious space improvements, it's also now dust-free which keeps the stock nice and clean for sending out.
- The office has gone from an 8x10ft box with no space for filing systems to a 27x15ft proper office space with room for two full desk setups, filing cabinets, book shelves, etc. I'll be able to set up a 'Design Wall' where we can hang all of the various projects we've got on the go, I can make a permanent photo-booth area for taking pics, a permanent 'figure cleanup' station for getting new releases prepped, etc. There's even space for a couple of tub chairs and a coffee table to have mini-meetings at!
We've seen the efficiency already as we've posted out over 200 orders for two weeks running now and we've completely caught up on all of the orders placed during the move. We've currently got about 50 orders pending in total, which is something that we usually only manage around Christmas/New Year when things go quiet. About a dozen of those orders are waiting on various stock to arrive as well, so it's not a delay at our end of things. The pre-20th century casting guys actually ran out of orders on Thursday, which doesn't happen very often!
It'll take a while for us to get everything running properly and for me to implement a lot of the processes that I'd like to have in place, but within a couple of months we should be running pretty smoothly I think.
That's good to hear.
I've put three orders in during May, and they've all been despatched within 3-4 days. :-bd
In Middle-Borough, pre-C20 casters are standing idle as their machines cool. You know what will happen next, we've seen it before. They will idly start discussing Hegel's Dialectics, or the merits of abiogenesis and panspermia, and the next thing the whole workforce will have downed tools and started debating weighty matters. That leads to a massive consumption of custard creams and The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Before you know it the pre-C20 will be entrenched in their support of String Theory and the packers will be convinced in their lived experience of padded bags and there will be a breakdown of order as the C20 team will have formed an anarcho-syndicalist cabal and will be disrupting the means of production by providing Pz IVa turrets to PzIVh hulls, whilst the despatch team will be randomly assigning packages to based on cosmic ordering and the language of flowers. Meanwhile, Milady in a strike against the patriarchy will reject the notion of sorting moulds in chronological order, in favour of a pseudo-order approved by Simone de Beavoir, whilst the tub chairs will be appropriated by the number crunchers in a shockjng misinterpretation of the principles of Confucius.
For just £5.50, you can order a pack of SC5 "Mahdists - Shaven Head". By this simple act, you will keep a pre-C20 casting dwarf from dabbling in C19 German philosophy, and so prevent the ultimate disintegration of society as we know it.
...... oh, no ...... he's forgotten to take his pills again.
:P
Nah -p they have never worked :'( :'(
Quote from: Leon on 21 May 2021, 11:23:14 PM
The pre-20th century casting guys actually ran out of orders on Thursday, which doesn't happen very often!
Well.....I trust you sent them to find my 'dollies' mould and spin it oodles of time, if they had nothing else to do......Bloomin' slackers.
Cheers - Phil. ;)
Bit impatient there Phil :!! :!!
Well.....you keep telling me to work faster. ;)
At the mo' I'm recycling old masters from the Falklands' and Korean Wars ranges.
They take far longer to 'strip back' than fresh dollies....and the old figures are far more fragile.
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: Westmarcher on 22 May 2021, 09:47:37 AM
...... oh, no ...... he's forgotten to take his pills again.
You'll be sorry when you can't place an order without a 2000 word essay on the Permian Extinction!
Casting dwarves have to be kept busy. It's not well known that Stephen Fry was employed by Minifigs to cast their Ancients ranges until there was a delay in the supply of raw materials and he picked up a copy of the Mabinogian. He had to let go after an altercation with a colleague who was incapable of reciting the lineage of Amphitryon.
Quote from: Techno II on 22 May 2021, 10:26:49 AM
Well.....I trust you sent them to find my 'dollies' mould and spin it oodles of time, if they had nothing else to do......Bloomin' slackers.
I think Ian was on with that on Thursday, I'll have a check and see.
Quote from: Leon on 22 May 2021, 03:34:37 PM
I think Ian was on with that on Thursday, I'll have a check and see.
No Thursday I was invigillating at All Saints in Kirby :d
Another update now as we have some carpets! The carpet fitter came on Friday and got them all sorted for us, so we quickly got the office furniture up there and into place.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51200789816_4076269131_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m1rr1d)OfficeCarpet1 (https://flic.kr/p/2m1rr1d) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
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We've also framed out the office and workshop doors.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51201853030_59d8716033_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m1wT4u)OfficeDoorFramed (https://flic.kr/p/2m1wT4u) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
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And we've got another update video for those who prefer their updates in moving pictures.
This works really well if read out in a Pathe News voice.
Quote from: fsn on 22 May 2021, 09:24:38 AM
That's good to hear.
I've put three orders in during May, and they've all been despatched within 3-4 days. :-bd
In Middle-Borough, pre-C20 casters are standing idle as their machines cool. You know what will happen next, we've seen it before. They will idly start discussing Hegel's Dialectics, or the merits of abiogenesis and panspermia, and the next thing the whole workforce will have downed tools and started debating weighty matters. That leads to a massive consumption of custard creams and The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Before you know it the pre-C20 will be entrenched in their support of String Theory and the packers will be convinced in their lived experience of padded bags and there will be a breakdown of order as the C20 team will have formed an anarcho-syndicalist cabal and will be disrupting the means of production by providing Pz IVa turrets to PzIVh hulls, whilst the despatch team will be randomly assigning packages to based on cosmic ordering and the language of flowers. Meanwhile, Milady in a strike against the patriarchy will reject the notion of sorting moulds in chronological order, in favour of a pseudo-order approved by Simone de Beavoir, whilst the tub chairs will be appropriated by the number crunchers in a shockjng misinterpretation of the principles of Confucius.
