The jail is solid, as is the bank:
Block carved with screwdriver, major shaping done with wood saw and jigsaw
The jail is solid, as is the bank:
Block carved with screwdriver, major shaping done with wood saw and jigsaw
Phil,
Good to hear from you.
The cruder the tools the greater the artist!
Next time try it with an entrenching tool (old army thing) or an axe.
Barry - BBT
I saw a bridge done in Hebel by a garden railway club in Australia many years ago that was amazing. I tried for a long time to get Hebel here in the states but finally gave up. Your structures look great.
Jon.
Thank you for sharing, Phil…you have been missed.
Nice work Phil Those look great Jon - Yogi has published his methods for using the pink or blue closed cell foam insulation you can get here in the states. I used his method to do some stone bridge piers and an abutment. The “carving” is done with a soldering iron.
(http://photo.cvsry.com/Bridge2-640.jpg)
(http://photo.cvsry.com/Bridge3-640.jpg)
I’ve since removed the abutment and replaced it with cast concrete, but the piers are still in use.
Barry Olsen said:
Phil,Good to hear from you.
The cruder the tools the greater the artist!
Next time try it with an entrenching tool (old army thing) or an axe.
Barry - BBT
Jon, I’ve done the foam thing for stuff outside but the ants eat it up from the inside out. Don’t know why either. As far as I know the foam in my roadbed is still fine. But it was painted, sandwiched between PVC sheets and buried. I had a arched viaduct similar to Phil’s but it didn’t last that long. I’ll try to find pictures of it but we’re talking 10 years ago ± so they may be gone too.
Jon.
Hey Jon -
That might be local thing. One of those foam bridge piers has been outside here for probably 5 years. No damage that I’m aware of. We have tons of carpenter ants (the big black ones) but they seem to like wood better.
I have a foam bridge, used the blue foam. Something was eating on the top edge, I used some concrete patch on the top edge and it has been pretty good since. Best idea may be to use the foam, cover it with concrete patch and scribe in the blocks while it is wet.
Jerry Barnes said:That sounds like the way to go. Gives the piece some additional weight too. I have several large bridge abutments to build. I may give that a try. The original plan is to use solid concrete. I would have to go 2 ft deep with a footer, use re-bar and quite a bit of ready-mix. Ralph
I have a foam bridge, used the blue foam. Something was eating on the top edge, I used some concrete patch on the top edge and it has been pretty good since. Best idea may be to use the foam, cover it with concrete patch and scribe in the blocks while it is wet.
Sounds like work Ralph! I made a base out of PT lumber to support the foam, then screwed it on. Scribed in block likes with a nail or something, can’t recall. Someone had articles in forums or in GR about using the foam, then concrete of some type over it. I used some dry stuff in a plastic container, vinyl patch?
More carving:
Phil, are they solid pieces of ecoblock, or do you add something to them for weight?
And how is everyone doing down there in Selbyville?..
Ken, they are solid, just carved out for windows and doors.
Selbyville continues…
Looking good Phil.
Jon.