treeslayer Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 i wasn't hungry till i saw your post, nice job Mick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted August 8, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Not today, but the past two days, I went back to work in the rental house. I decided I'd spend the rest of this Summer working in air conditioning. I had quit working on it, the second week in February, when we started our own quarantine, and I laid my helper off. I've grown to like working by myself better anyway. With the virus, we really didn't want to get into dealing with groups through this season anyway, so I had lost my motivation to get it done quickly. The doorway into the bedroom that I put the handicap shower in was enlarged to a 3' door. That took most of a day because I didn't want to make a mess in the house, and everything had three times as many oversized nails in it, than it really needed. Then I went back to putting the vinyl plank down. Installing Luxury Vinyl Plank goes along fairly well, but it's a lot of work for one person. Each piece requires getting up, and down from the floor multiple times sometimes. I have the hard part behind me, fitting it into four doorways down a hallway, ending in a curved wall, fitted flush with a slate floor at some weird angle, and ending against a stone chimney. The toolboxes are stacked there to hold the glued down ends of the flooring just right with the adjoining slate floor surface, and to help me remember not to step on it until it cures. Last night, I told Pam that I was unusually tired. I said that it wasn't really Hard work, but was very tiring. She said, "You do realize you're 70 years old now." I said I thought my young girlfriends were keeping me young. She said, "You WIsh." The house has so much wood in it, that we didn't really want woodgrain for the floor, but couldn't find anything else that the color went along with it. Everything currently in fashion is mostly gray, but this house is all warm tones. I wouldn't want this in a house we live in, but it looks like it will be good stuff for a lake rental house. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Mick S said: I smoked a pork shoulder yesterday and let it rest overnight. Today I'm making a green chile stew using some very fresh Hatch green chiles I roasted and peeled. Gonna be great for dinner tomorrow! Mick, that's a low blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Mick, I was able to find some Hatch pepper plants this spring. They were good but not as good as the ones from the Hatch Valley. They say it’s the soil there that gives them their distinct flavor. Set another plate, I’m on my way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Mick S said: I smoked a pork shoulder yesterday and let it rest overnight. Today I'm making a green chile stew using some very fresh Hatch green chiles I roasted and peeled. Gonna be great for dinner tomorrow! So basically you spent parts of three days making one meal? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Chet said: So basically you spent parts of three days making one meal? 5 or 6 meals, and it's worth every minute! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted August 10, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 This was all work done this weekend. Humidity was low so outside work wasn't awful. Started by mulching our "woods". I got all the buck thorn cleared and have enough of the trees cut down that I want to take out. The tree going off at a random angle in the following picture is on the chopping block. Mulch in place and raked out. Then I finished up the cupcake stands for out wedding. I really only had finish sanding left. Megan wanted them a darker color but being poplar I wasn't about to rub on a stain. So HVLP and dye did the trick. Before. After. With not a block to be seen. The color is so uniform it looks suspicious. It falls into that man made box now for looks imo but it beats painting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Looks great on all counts Drew, very nice job on those boxes you would never know they were poplar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 But they will be popular! Nut, I may have missed it but what are the tentative plans for the wedding? My son and his long term gf were planning on a bunch of us going to Vegas in May for their wedding but that went south with CV19. So without telling anyone, they were married in their home by a neighbor preacher and the preachers wife was the witness. They told us the next day when they brought us a piece of the cake. The clearing looks damn good, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 9 hours ago, Coop said: what are the tentative plans for the wedding? As of this minute we can have 88 guests and masks are required. There are exceptions for when you have to wear a mask and yeah.... Our date is December 19th and we'll be getting married that day it just depends on how many people are going to be there and if we do a reception once all the excitement is done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Goodluck. My sister's big wedding end of September is postponed a year and they're going to do a small ceremony this year. His family lives in NYC so it's up in the air if they'll be able to come still. I need to get some pictures up here soon. I started cleaning the shop. My father in law needed a TV so I took down the one that was in my shop which I never used. Only had it there because no one else wanted it. Got the air compressor up on the wall. I need to go through and throw out a bunch of junk scraps and figure out some sort of lumber rack. I maybe tweaked my back some Friday night when my neighbor called and said he had a truckload of sod and asked if I wanted it for the common area behind our house. Hopefully the sod takes and my back heals in the next day or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 11 hours ago, Chestnut said: This was all work done this weekend. Humidity was low so outside work wasn't awful. You my friend have a very different opinion of humidity! I thought it was terrible on Saturday the only good thing was the sun wasn't out. Of course I ride a desk most days so spending the day in the woods cutting trees is always going to seem like real work to me LOL Your yard looks awesome!! You've got a lot done since I was over a few weeks back. Good luck with the wedding!! My daughters pre wedding wedding is the 22nd in Chicago. 