Very nice! I could see me buying a 3D printer in retirement for playing with.

30% of the roof insulation in.
Bloody awful job.
I'm not so skinny, and the corners and edges are a tight squeeze!
A broom is my friend, reaching further than I can propel myself.
Also head-torch, and bluetooth headphones (was listening to a couple of first series episodes of 'The Young Ones' tonight).

Putting in 45m2 of flooring for storage, but I have to raise the ceiling joists by 2.5" so the insulation is not compressed.
We have major timber shortages at the moment, mostly covid related.
Managed to find 190mm framing timber a couple of hours drive away. Hopefully drive up and get this on Friday. Will rip them to 60mm on the table saw.
And found some 15mm packing sheets, to be sent at £60 freight. Still way cheaper than suitable plywood.

This is going to take me some time to complete.

Most places here will deliver.  Driving two hours to get wood!

It's a different country !


UK deliveries have become cheap, sometimes free.
We are, or used to be the country with the most online purchases, which makes deliveries easier and therefore cheaper.

That flooring quote was insane.
I'd prefer someone else do it but not for that cost.

I like to get at least 3 prices, 5 is better.
The advice and opinions can be more useful than the cost saving. I often learn things I didn't know
Some years back I got companies in to quote for topping up my slightly uneven loft insulation
One guy would not even quote as he said it would make no difference.

Chose a company that did a good job and could feel the difference.
A good buy for probably double what material would have cost me and a job I didn't want to do myself

If you like using pruning saws, Mike, then yes I have a recommendation for you. I prefer them for all types of jobs and I like the way that they cut on the pull stroke rather than the push. What you need is a Silky Gomtaro. They are pricey but incredible things. When I ran a Christmas tree business, we used to keep a couple handy for trimming down the bottom of trees for customers and there would often be a chainsaw nearby and we would use the Gomtaro by preference because the job could usually be done before a motor saw could be started.
There are several blade sizes to choose from - I prefer 30cm or more. They come in a sheath to keep them safe. They need it because they are astonishingly sharp. Despite the fact that the teeth seem very big and course compared to a traditional woodworking saw, the finish of cut is amazingly clean and for posh jobs, rarely needs cleaning up much at all. If you want a folder, then there are plenty to choose from in the Silky range but I think that's an unnecessary weak point.

If you want some real fun, set yourself the task of learning a 3D modelling application that works in tandem with 3D printers (something you can do whilst listening to music) and then you can create - or recreate - your own models to print.  Blender would probably be the best bet.  It's free, powerful, open source, and it exports .STL files natively.  It would stop your 3D printer from becoming an expensive doorstop when you got bored with printing other people's ideas.

I remember when Blender first came out.  It was the "poor relation" of "proper" 3D applications.  It's now acheived "industry standard," status.  People seized on it because existing software was costing (and still does cost) a bloody fortune.

Check this site out all3dp.com/ for useful 3D printer info, and type "Blender" into the search bar to find out a bit more.  I warn you now though, it ain't easy learning from scratch.

(Must keep this from the boss, she'll want one right away)

I have started to learn to use Blender, but for the initial project I used Sketch-Up Pro as I had a deadline. Luckily a friend is a 3D modelling professional who uses Blender for his work and has offered to help me out when I get stuck. He made a model of the same object that I'd created as a comparison and I printed them side-by-side. Both were dimensionally accurate although I ended up using 'mine' as I had made a modification that made it more suitable in the end. A key difference though was the improved scalability of the Blender model: changing the pitch and depth of the spiral element to fine tune the function is useful rather than altering the core as I had to do in Sketch-Up is definitely a better approach.