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Sanskara
climber
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Gutted and renovated this last summer. It payed for me to ice climb all winter and not work
Nothing fancy but I did all the work from gutting it to the carpentry, building the vanity doors and all and painting.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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treez-
As often happens, the jigs are an art piece in their own right. Nice!
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:12pm PT
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Another stage of the homebrew project is complete!
Finished chassis after staining and reassembly
The base wiring in complete - it's been years since I used a soldering iron so it isn't pretty, but will get the job done!
The next step was to make a very high tech winder for the primary and antennae coils.
The primary coil after winding
And, the completed project. The next step will be to replace all the capacitors in the S-20 with modern ones, and then I will order and build the homebrew power supply for the transmitter.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:15pm PT
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Sanskara, nice work!
Vegas, WTF? You the second coming of Ted Kaczynski?
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:29pm PT
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Haha not hardly man...I haven't played with explosives since I was a kid. ;)Just wanted to build a workable Morse transmitter the old school way.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 06:00pm PT
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Still building this really nice addition. 11 1/2'' walls, R40.
Yup, I love what I do. It's not always fun, but I love it regardless.
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 13, 2014 - 06:29pm PT
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I met with some potential clients two weeks ago to discuss a coffee table commission. It was for a sun room and to sit between a sofa and two chairs. One of the chairs, the owners favorite, is a Moser Lolling chair like the one pictured below. Moser makes a coffee table in the same style, but they didn't like the dimensions. This is why I came in.
They liked the length (50") of the Moser table, but not the width of 20"; we started with a width of 32" for our table. Because of the layout of the existing furniture in the space, I suggested an elliptical table to ease traffic flow around the table and be easy on the shins. The clients like to keep plants on the table they have now, but with cherry in a natural finish the top would be subject to water damage and burning a color change into the top. This made me suggest a glass top in a wood frame, which also allowed display of items on the solid wood shelf below and lighten the entire piece visually. I drew a sketch, then floated a price (the thing with pricing one-offs is to remind them of all the work, skill, and uniqueness is involved, quote a number, then listen for a gasp, followed by a hard swallow, and then an agreement. If they say yes right away you could have milked 'em for more.)
Before I commit to a full size drawing and making sawdust fly, today I made a quick cardboard mock-up for the clients to set in the space, move around, and see the impact it will have visually on the room.
It's not a large project but it should be fun, and making the 3" wide x 1" thick top frame structurally sound will be a challenge.
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Apr 14, 2014 - 12:07pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
I got some more footage from riding my drone...so much fun..I already have to build another, and another...well you know how it goes..
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:10pm PT
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Put some finishing touches on the kitchen today while the granite counters went on.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:17pm PT
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I got bored the other day and went thru the obsolete toy bag.
We'll need a Santa Ana to make it a wind chime.
I guess it will make a better seismic alarm.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:22pm PT
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Brandon- could we get some more details and photos on that R40 framing...?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:42pm PT
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Healyje, I'll do my best to take some more photos tomorrow.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:45pm PT
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The problem, eKat, is that TGT can't stop belaying it.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:48pm PT
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Sounds great when tested, but if it sounds off for real you'd better be hanging on to something solid!
If it does ever sound off, I'll need the belay!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 20, 2014 - 10:39am PT
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TGT
That's awesome
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Apr 20, 2014 - 11:15am PT
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TGT..Good idea...Is that chime light enough to make noise...I have some pins rusting away into oblivion and might copy you...rj
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Apr 20, 2014 - 02:04pm PT
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Really nice recent stuff, great variety of projects...
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Apr 22, 2014 - 05:39pm PT
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Bump for a great thread.
And, Sorry Healyje, totally spaced taking photos. The walls are 11 1/2'' deep. It's a standard 16 OC wall on the exterior built with 2x4's. An interior wall, same as the exterior, but with studs offset to create a thermal break, rests on the plate as well. This will all be filled with dense pack cellulose. No rigid insulation on the exterior, and this structure will attain R40 status. It's pretty simple, but you need to pour massive frost walls to accommodate the large bottom plates. When you know what you're doing, costs for these houses, when kept simple can be super competitive with traditional R22 walls (which is the new code requirement.)
R22 means that a standard 5 1/2'' wall, filled with fiberglass, needs one inch of continuous rigid insulation inside of the sidewall sheathing around the entire structure, thus creating a thermal break.
Thermal bridging is when the studs contact both the drywall and the exterior sheathing. You don't want that. Wood has an R value of 1. Not efficient.
When homes this tight are built, air handling systems need to be factored in as well, as the house doesn't breathe very much. Luckily, there are some great systems out there that aren't cost prohibitive. I can't cite numbers off the top of my head, my apologies.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 22, 2014 - 05:47pm PT
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Is that chime light enough to make noise..
If it makes any noise yer gonna need a belay!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 22, 2014 - 06:55pm PT
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Brandon, you answered my curiosity on the footings/foundation; beyond that I'd be interested in the details of any bridging and any floor / top-plate details if at all unusual. Helped a friend frame a house with steel a couple of years back, took awhile to get a 'feel' for it, but have to admit being converted to the point of not framing with wood if I ever built a place.
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