For just £5.50, you can order a pack of SC5 "Mahdists - Shaven Head". By this simple act, you will keep a pre-C20 casting dwarf from dabbling in C19 German philosophy, and so prevent the ultimate disintegration of society as we know it.
I thought it was highly creative - 1st rate styff
But I'd warn against dwarves (of any sort) getting embroiled in discussions about String Theory - it all ends up with tears before bed time and is very messy.
You really do have a nice office space now Leon & Co, which is excellent to see :).
Quote from: Big Insect on 25 May 2021, 12:16:28 PM
But I'd warn against dwarves (of any sort) getting embroiled in discussions about String Theory - it all ends up with tears before bed time and is very messy.
Absolutely! I had a team of programming dwarves who got embroiled in a dispute about the nature of Dark Matter. It was weeks before we could return the teaspoons to the canteen!
I'm just glad to see there's a vacuum cleaner there, now....(To keep all those nice new carpets free from all the talc dust.)
Cheers - Phil. :)
As we hit the 2-month mark in our new unit, we can declare Stage 1 complete!
The main rooms are all operational now, so we've got casting and laser machines up and running, the packaging team are getting your orders out to you quickly, and this week we got the office setup so that we can get the paperwork organised properly. There's a few minor things to tidy up over the rest of this week, door handles, painting, plastic trim, etc but these can be done around the day-to-day jobs. We've grabbed some pics of the different rooms to show where we were only 8 weeks ago!
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With Stage 1 complete we can also now look through all of the current projects and start making some progress on those. First up will be the Peninsular Napoleonics so keep an eye out for an update there. The new website will hopefully be ready in a few weeks as well, which will be a real upgrade to the current site.
Stage 2 of our move will be getting the shop ready and open, but work on this won't start for several weeks. As much as we'd planned and budgeted for the move, there's only so much that can be forecast accurately before you actually get into the building, so the overall costs of the move have been a lot higher than we'd hoped. We'll need to take some time to refill the bank account before we can start looking at fitting out the shop.
Stage 3 will be the gaming room at the back of the premises, which again will be tackled once we've got the shop opened and things have settled down a bit.
So, keep your orders coming in and we'll get them out to you asap!
:-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd
Great to see the before and after pics, which shows how much you have all achieved in a short space of time :).
Excellent work
Looks brilliant ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: Leon on 25 May 2021, 11:05:13 PM
, so the overall costs .....have been a lot higher than we'd hoped.
Same as my 10mm army then! - bases, scenics, bits I forgot ,...
I can probably predict something similar 3 months after receipt of the Peninsular Naps so that should cover a roll of till paper for the shop!
Well done on the move. Have enjoyed the updates from the front.
Superb
Ooh! RATHER SWISH! (And maybe more so than my old workplace which cost 2m when New...and LOTS of 'mprovements' when floors/roofing drainage, etc. failed!!). :)
Do hope your security redshirts checked out 'The Bloke' in a Mask, 'eyeballing' the premesis in the pic, though! :o
I Jest, ;D But Que est? :)
Looks brilliant. Now I am back from my expedition into Wales, I will have to place an order
Brilliant how you managed to convert a car and trailer into a set of moulds. Must have been a heck of a job melting it down. :D
Quote from: Techno II on 25 May 2021, 06:27:10 PM
I'm just glad to see there's a vacuum cleaner there, now....(To keep all those nice new carpets free from all the talc dust.)
Cheers - Phil. :)
Hoovering is a 'pink' job, so not something I know much about!
Quote from: KeithS on 31 May 2021, 12:47:48 AM
Brilliant how you managed to convert a car and trailer into a set of moulds. Must have been a heck of a job melting it down. :D
I'll bet you get a lot of 10mm's from a recycled engine block.
Na - the Steel has far too hiogher melting point.
And "Pink Job" ???? :ar!
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 31 May 2021, 09:02:25 AM
And "Pink Job" ???? :ar!
Orcs uses pink for jobs that are traditionally done by females - ironing, vacuuming etc. - and blue for jobs done traditionally done by males - lawn mowering, putting up shelves, etc.
No idea what colour is assigned to unisex jobs ;)
I had heard Pendraken had moved to a new facility, but after reading 26 pages on the up & downs I have to hand it to Leon & the team over there that did the work. Quite an accomplishment with everything added or modified.
Bob
Quote from: Antioch on 02 June 2022, 05:17:09 AMI had heard Pendraken had moved to a new facility, but after reading 26 pages on the up & downs I have to hand it to Leon & the team over there that did the work. Quite an accomplishment with everything added or modified.
Thanks Bob, it was a ton of work and looking through these pages it seems so long ago now!
Quote from: Raider4 on 31 May 2021, 09:11:40 AMOrcs uses pink for jobs that are traditionally done by females - ironing, vacuuming etc. - and blue for jobs done traditionally done by males - lawn mowering, putting up shelves, etc.
No idea what colour is assigned to unisex jobs ;)
I think he probably classifies sleeping on the sofa and painting soldiers as a 'blue' job as well. It is genetic after all.