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wilbeer

Mountain climber

honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys

Nov 30, 2013 - 07:36am PT

Thanks eKat,hope your having a wonderful holidays up in Montucky.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Nov 30, 2013 - 01:57pm PT

Edge, yer cabinetry is damned gud for a rookie!

Now I'm doin' some damn nice finish work, if I do say so...

Hey, it's level enough (even if it doesn't look it)!
Remember, don't let perfection get in the way of excellence, or even mediocrity.

pyro

Big Wall climber

Calabasas

Dec 1, 2013 - 11:22am PT

would love to show a picture of what we are building but can't.
stuff takes lots of energy to build but eventually get's into everybody's hands...

Edge

Trad climber

Boulder, CO

Dec 4, 2013 - 04:03pm PT

I finally added a tail vise to my workbench, which I made some 20 years ago.

I bought a 2" wooden screw and matching threaded maple block in the late 80s and basically forgot about it. I found it during our move and threw it in the storage POD, and yesterday figured out how to adapt it for the vise. Since I'm a cheap bastard, I used 1/2" galv pipe (7/8" OD) for the two guide rods.

Tomorrow I put it to work in earnest, starting a cherry bed and nightstand project.

Now I have a new vise! At least this one shouldn't cost me $6K in rehab bills...

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2013 - 04:38pm PT

Wow, wow, wow, wow.....

I hate you guys!

Brandon-

climber

The Granite State.

Dec 4, 2013 - 05:27pm PT

I'm roofing, which is normally just a dirty way to get a little excercise. However, when we pulled off some of the old roof deck to add insulation, we found a sweet timberframed white oak roof system. Cool stuff, the purlins are massive!

Edge

Trad climber

Boulder, CO

Dec 4, 2013 - 05:30pm PT

Brandon, you should sheath that with 1/2" lexan so that passing motorists can enjoy the framing from the road.

Brandon-

climber

The Granite State.

Dec 4, 2013 - 05:50pm PT

These ain't no butt joints, dude. Some serious overbuilding.

I love finding surprises in old homes.

We found some vintage porn in a house a couple of weeks ago when we removed an old drop ceiling.

Ok, I didn't love that, but it was a surprise.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Dec 4, 2013 - 08:03pm PT

Brandon, vintage porn could be the bank!

Why did you tear off the sheathing, was it rotten? And what's with the 2x6
knee boards ya cheapskate?

I'm above ground now on my deck job. Remind me not to do another one out of
Cumaru. Besides the ungodly cost that sh!te is some kinda heavy! One 4x4x8'
weighs 50 pounds! And did I mention it is harder than the back of God's head?

Evel

Trad climber

Nedsterdam CO

Dec 4, 2013 - 08:17pm PT

Nice old timber framing! Nothing like it, lasts forever. Well OK not forever but you get the idea.

What wood? You said oak?

edited; you did say oak. marvelous!

wilbeer

Mountain climber

honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys

Dec 4, 2013 - 08:27pm PT

That old yankee settlement looks GD straight!

Edge is right its to bad that framing can not be exposed.

Sell them a cold roof . ha.

Cheers,Wilbeer.

Edge

Trad climber

Boulder, CO

Dec 4, 2013 - 08:32pm PT

Oak is commonly available in New England, as is maple, cherry, and birch. Great for building homes or furniture, and great for firewood. It seems like all I can get to burn here is lodge pole pine.

Just made my first trip to a couple of hardwood suppliers in the area. One was in Denver and was huge, but I had to ask for 6/4 and 8/4 cherry to be brought out by forklift so I could go through the pallet; not nearly as high quality as what I am used to seeing in NH.

The second place, in Broomfield, was a joke. Poor customer service, and they wouldn't get the couple of quarter sawn white oak boards that they had in stock out for me because they were "short handed" despite the fact that I was the only customer in the place and there were four guys just standing around behind the counter. It took coaxing for me to see the only two boards of 5/4 maple that they had in stock. I asked them for an application for a commercial account, and they told me to come back to fill it out. Fat chance.

happiegrrrl

Trad climber

www.climbaddictdesigns.com

Dec 4, 2013 - 09:20pm PT

I SO love this thread! What an array - from using trees harvested onsite to secret tech stuff to medieval armor, and everything in between - so cool.

Evel

Trad climber

Nedsterdam CO

Dec 4, 2013 - 09:22pm PT

Edge! Try out T.C.Wood in Ft.Lupton 303-666-8989 ask for Bill. Or try Paxtons in Commerce City. Largest selection of hardwood in the state.

"She told me to kiss her where it stinks, so I took her to Commerce City!"

Fritz

Trad climber

Choss Creek, ID

Dec 4, 2013 - 09:40pm PT

I have been in awe of all the crafts-folks posting on this thread, and never thought of being worthy of posting until recently------and I'm still not in your league.

A deep bow to you crafty-crafters!

Heidi & I paid a contractor to destroy and haul away our small, leaky, structurally deficient, & mouse-infested garage this fall, and to build us a larger garage and small attached workshop.

(most) Everything went pretty well, but although we had the contractor, and his subcontractors, insulate, sheetrock, tape, mud, & sand the interior: we neglected noticing that interior painting, cleanup, caulking, and detailing were not on the bid.

Sooooooo-----the last two weeks: we removed the dust from the sanding, painted the interior, removed our paint tarps, pulled up the sheet-rockers paper over the floor and then removed the accumulated gypsum and tapping mud that had leaked through the paper ( vacuum, clean with stiff broom & water, wet-vac, mop with microfiber mop, & repeat if needed). We are now caulking and moving back into the garage.

I caught a break on Sunday and had the joy of assembling two Harbor-Freight workbenches. That was fun.

The rest has been hard work.

My hat is off to you crafty-crafts-people!

Edge

Trad climber

Boulder, CO

Dec 4, 2013 - 10:04pm PT

Evel, thanks! I went to Paxton's on Jackson St in Denver, is that Commercial City? I already dropped $885 there for a first purchase, and that was with a commercial discount. Should keep me busy through the rest of 2013.

I will definitely check out TC Wood.