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In order to try and make this project a bit more exciting I added some curry to the mix today.

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I'm optimistic about a big day tomorrow, the 20 brick frame is ready to be freed up.

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I'm not feeling flash at the moment hence the run rate has slowed a bit.

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A lean few days. I've noticed that, as could be expected, the bricks that are drying deep in the back of the shed are taking ages to dry. Consequently most of my frames are occupied for a long time. This is a problem. I'll try and put my bricks closer to the front of the shed from now on.

There is plenty of other things that can be done though. I've got enough dry bricks now that if I had a foundation, I could be laying some of them now, while the others are still drying. I've got a site lined up and I've changed my mind about how the roof is going to be. I had intended that it would just have one angle, but now I'm thinking it would be better to have a traditional house shape. The reason for this is that I can then use shorter pieces of corrugated iron, and I'll be able to have more overlap all round, to protect the bricks from any rain that gets driven in.

I've seen some good things at the auction rooms in Rangers, bits of metal that sit on top of the roof, and cover the change in angles between the corrugated iron. Struggling to use good words to explain that, but when I get some photos up it will become clear.

Something like this, Tim?

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Hal Ogen and Connell Cretemixer made their first appearances at the shed today. I had a brief ethical debate as to whether having Mr Cretemixer's assistance maintained the purity of the project. I think it'll be ok.

I'm still having problems with the shortage of frames, even though I have about 80 bricks worth. They are all holding drying bricks right now. So I changed my plan a little bit today, and decided I was going to put some time into drawing some plans and selecting a site, maybe start digging foundations.

There is some corrugated iron here, but some of it is assigned to another project. That other project occupied me for the most of the day. Once I know what iron I can use, that will help me determine the dimensions of the shack. I just can't wait to start again tomorrow.

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2 frames that hold 26 bricks and 26 bricks made.

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What a day. Luke Williams injected some much appreciated enthusiasm to the project. 38 bricks became the new day high. But there was more to it than that. Luke had a towball on his car which meant we could utilise a trailer and cart some serious clay. I've now got a great pile right beside where I'm doing my brick making that will occupy me for the next few days.

The first offal pile is pretty much exhausted so we attacked the second one. Extraction from there proved surprisingly simple, and we developed a really good system with the sifter on an angle so that the big stones would run off. Awesome. Thanks Luke, a top day at it.

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A productive few hours there today. 29 bricks and a 12 brick frame made. I tidied things up a bit in the shed too, I've got quite a few bricks drying on the floor, and not much floor space left.

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Friday yielded 9 bricks, and the making of a 9 brick frame. Saturday I constructed an 11 brick frame and made 6 bricks. Sunday was a horrible Canterbury day and I had other things to do, so no bricks made. Tomorrow should see some bricks being dry enough for me to remove the frames, so there is the potential for making many bricks.