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Euroford
Trad climber
Louisville, CO
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Euroford, nice welds. What were you useing?
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From the splatter pattern, looks like flux cored, gas shielded welds.
The good look is more the operator than the method though.
I'm using a Miller 252, .035 solid wire with 75/25 argon/co2.
kind sucks, if something comes out crappy i really can't blame the machine :)
that isn't all that much splatter for a MIG, but could be minimized further by more cleaning. personally, i try to keep things pretty clean, but its not a TIG and its just not as necessary.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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ah, building code.
my happiest day in frame carpentry was an inspection day. the inspector looked like a second generation india indian, judging from the tinge of an accent. a real stickler, and as he walked through the big project the foreman developed the same facial expression you see in paintings of jesus in the garden of gethsemane.
so sri inspector comes up to my little corner, framing for a built-in stuccoed sign which will overhang the front sidewalk. he looks closely and tells me i don't have enough nails in it to pass code. i invite him to hang out in the air and look at it from the outside. i nailed it from both sides--far greater strength that way.
the fellow acts like he just lost his pajama bottoms, signs the inspection sheet on the spot and leaves. i never saw a broader smile on a foreman's face. too bad i worked for a temp sub or i'll bet i woulda got a raise.
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rich sims
Social climber
co
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(Nothing inhibits creativity like a building code.)
OR how loop holes between zoning and building create creativity
Like in the 80s in Mission Beach if you raised 50% of the ground level around the house to 6 to the second floor the first floor became a basement level.
That would allow you to build the coveted third floor as a second floor.
Then build a deck on top and call it a air-conditioning platform.
It got real scary when the city started actually checking the height by field verifying the height.
I was sure I was screwed as I had already framed the third floor when the city started checking. We all knew the houses were 30 plus a few inches or more.
The inspectors, city, builders and architects all knew the houses were drawn to meet zoning and built a little higher.
The last house I built I was able to get the tape to read 300 and the guy three houses down the alley lost his third floor the same day.
The inspector measured it twice and told me I do not know how you did it but you passed.
I passed on building the next house as I knew I may not be lucky next time. The following year city changed the zoning I am told so third floors were no more anyway.
Just finished a house at 4811 the will not be repeated as the building height has been lowered to 40. That make the house I finished have a view that will not be blocked.
Sorry no pictures of MB homes
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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I built my place about twenty years ago and at a time when I was a pretty good framing carpenter but a not so good finish carpenter. Then to complicate things the wife and I moved in before Id actually finished up the inside, consequently there is still a lot of finish work to do upstairs twenty years later plus a bunch of things that could be improved on throughout the house.
Now that it is just me and a couple of cats living here it is possible for me to actually tackle some of this stuff since there is less than half as much stuff that needs to be moved in order to get at the work and have enough room to do it. In the last few years I occasionally go through an episode of being motivated to finish what I started 20 years ago. The last episode was the dormer and half bath addition detailed earlier in this thread somewhere around posts 80-100.
This winter I decided to take advantage of the shitty weather by keeping myself busy with the nice indoor job of putting a ceiling in downstairs and in the process revamp the lighting a bit and totally redo the very inadequate kitchen fan.
I had wanted to do the ceiling in clear 1*3 yellow cedar to match upstairs, but after hearing the $2500 price for the material I had to set my sights a little lower. I settled for a 1*6 t&g pine that has a v-joint down the middle on one side giving the appearance of being 1*3.
Since I dont have much in the way of heated storage to condition the wood I broke the job down into six areas of about 100 sq. ft. and would be installing one area while the wood for the next area would be conditioning stickered in front of the heater.
Next up finishing up trim work upstairs and finishing a portion of the floor that never got done.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all... i just wood... well, and stone, too... :)
thanks for sharing all the nice built stuff here...
as to codes and such:
oh my, i've heard some stories, for sure, from my designer/architech brother, in los altos, :O as he deals with 'them building code guys' while trying to also make his clients happy, to get what they want... or what he wants as to doing his work for them...
say, you know, i am thinking chappy must have had his share of builder code guys not liking something or other...
