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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 17, 2015 - 06:34pm PT
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^^^
BINGO
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 17, 2015 - 08:29pm PT
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Happy hammering Something about hammers and climbing that go together. At least BITD.
I have a 3 pound sledge hammer that can fix anything. If it can't fix the problem directly, then it can render it irrelevant.
Problem solved.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Mar 26, 2015 - 05:55am PT
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looking for advice here.
what is the best indoor caulking
to use between rock / wood?
i installed hardi-board in the wall cavity
and grouted the rock to the hardi-board.
so the caulk is primarily
for a visible boarder / crack filler.
this is at lower altitude,
at the bottom of my stairwell
within which the travelers ferment (it looks like
the inside of a wine barrel)
a little sun-rise-accent
at the south-facing aspect
(and boy did i get it from the mad-wife
for doing this to the place, for she
is bound wayward of me
and we're selling the digs
and she thinks i'm sabotaging the sale!
shows how far we're gone.)
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 26, 2015 - 02:40pm PT
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Possibly an acoustical sealant.
We use it in our hybrid timber frames where the timber frame meets the stick built frame, as it doesn't harden (timber frames move, obviously).
It's a pain to install, so keep a wet rag or two handy.
There may be better products, but this is what immediately sprang to mind.
http://www.liquidnails.com/en-US/products/acoustical-sealant-AS825
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Mar 28, 2015 - 04:28pm PT
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Have four or five days off from work finally after being slammed with 11 hour days for three months straight...Way, way too much driving looking at bids and setting up work.
I finally started working on this airplane again after four or five months.
Taking my time to set up the incidence properly is probably the most important part aerodynamically. Another P 51 pylon racer.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Mar 28, 2015 - 04:38pm PT
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SGropp
Mountain climber
Eastsound, Wa
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Mar 29, 2015 - 10:00pm PT
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Electric chandeliers, forged and fabricated steel 7' x 15'
Free standing stair case, forged and fabricated steel.
Copper range hood and chase with forged bronze details.
This was a big commission for a one man shop. My main climbing partner was foreman on the job and helped me rig the installation and hanging of the chandeliers
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Mar 29, 2015 - 10:09pm PT
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what is the best indoor caulking
to use between rock / wood?
Urethanes are the most bomber but are messy . . . a good sanded tile caulk works well but will need touch-up over time. Mask off the margins of the void to be filled, apply the material, allow the material to cure for 10-15 minutes then pull the tape.
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SGropp
Mountain climber
Eastsound, Wa
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Mar 29, 2015 - 10:17pm PT
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Custom made technical mountaineering tools, 58 cm.
Off the shelf Grivel monster picks, chrome moly pick mounts, high strength aluminum alloy shafts, spring steel forged and heat treated spike.
These are my modern interpretation of the classic North Wall hammers.
These things really rock !
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Breaking ground, dry hole, springtime in Montana. So far so good!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Cross post from the art thread. I have been re-purposing flooring, wainscoating cap, and other wood scraps to make frames for some of my photos.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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SGropp,
Is that timber frame structure, where your wrought iron work is displayed, a private home, or a commercial building?
Great you had some nice beams to hoist that Chandelier!
Really nice work!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Quick and dirty herb garden.
$12 for the stainless chafing pans at the salvage yard, left-over lumber and a folding table. Total, including starts and soil: $42.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Hey Edge,
I bet your wife is glad your so handy around the house!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all...
still 'buiding paintings and dreamcatchers' but this is what i took time off to 'build' now:
found out that it is realy okay to rip out this old stained carpet, that was here, when i moved it... found out that it was not glued down... was just a 'net back' carpet thing, nailed and fastened along some walls, by a few nails...
yeah, yuck, was dirty under it, and floor boards, ruined and stained from years of 'bad occupants' before me... but wow, say!
NOW:
when i walk the floors, it sounds like a rugged rural cabin...
bad note:
it does look blotchy and one COULD get splinters in a few tiny areas, and:
the cold comes up from the basement more easy...
but WONDERFUL! IS SO MUCH easier to clean up dog and cat hair, :)
will try to smooth-over the bad look (which looks LESS BAD in the photos, actually) ... (in real life, it looks like a years-old dried up chocolate bar, that STILL has a few dark spots--in this case, those are ?either stains or severely-caked-in dirt... )...
mopping it was mud-bucket transfer time, big-time...
:)
here it is though, and i am very happy, :)
got a few spots along the walls and around furniture to do... could not move the furniture... :)
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Good demolition work there Neebee. It's tough when you can't move the furniture to get it all. If you had the help and materials would you be allowed to put another cover down on the floor? Congratulations on accomplishing the carpet removal and cleanup. Happy Easter to you!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, bill... thank you! yep, me and my little ol' scissors, and then--pocket knife... and then: taaadaaaa! i was able to get a utility knife and blades, :)
ps:
worked a LOT better, then... am doing more around the furniture, right now...
and then, i will wipe thin bits of darker varnish to blend the colors, and perhaps in the soon spring or summer, i will , well, don't rightly KNOW what i will do... i hope to work on small patches at a time, and use hand sandpaper stuff and then, re rub varnish, slightly, into it... one room, that had no carpet here, DOES look a bit 'okay' ... it is this room...
here--i suspect the rest of the floors, once looked at least THIS good...
PLAYROOM:
HERE is the kitchen, the folks that were here, had dogs that ruined the place, and thus, there is only plywood on the kitchen floor... no kitchen floor stuff...
not so bad, if it was one solid color, though...
:)
and, i can let the rabbit run around in here and he does NOT do damage, where damage cannot be anymore done, :))
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SGropp
Mountain climber
Eastsound, Wa
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''Apr 4, 2015 - 10:05am PT
SGropp,
Is that timber frame structure, where your wrought iron work is displayed, a private home, or a commercial building?
Great you had some nice beams to hoist that Chandelier!
Really nice work!''
This was a waterfront vacation ''cabin'' in the San Juan islands.
The main beam where the chandeliers were hung was 10'' x 16'' Douglas Fir. The hanging brackets were forged from 1/2'' steel plate and 1'' bar and anchored with ten 8'' x 5/8'' lag bolts driven hard with an impact driver.
The chandeliers were about 600 # each and the triple hanging chains and all connecting hardware were rated to a minimum of 5,000# or more
Experience from wall climbing made me realize that there was so much redundancy in the hanging system that I never had a the slightest doubt that something would fail.
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