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Captain...or Skully
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Aug 29, 2012 - 11:54pm PT
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Good stuff, Kevin. I like what you can see in a piece of wood.
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john hansen
climber
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Aug 30, 2012 - 12:57am PT
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Bradon, it is always fun at the end of the day to look back and see what you got done. That is why I always liked framing.
One time we had a new guy working with us and me and Bob, my long time work partner decided at 2 oclock on a friday that we would build the stairs
from the lower to the upper story.
I cut the three stringers while Bob ripped the plywood for the treads and risers. We put the one by three on the stringer for the drywall and got them up.
A few big tubes of construction adhesive , a couple nail guns blazing,,
and we were done, only took about an hour and a half.
The new guy was fairly impressed.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 30, 2012 - 12:59am PT
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I'm into working too - it's hard to find a like minded person to build with...
When we bought the place in the picture a couple of posts above, it was a wreck inside. But we were lucky to find a like-minded person to work with on the renovation. Some weird dude who posts here under the name Steve Grossman.
Construction skills right off the charts.
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Aug 30, 2012 - 07:53am PT
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Squishy,
One of our cats was enthralled with your video of the quad in flight.
I was too... can't believe how that thing can maneuver.
Very cool build sir!
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Aug 30, 2012 - 10:51am PT
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Warbler, your stuff is amazing-GREAT JOB, thanks for the pics...
Love this thread!
Brandon you are building some cool involved homes!
good work ya'll, really fantastic..
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 31, 2012 - 11:24pm PT
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Ghost, How 'bout some interior shots of Steve's work?
I'll try to get something together next week. We're up in Squamish pretending that we're still climbers right now, and I've got a deadline to deal with when I get back home.
But once that's out of the way, I'll see if I can get something up.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all...
i always like this thread and what folks are up to....
i'm trying to more dreamcatchers now that the grandkids are back i school, and painting and may try a rag rug of burlap... not sure yet,
but for now:
i am a' building this for my twin buddies... this was a speical horse of their that died, :( and i am builing them this ol' SURPRISE...
kind of a late birthday gift, too...
the colors are already changed a bit since this pic...
more green and such added... :)
it's GETTING there, :)) face has a long way to go, still, too,
and the second pic, ON the pic, as well...
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Not so much building as repairing, but I'm quite pleased with the result. Way back in ~1998 the spring that biases the pawl that advances the cylinder popped out of its groove (repeatedly), and the overly tight fit between the side plate and frame lead to accidentally breaking the POS die cast stainless side plate/cover in two.
Anyway, the pistol has sat in pieces in the gun safe for the past 15+ years and while reorganizing my workshop yesterday I had to empty the safe to move it, and realized the silver braze sitting on the workbench was perfect for this repair, so gave it a try since I was unexpectedly not on babysitting duty for the afternoon. A bit of filing to get the pieces to fit better, followed by some proper flux and a judicious application of heat and high-silver brazing rod resulted in this:
With a bit more filing/sanding/polishing the braze stain near the cylinder would reduce to a hairline like on the other side of the plate (uneven heating lead to a bit of a mismatch), but I really don't care that much and am simply happy to have it working once again.
BTW- simply ordering a replacement plate wasn't possible... they're custom fitted to the frame and they won't sell them as replacement parts; hence it sitting in the safe for so long... it just wasn't worth the bother to drag the box of parts to a local gun shop to pay them to ship it back to the manufacturer on their FFL for repair. All told, it probably would have cost me more than I paid for the gun in the first place.... (~$160, IIRC)
Also, how I got the pistol is rather amusing... I paid in cash, to an off duty police officer, through the window of his patrol car, in an empty parking lot, at night. Even more amusing is that the entire deal was on the up an up; he owned the gun shop I bought it from, I came in just before closing, his credit card machine was down and after filling out the required paperwork he followed me to the nearest cash machine on his way to his regular job. Still get a chuckle out of that.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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NOBODY MOVE!
OR THE WHITE GUY GETS IT!
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Sep 12, 2012 - 11:37pm PT
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Acorn Skiff for rowing and sailing.
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Sep 12, 2012 - 11:58pm PT
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Okoume marine plywood, epoxy laps.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Sep 13, 2012 - 12:04am PT
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I'm building leg muscles...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 13, 2012 - 12:44am PT
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Phantom, AWESOME!!! Beautiful work! Where does the mast step?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 13, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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Gearing up for my Christmas art shows.
I've burned through 35 pounds of solder in a month...something like 250 assorted pieces. Gotta pack them up and send them out for electroplating so they aren't really done yet.
I can't even remotely fit it all in one picture/
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MisterE
Social climber
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Sep 13, 2012 - 11:19pm PT
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Nice lapstrake, Phantom!
Yeah, that is my wife...out in the garage for two months, suckin' fumes and doing amazing things.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Sep 13, 2012 - 11:24pm PT
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Sweet boat there Phantom X!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 13, 2012 - 11:26pm PT
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Indeed.. that boat is SWEET!
@ Squishy:
FYI: A few years back I got banned for trolling the radio-control airplane forum.
*(insert "A Hunting We Will Go" music here)*
A dorking we will go.
A dorking we will go.
Women just don't understand.
A dorking we will go.
We buy our junk brand new.
We fix it up with glue.
Then we crash into the ground.
Our favorite thing to do.
The servos are so cool.
They make the geek boys drool.
There are no women in this sport
We're all just goddamed fools.
Geeky planes are rad.
It makes our girlfriend mad.
We love to go and dork all day
It's really really sad.
A dorking we will go.
A dorking we will go.
We're all doomed to die alone.
A dorking we will go...
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Sep 14, 2012 - 01:37am PT
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Thank you! Reilly, the mast step is under the forward thwart. I really love my boat.
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