*surely we know, SOME such stuff is needed, but man oh man, when facing
the continually 'not happy with whatever they see' type situations, i can
understand the hardships faced...
happy building you all..
also, say, to hardly visiable:
as to that last fixup, inside the kitchen, etc...
WOW--wish someone could fix up my basement ceiling, etc, :))
*course, i only rent here, it is the ex-son-in-laws house, but
wow, would be neat not to worry about spraying etc, for cobwebs, :))
keep up the good work, you all...
working with wood, or stone, or just creating, in between the greatoutdoors, or climbing is really good for the spirit and soul
and brings satisfaction when you look back at a hard trail, or easy on, won...
:)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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hardly visible, OUTFUKKINGSTANDING! Can't think of anything else to say.
So, two Croats and a Mexican walk into a house...
...and one Mexican and two Croats walked out of a house.
And just in case you ever wondered about the definition of 'tightness'...
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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More great stuff as usual.
No pictures to share, but it wouldn't look like much anyway.
For a change, I'm working on standard platform framing (no timber or balloon framing). We're stripping the siding and sheathing and removing the fiberglass insulation, keeping the drywall intact.
From there we're strapping the studs with 2x3's at 24oc and putting 1 1/2'' rigid foam insulation between the strapping. From there, we're re-sheathing and installing cedar shakes.
As for the now vacant stud bays, dense pack cellulose will be blown in when we are outta there.
It doesn't sound like much, and frankly it's a pretty mundane project. However, when it's all said and done the R value of the exterior walls will be tripled.
That is pretty cool.
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Thanks Reilly,
nice complement coming from a guy it seems has driven a nail or two himself.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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brandon you might suggest a radiant barrier to you client.
its fairly cheap, easy to install and adds some r-value.
the thermal reflection make a huge difference though.
i framed with 2x4's and r-13 fiberglass in the walls.
we have no air conditioning and our house never climbs
above 80, even when it's 100 plus outside.
it is like living inside a thermos.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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hope it stays that way, reilly. you're supposed to gap hardwood flooring properly or it'll buckle in a year.
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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best OT thread ever! Bump and thank you!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Tony, them two Croats gots almost 70 years in the trade between 'em.
I'm sleeping good, at least on that subject. ;-)
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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I've been working on a table for a home with lots of Federal style furniture, located on the ocean in NH with lots of glass looking out to the sea. The design was meant to merge the existing style elements of the home. The base is a modern take on Federal style, with a 1/2" elliptical glass top.
The scale mock-up that I used to convey the design to the clients. I altered this design to make the center stretcher elliptical to match the outline of the glass top. Much more elegant...
Laying up the curved leg panels.
Using a custom built jig to create the joining surfaces on the legs. In the background is one of two leg assemblies, which will be connected via an elliptical wooden stretcher.
Gluing on the edge banding of quartersawn mahogany with maple stringing on the stretcher of bookmatched crotch mahogany.
The finished legs, waiting for the big glue-up.
Cutting parts for the compass rose that will be inlaid in the center of the stretcher.
Sand shading the maple half of the compass points.
Scraping the compass rose flush with the mahogany field. The rose is set into an ellipse of hand sawn crotch birch.
The leg and stretcher assemblies are all glued up now, and I am making the bases to attach under each of the two leg components. More pics when I finally put on the finish and deliver...
More detail at https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Loran-Smith-Woodworking/136091556451570
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Edge,
That is going to be a fine looking table!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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God, I almost can't deal with that much talent, precision and patience...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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WOW! I'm out of superlatives.
How does it feel to be a .000001 Percenter? :-)*
Thanks!
*Pardon me if I shorted you a few zeros.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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You all are amazing-keep the pics coming! Artistic & Technical-the best combo.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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The above table fully assembled with a wash coat of buttonlac shellac and ready for the hand brushed varnish and glass top.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sand shading the maple half of the compass points.
What crazy mofo came up with that one...?
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