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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 29, 2016 - 09:30pm PT
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I get visited by OSHA at least once a year.
Drinking water- check
First Aid kit- check
Hand Wash station- check
Injury prevention manuel- check
etc., etc., etc....
Now I have to register and certify that we are complying with CalCerts for our Title 24 energy efficiency regs- on line no less.
Try to get your plumber to do that!
Lastly, I was just notified that all utility trenches have to be excavated by a certified operator. I'm talking 3 foot deep shovel holes- WTF!!
I'll figure this sh#t out quickly and turn it into a tactical advantage but this sh#t has to stop at some point- right?
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Dec 29, 2016 - 09:40pm PT
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That's a neat trick. Building exactly what a client wants with zero input from them. Are all Canadians mind readers, or just you?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Dec 29, 2016 - 09:42pm PT
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Contractor...Are you required to take pictures of your construction waste for Cal Green...?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 29, 2016 - 09:49pm PT
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this sh#t has to stop at some point- right?
Would you thank Trump if it did? What you are seeing is a small fraction
of what they have to put up with in Europe which is why small businesses
don't have a chance there. The march of bureaucracy is nigh immutable.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Dec 29, 2016 - 10:02pm PT
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Jim...Cleaning the blood off of my saw was an extra...
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climber
away from the ground
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Dec 29, 2016 - 10:03pm PT
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Hmmmm... Maybe I just don't speak Canadian?
If you love to include the client who naturaly wants to sue you from the get go in your build, Boy Howdy! to you.
You been into those Molsons tonight Jimmy?
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 29, 2016 - 10:12pm PT
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Rottingjohnny-
Thank God, no.
It's always listed in the requirements on the plans but I think the city of San Diego and Edco are hardup for the dump fees.
I tried to initiate a debris sorting plan with Edco a few years ago but they blew me off.
Do you have to verify recycling?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Dec 30, 2016 - 04:36pm PT
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contractor... we were taking pictures until we found out the local agency didn't have anyone to look at the pictures...Wanna see my junk...?
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 31, 2016 - 02:50pm PT
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Had a few days off this week, so I spent a couple days organizing the shop and adding some built-in storage and countertop work space.
The upper cabinets were either in the previous garage space or in the kitchen and have been in place since the walls were painted. I knocked together the base cabinets with leftover and salvaged plywood, and capped it with some salvaged granite (sure, why not?). A missing half moon in the granite, echoes of the side of a lavatory sink, will get lined with leather and become a well for small parts. Heh.
Left of the granite is a wood top that will get a heavy, surface mounted metal vise.
Now that the carcasses are knocked together, I can face frame it and add doors at my leisure; the 28" wide space below the microwave will get graduated depth drawers on full extension slides.
I also just added the storage for long lumber and 10' pipe clamps over the sliding door, and the rack for the job site miter saw table over the window. 3D modern art.
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perswig
climber
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Not much of a builder, but I can dig a fair hole.
Dale
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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The replacement trestle table stretcher & wedges are done and ready for delivery. The color and patina from 200+ years were hard to match, but I snuck up on it as best I could: dark mahogany oil based aniline dye first coat, followed by a light red mahogany coat, sealed with a heavy cut of buttonlac lacquer, then 3 coats of a traditional varnish to which I added dark mahogany and black TransTint dyes to emulate the opacity of centuries of grime. The last step was a black shoe polish, followed by rubbing with OO steel wool to match the sheen. I could have saved myself a ton of work and drying time if I brought out the color with Potassium Dichromate, but I couldn't find the little bottle with skull and crossbones until it was too late.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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I'm not even making stuff yet let alone finishing anything so, beyond my little Roubo polisher, that was almost entirely greek to me even though it looks great and I'm envious of your shop. Sigh. On top of that I'm back to being buried in software work so the woodworking is lamentably on hold for awhile.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Edge- I have a guy that's a master of shade coating with conversion varnish. Along with bleaching, it's amazing how well he can add age and depth to my stain grade jobs. He can use the same system with a catalyzed, silicone finish for exterior projects (SA-1000). I'd love to have the ability and time to do it by hand like you are.
I'll be starting this project any day. That will be 3 projects over 3,500 square feet at once, plus two crag projects and one major boulder circuit under way- fun times!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Well- I got a small project done this week. Nothing like the major stuff you guys are building.
Finished remodeling a bathroom on the place we just bought .
I decided to explore the artistic possibilities of "groutable vinyl" - Never used this stuff before but it's a cheap easy alternative to real tile. Took some tin snips and went to town cutting out my own tile pattern. Made a lot of extra work doing curved lines and a PIA layout- and I'm not sure they ever intended the stuff to be cut into small pieces- but it looks pretty cool now that it's done.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Cool-Small homeowner projects are the highlight here for sure!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nice rack, Edge. That goes for both photos.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Edge, was at Huntington Library today and saw this clock from 1840 Massachusets.
It has these strange painted panels. Kind of cool, really.
The label says pine but it must be stained, eh?
I'm thinking those 'grain' marks are painted, too. I didn't want to risk a tooling by
examining it too closely. ;-)
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Edge, as simple as the angular clamp technique is, you'd be surprised how difficult the concept is to teach to my high school students. Especially when you realize how subtle the angularity needs to be to have a profound impact on squareness. (Often the reverse happens... they glue up with the clamps misaligned and wind up with an out of square case.)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I've made quite a few doors and I've always just gone corner to corner but it doesn't require
much clamping as yous guys know. The main problem is checking the diagonals with a tape
when the pipe clamps are in the way.
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