30 people, masks must be worn by everyone but my daughter, the groom, the minister, and apparently me while walking her down the isle. No dancing, touching, etc should be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 26 minutes ago, legenddc said: Goodluck. My sister's big wedding end of September is postponed a year and they're going to do a small ceremony this year. His family lives in NYC so it's up in the air if they'll be able to come still. 3 minutes ago, pkinneb said: Good luck with the wedding!! My daughters pre wedding wedding is the 22nd in Chicago. 30 people, masks must be worn by everyone but my daughter, the groom, the minister, and apparently me while walking her down the isle. No dancing, touching, etc should be interesting Thanks, Just cause it's interesting the exceptions for wearing masks right now are " 1. when eating or drinking 2. when demonstrating physical exertion, including dancing 3. when addressing or presenting to all event attendees." So my loophole so the wedding party isn't wearing masks is to have them introduce them selves or something. Then it is with out a question them presenting to or addressing all attendees. This whole thing makes me want to just do immediate family and then host a reception in the summer at out place or something. Then i won't have to worry about number of people or kids attending. 8 minutes ago, pkinneb said: You my friend have a very different opinion of humidity! I thought it was terrible on Saturday the only good thing was the sun wasn't out. Of course I ride a desk most days so spending the day in the woods cutting trees is always going to seem like real work to me LOL I started my weekend Friday and it was nice then. The spraying was very low effort with 30 min of shop time to cool off as the dye dried. 33 minutes ago, legenddc said: I maybe tweaked my back some Friday night when my neighbor called and said he had a truckload of sod and asked if I wanted it for the common area behind our house. Hopefully the sod takes and my back heals in the next day or two. Make sure to water it a LOT. Sod needs a good 3 weeks of heavy watering to repair the root disruption from being cut. For your back i got nothing.... hope it heals up quick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, Chestnut said: Make sure to water it a LOT. Sod needs a good 3 weeks of heavy watering to repair the root disruption from being cut. For your back i got nothing.... hope it heals up quick. Funnily enough, he had leftover sod after doing a job where the guy over-watered the sod. Apparently he watered it so much it all rotted. We're out of town next week so I'll either have to get a neighbor to water it or go buy a timer for the sprinkler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, legenddc said: Funnily enough, he had leftover sod after doing a job where the guy over-watered the sod. Apparently he watered it so much it all rotted. We're out of town next week so I'll either have to get a neighbor to water it or go buy a timer for the sprinkler. Wow that's a first didn't know that was possible. Every day or every other day about a good 5 min soak, for 3 weeks is usually enough for when i cut and place sod from one spot in my yard to another. I'm usually pretty proactive when i have to remove grass to reuse it somewhere else. Why let good established grass go to waste? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 People sometimes think that "needing a lot of water" means it needs to float. Just keeping the soil moist, not soggy, through the day is all that bermuda sod normally needs. Assuming that was bermuda... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Sod comes with the shallow root crown in soil. Over watering typically liquifies that soil, causing sun damage to the exposed crown. There are also a lot of organisms in healthy soil. I have seen sod rot in rolls on a skid when it gets wet. I’ve laid acres in a previous job. I don’t miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted August 11, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Did the top coat spraying today. First 2 coats were endurovar. My can started to get gunk in the bottom so i figured it was time to empty it. I also did the card box at the same time. This is the one that i did my first hand cut dovetails on. After endurovar i sprayed a heavy coat of vetethane WB poly. I did the last coat so i could sand get get a silky smooth feel. Low humidity and working in the sun dry time was about 1 min. So i got over a quart of finish over 3 coats down in 2 hours. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Went for a drive got lost and ended up in western ND. I missed these hills. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 I can think of a lot worse places to get lost not bad Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 8:26 AM, pkinneb said: Good luck with the wedding!! My daughters pre wedding wedding is the 22nd in Chicago. 30 people, masks must be worn by everyone but my daughter, the groom, the minister, and apparently me while walking her down the isle. No dancing, touching, etc should be interesting As you’re smiling behind your mask, knowing that a wedding for 30 people cost a lot less than one with 150 people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 17 minutes ago, Coop said: As you’re smiling behind your mask, knowing that a wedding for 30 people cost a lot less than one with 150 people! I wish!! This is the pre wedding wedding... the "real" wedding is next July and I wrote the final check for that last December Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Ugggg! Daddy’s little girl. Been there, but only once thank goodness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted August 15, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Repurposed my old bench top mortiser cart into a Pantorouter cart. I plan on running it through the CT22 vac so first up was to make a dust collection port that would take 1 3/4" on onside and 2 1/2" on the other. I made them separate and then screwed them together and to the cart Next up I made some cord/hose racks Finally made a clamp holder and added a stop paddle button Still need to make some drawer organizers but that can wait for another day, 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 You messed up by posting a pic of the hose adapter before getting it patented. Rockler will have it in their catalog next month. Seriously though, is that a seal of sort where the hose plugs in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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