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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Dec 21, 2014 - 08:42am PT
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Monterey Pine
It has been a commercial plantation timber for over a hundred and fifty years in much of the temperate zones, especially Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Kenya and South Africa.
But it is true that in its tiny natural habit of San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties plus Guadalupe Island, Baja, it is running into real trouble. Most of the remaining stands now have pitch canker (a fungal disease) which then leads to certain beetles. The tiny stand on Guadalupe Island had to contend with thousands of goats there, eating its seedlings and causing ridiculous erosion.
The tree reaches full height in 40 years matching prehistoric fire cycles of the region. The seeds need fire to open up typically and so the whole cycle actually made sense originally. Interestingly, in plantations, the tree can get to be an impressive two hundred feet high while in the wild they reach maybe one hundred feet at best. Cupressus macrocarpa likes to accompany Pinus R. in some of its stands, both really rapidly growing and somewhat junky species.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 21, 2014 - 08:46am PT
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That is some really beautiful trim work, Edge....and the background on Monterey pine is fascinating (and sad).
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Prod
Trad climber
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Dec 21, 2014 - 10:58am PT
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Nice stuff Edge. I hear the homeowner is a prick.
Prod.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 22, 2014 - 08:47am PT
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Nice stuff Edge. I hear the homeowner is a prick.
Prod.
Yeah, you know the type. Has a GC license and thinks he knows everything. Plus he has worse emissions than a coal plant.
He compensates by surrounding himself with talent. Heh.
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Dec 22, 2014 - 08:56am PT
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Sweet Karmann Ghia Gearhead. '65? Had one for my first car. Wish I had it back now...
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Gearhead
Trad climber
Novato Ca
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Dec 22, 2014 - 10:35am PT
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Yes, 1965. Picked it up off the original owner about 6 years ago. Need to scan the resto pics, since most were taken on my garage cam, which is film.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Dec 31, 2014 - 03:16pm PT
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ready for a trip to hawaii
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nature, is it getting so hard to find good sushi it's come to that?
I know some you like the wide...
How 'bout 18 - 10" or better 4/4 White Oak x 10'?*
Yeah, that's 200 BoyFriends, but I got it for a song.
But you don't want to hear that. We'll see how long
it takes to become a desk and bookcases. Don't hold
yer breath.
*the shop door is 8' if you were thinking it is 6'-8"
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Very nice, Reilly! White oak that wide must(?) have nice ray-fleck in the quarter sawn bits out near the edges.
I would imagine.
Does it?
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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It is pretty funny ,really.
How much of it would you like?Is it worth that much out there?
It is literally growing like trees over here and it is cheap.
White Oak ,Red ,that is.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Wilbeer, even here in the colorful state hardwoods are hard to find and generally substandard compared to what I am used to from the lumberyards of the northeast.
And don't even get me started on firewood! I mean, sure, dry lodgepole pine splits nice but...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Some of them are really nice so I'll use them for the desk top and other show pieces.
Wilbeer, I only had to shell out $3.75/BF! The 8/4 was $5.75. It is so sad to go to Homey
Dopey and see people shelling out like $5/LF for 5" wide firewood, isn't it? I don't care if
it is S4S, it's still firewood.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Wilbeer, even here in the colorful state hardwoods are hard to find and generally substandard compared to what I am used to from the lumberyards of the northeast.
Man, you needed to drive a semi west stopping in Eastern states along the way picking up hardwood. No remedy on the firewood front though.
[ P.S. Moved here from Francestown, NH ]
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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I built a bigger hole, OK?
I didn't take any goddamn pictures
because it's not right to detain
the greater talent from their things
that are not larger holes.
The through-wall sleeve fit perfectly.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I liked the morning light today so I took a pic of my Batchelder fireplace
tiles and the bookcase I added a few years ago...
WARNING! If you've a weak stomach read no further:
Recently somebody near us bought a classic Monrovia bungalow and
demo-ed the Batchelder fireplace. You can't legislate
morality or taste.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jan 12, 2015 - 02:11pm PT
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I've been doing some siding,
And some flooring.
R40 walls on this one as well.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jan 12, 2015 - 05:20pm PT
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Great looking project ,Brandon.
Like that they are all Andersen windows,I hate callbacks.Good call.
Nothing like the look of Shakes.
Cheers Bro.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 12, 2015 - 05:27pm PT
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You do good work, B. You should be in high demand.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jan 12, 2015 - 05:32pm PT
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Last night I was giggling like a little kid as I used the nerd knobs to make sounds like On the Run (the Pink Floyd song). I used the primitive synth tools in the guitar box to get a step sequence going, with some flanging and phaser after that. Then I set up parameters to be modulated by midi controllers:
 duty cycle of the square wave on the LFO
phaser oscillation rate, feedback, frequency to mix with it
flanger feedback, oscillation rate
And stuff like that. It's something that sounds like torture to anyone listening but I have so damn much fun mucking with it.
To get it all working, I built an Arduino board with a USB Host Shield, and got software working to take input from USB midi device that normally expects to be connected to a computer, then spit out the midi serial data to a physical cable that connects to my guitar effects processor. Then programmed the guitar effects and which controls should be modified by MIDI signals, the mapped the midi controllers to send data on matching channels, and voila!
I still need to build it into a hardened case and make it gig worthy. Next step is to get it working with a Wiimote over Bluetooth, and get into triggering audio clips and looping.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jan 12, 2015 - 05:34pm PT
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Brandon- tell me more about the plank flooring you are installing there...pine, right? What grade/source do you choose for flooring...how does pine hold up to wear?
Underlayment? Facenailed?
Reilly, that just makes me ill. There really is no accounting for taste. Any idea what they replaced that fireplace with?
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