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Other Stuff => Workbench => Tutorials => Topic started by: Wirelizard on 18 April 2012, 05:36:13 AM
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Over on my blog, I have put up an extensively-illustrated tutorial on how I do thatch roofing from towel.
Towel Thatch, A Photo Tutorial (http://www.warbard.ca/2012/04/17/towel-thatch-a-photo-tutorial/)
(http://www.warbard.ca/files/thatch4.jpg)
Feedback, requests for help or suggestions here or at the blog. Happy thatching!
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Neat stuff mate. Good to see you've worked out how to do hipped roofs and shared it, that bit alone could be a nightmare to the apprentice thatcher.
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Neat stuff mate. Good to see you've worked out how to do hipped roofs and shared it, that bit alone could be a nightmare to the apprentice thatcher.
The very first hipped & thatched roof I did (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36155.0), just before Christmas, caused more than a bit of head scratching, muttering, and fiddling with the in-progress roof while I tried to figure out how to fit everything gracefully.
The solution (remove a wedge/triangular-shaped piece of towel) turned out to be simple enough, happily.
The tutorial has had a lot of readers, hopefully it will inspire a few more thatched buildings out there!
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Ah so it did... the technique has come on. The web is indiscribably brilliant for this sharing of great ideas. I may well try this for a master for casting from. Any idea what might make a good dope to harden it off? Or do you think the white PVA might do it?
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I use the same thatch method with one change. I soak the towel in the water and wood glue mix. Then I squeeze the excess glue out. After I arrange the weave and let it dry, it goes rock hard. I found that every time I tried to add glue, I upset the weave. No matter what I did. I like your open frame for the towel to sit on. It looks like it gives you a natural bend between the rafters. I will have to give it a try.
Snitchy sends.