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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Hard to get any work done with such conditions....lol.
Good for you and yours Telemon!
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BBA
climber
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Here's one for the stained glass aficionados. Some 18 years ago I made a decorative window that stood between the kitchen and dining area in my daughters house in Klamath Falls. She sold the house and move to another town, but contrary to my opinion (she actually asked) took the stained glass with her. It sat for 13 years somewhere in her garage, then she resurrected it, drove it to sunny CA and asked me to convert it to a wall hanging. Problem was, about 2/3 was clear glass, and it wouldn't look good no matter the conventional treatment. So I pulled a Tiffany and put a second layer of glass behind it, then a diffuser and lit it up with LED strips. Also made the frame, a box 2" deep. Just finished it and wrapped it in bubble wrap for the trip back to Oregon sometime.
The frame is walnut, clear, natural finish
My digital camera doesn't do the lighted version justice. It is actually subdued, no bright spots.
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John M
climber
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wow wow wow BBA.. that is great.
so many good things on this thread.
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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There was a lot of fun with chain saw and draw knife. and the water carries. But it's time to move on, before another long winter really sets in.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 11, 2014 - 12:28pm PT
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I clearly went a little lite on my house's ceilings...
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 11, 2014 - 12:30pm PT
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No wonder your wife keeps you around...
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Nov 11, 2014 - 12:42pm PT
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butterin' my bread,
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 11, 2014 - 12:51pm PT
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So I'm moping along like a gud touroid at the Vatican and I see this door
open and a big sweet old bandsaw standing tall. Holy wood shavings! It's
the freaking Vatican woodshop! I stick my head in and the dude is quite
friendly so we had a brief chat in my broken Eyetalian. He said there
weren't any openings currently - ya gotta wait til somebody dies...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 12, 2014 - 02:15pm PT
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Speaking of the Vatican I saw something I don't think I've ever seen.
This archway connects two walls of differing thicknesses and they're not
coplanar. Now that would be a challenge to trim out in most any material
but here it is in freaking marble! Pretty sure they didn't have diamond saws...
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Nov 12, 2014 - 02:24pm PT
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Pajamas,
where is your Yurt? Is it a vacation place? Do you keep it going all winter? Issues? Just curious as I thought it would be a good way to buy a place in teh "wilderness" without going broke...
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Nov 12, 2014 - 02:48pm PT
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Hawkeye, Was my fulltime place for a year and a half. One winter, and at 7200ft, COLD! Nice little wood stove in there, but I sure didn't like getting up in the night to feed it, so getting up time in the morning was usually close to ambient temps.
It was fun, but the wanderlust has drawn me away to travel again.
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Nov 12, 2014 - 02:53pm PT
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Nov 12, 2014 - 02:54pm PT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 12, 2014 - 02:56pm PT
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Nice stuff Reilly,always fascinating to see arch construction.
Nice yurt as well,pjs.
A friend of mine ,Tom, has been living in that yurt above for 20 years,in different locales.
He is a VN vet,rides a bicycle everywhere and is a rock.
Knows a lot about yurts.Great man.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Nov 12, 2014 - 05:30pm PT
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Reilly, how cool that you got to see the Vatican woodshop!!!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 12, 2014 - 06:47pm PT
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Pajamas...Nice Jotul...My friend has the same model in his cabin...It rips...
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Bushman
Social climber
The island of Tristan da Cunha
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Nov 14, 2014 - 04:15pm PT
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Working on Luke and Emma's new dog house.
Grandson's, Junior and Isaac, helped me last Saturday and are coming out to work with me on it again tomorrow. Teaching them a few carpenter skills. They're 15 and nine years old and are both quick studies.
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Bushman
Social climber
The island of Tristan da Cunha
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:24am PT
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My model airplane friends all wondered why I missed the last race. I told them about building the dog house with my grandsons and they wanted to know when my wife was having me move into it.
I asked them if they wanted my new address.
On the home stretch, ha ha. Just the siding and varnish left to go.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 20, 2014 - 02:22pm PT
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I was working alone today, so I took some photos. All these boards came out of the house, and they'll go back in shortly. They all were fairly rough, with vertical saw marks from the pit saw that cut them nearly two hundred years ago. Sadly, the homeowners want all the patina and saw marks gone.
The jobsite,
Big old barn,
Sixteen hours of sanding,
No worries, I remembered music today,
Some large pieces in there,
There's light at the end of the tunnel,
And they're all laid out real pretty for the homeowner to choose from,
Nothing glamorous, but someone's gotta do it. See ya!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 20, 2014 - 04:46pm PT
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Good to see you ,Brandon.Cheers
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