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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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These trailers are awesome. I remember decking out my 1988 4-runner with mosquito netting and thinking I was living fat. What did I know? What Edge and brotherbrock are building are just sweet.
Gunkie-
Mini Simmons?
I don't know. I think I'd like to go shorter for a mini-simmons so I can throw the board around. Will probably go 1/4" toe on the fronts 1.25" off the rail and 1/8" toe on the trailers 2" off the rail. It will make me think I'm a good surfer.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - May 1, 2016 - 10:21am PT
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I made a cane for my mom. It includes two small burls from up on Monitor Pass, and a piece of red coral that she gave me many years ago.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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My client for the wagon is my wife's cousin, who lives about 30 miles north of us in the Indian Peaks. She just shared this picture of her in 1971, the year she married and became step-mom to these two boys. They bought the wagon that year and spent the summer in it in an aspen grove on Caribou Ranch while the boys slept in a pup tent just outside. They later moved it to its present location on 600 acres, and lived in it for a year while their house was under construction.
"She's a lovely old girl! I'm honored to have Loran bringing his wood artistry to the sheep herders wagon that I started out married life in nearly 50 years ago. This wagon was one of the last 2 made by the JH Ahlender Manufacturing Co. in Provo, Utah. Herder's wagons were built (first with wood and canvas) to provide a "Home on the Range" for sheep herders. Small and perfectly designed, with a Dutch door that opened to give the herder a view of his flock or to drive a team of horses or mules, these wagons were a way of life for the Basque herders and, now, mostly Mexican, Peruvian, and Bolivians, hired by ranchers to tend their far flung flocks."
Audrey wrote "The Sierra Club Naturalists Guide to the Southern Rockies."
And Reilly, I have to ask; this Vatican carpenter you met, he would have to admit that he can never be better than second best, right? I know the big guy is retired and all, but he left quite a legacy.
And what does he work on? Remodeling bathrooms for in which the Pope to poop? Making unfinished pine tater bins for the Holy Kitchen? Or is it strictly museum conservator type work on the existing collections? I'm seriously curious.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Edge, yer lucky to have clients like that, but you know that.
As to Gepetto, when I barged in on him, being careful to check my six lest a Swiss guard
felt inclined to break out his Uzi, he had a large 15th or 16th century altar piece laid out and
he was just about to start chiseling something which looked a backing piece. I didn't want to
come it the rude American by intruding into his space so it was a quick chat. He was clearly
doing the full conservator Monty.* He was quite friendly (like how many Ites aren't?) so if yer
headed his way I can give you precise directions and instructions. The Swiss guards do not
have a sense of humor but they were considerate as they dragged me off, kicking and screaming.
*the hide glue pot was going, badger bristle brushes in abundance, etc.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Go Edge!
I'm muddling through some upgrades to my shepherds wagon home.
Last night I made etriers. I got the idea from a Plaid photo.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Like those aiders. Classic.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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I made another sword scabbard for a friend.
Poplar wood core lined with Melton wool
5-6 oz. veg tan leather cover
Antique brass fittings
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Spruce stem and stairs from trees harvested on site. Doug fir rail.
Had a warm enough day to get the last finish coat.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Trees - Yes
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Luv these stair projects! More photos please..........
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Still trying to finish our unfinished basement. I took a break from mudding rock to do some plumbing in the bathroom.
Finished roughing in for the tub.
Set the tub
Backer board for tile
The builders used the nastiest twisted studs in the basement so I had to plane off about a 1/2" of wow off a couple of them. And they made the opening for the tub an inch too big so I had to cap the studs with 1X2's on the wall on the left side of the tub to bring it out level with the tub.
One more sheet of rock in that room then back to taping and mudding and finally priming, painting, floors, doors and trim.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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What kind of tub is that, Paul?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I'm currently building a sweet 4000sf home with a new GC, but my weekends consist of trying to make a shitty deck less so.
Basically handyman stuff, but it's for a friend of a friend, and they want it awesome and cheap. So, the existing deck was bulked up (2x6 framing at anywhere from 24'' to 36'' OC). I centered the stairs, and bumped out the deck 4' on either side of the stairs. Kind of a cool look, I've never done that before and I've built probably one hundred decks.
The railing is going to be 4''x4'' steel grid, so the tricky part is going to be the railing down the stairs. Keeping a vertical orientation on the matrix is prolly going to require some welding.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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The construction methods of the original trailer aren't exactly furniture grade, but they sure do go fast.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Brandon,
Confucious say: "shitty deck with million dollar view a million dollar deck."
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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So did you set it in mud?
I installed an Americast tub a few years ago in my house- got it from Home Depot, too. Because of the unique manufacturing of that type of tub (fiberglass & some kind of metal), they specifically said NOT to set it in mud.
So I didn't, against my better intuition. Damn thing creaks every time you get into it.
Even more annoying, I called American Standard when it started making noise, and they said setting it in mud is actually ok.
I could strangle the bastards. There's beautiful custom tile wrapped around it, so replacing it is gonna be a beeee-yotch.
Meh. Meh meh meh.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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For future reference when using pre-cast tubs consider stapling in some 3 mil shower liner to make a rough pan then lay in a 2-3 inch layer of loose mortar.
Set the tub atop the mortar bed - adds a ton of rigidity to the tub floor - fills the gap between tub floor and side walls and ultimately keeps the fiberglass from showing stress cracks in 3 years.
Lessons from Ohschidt University.
Xpost with Apogee Apparently.
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bamboo
Trad climber
pike co
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lots of busy and productive folks here keep them coming!!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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bamboo-
put it on the tiller yet?
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