Manchester Piccadilly P13 & 14 new platforms

[Bletchleyite]

Thanks. Love how Heath Robinson that drilling rig is - 6 normal hand drills mounted on a frame!

 

[GoneSouth]

Here is quite an interesting video about the installation method

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Superb. I want a stress busting shift hammering in the studs by hand. I’d name every single stud (probably best not name them here though)

 

[CAF397]

Why has the West end of the platforms not been resurfaced, but the East end has?

 

[Trackman]

Thanks. Love how Heath Robinson that drilling rig is - 6 normal hand drills mounted on a frame!

I was thinking that.
I bet there is some sort of machine somewhere that can do this without measuring by wood, multiple drills from B&Q and incorporating a 'henry' hoover and banging studs down all on its own.
Ah, yes - that will cost millions..

 

[chiltern trev]

So is installing individual tactile studs cheaper than laying the paving slabs with studs cast into them which could be laid at the same time as the platform edge copers?

Nice drill jig.

 

[Russel]

Thanks. Love how Heath Robinson that drilling rig is - 6 normal hand drills mounted on a frame!

Probably quite a cost effective way of doing things, if one drill breaks, nip to B&Q, buy a replacement and finish the job...

 

[dggar]

Probably quite a cost effective way of doing things, if one drill breaks, nip to B&Q, buy a replacement and finish the job...

Screwfix and Toolstation are just 'round the corner, and probably cheaper than B&Q

 

[AndrewE]

Screwfix and Toolstation are just 'round the corner, and probably cheaper than B&Q

but given the costs of downtime, don't you want a set of good drill bits that won't pack up in the first place? I thought that cooling masonry drill bits was important, or at least worthwhile, I pull mine out regularly and dip them in water, how do they do that?

 

[CAF397]

The platform surface looks like a type of Tarmac, which is decidedly softer than masonry.

 

[High Dyke]

Thanks. Love how Heath Robinson that drilling rig is - 6 normal hand drills mounted on a frame!

And then someone follows up with a hoover to remove the excess drill waste.

 

[Thomas6187]

Why has the West end of the platforms not been resurfaced, but the East end has?

It will be, but not until September I believe