drzaius Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 5:19 AM, treeslayer said: Panama Red That's a great song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Been getting some shop time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 98 degrees here, with a dewpoint of 79, and no breeze. People up there must think they're dying. We've been quitting work after lunch this week. Even grass cutters have been quitting at 2. Hottest July in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Minneapolis must be freaking out. News reported heat index there of 117. It's only 108 here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 went on a zip line with my wife and her sister and her husband on Monday, 9 separate lines, the highest was 70 feet and got to a speed of 30 MPH. i'm glad we did it before the midwest turned into a furnace, 99 here, 114 heat index 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: Minneapolis must be freaking out. News reported heat index there of 117. It's only 108 here... Even I went in the pool today... it's bad LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 11:22 AM, Chestnut said: Dang that's a large basement...... wish my basement was bigger. That would mean my shop was bigger too. There is a giant open living room type area (pool table, air hockey, etc), bedroom, full bathroom, storage area, and a media room. The media room is basically a listening room, with my guitars/basses and other instruments and stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 15 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: Minneapolis must be freaking out. News reported heat index there of 117. It's only 108 here... Back to normal a storm rolled though and it's 70 with a dewpoint in the high 50s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 That’s supposed to happen here on Tuesday. I’ll be glad for a break from this heat. I got a window ac unit to put in the doorway of my shop, but it’s still been hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted July 21, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Made a french cleat mount for a monitor i got from work for free. I figured I'd use it in the shop as it's bigger than my laptop screen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Got most of the main carcass done for the Murphy bed I'm making for the casita. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 I did a lot more than I ever intended to do on a Sunday. I was out early, cutting grass, and Pam came running out to tell me that a tornado had hit the house that I built 28 years ago, with the copper roof, knocking down the front porch roof. I quickly rode over there, expecting to see the ridge sagging, and the huge cathedral ceiling in the house separating, and other major structural damage, because the support of the cathedral ceiling depends on the roof plane of the front porch to counter the spreading load in that direction. When I drove up, the ridge was fine. Walking through the house, no damage anywhere, and no separation of anything. Only the bottom of one railing assembly is twisted enough to break, but all the parts are there, and I think I can glue that together. Everything else will go right back in place, with probably no noticeable evidence of the event. The porch goes all the way around the house. The handrails are mortised into the 8x8 solid porch posts, with no fasteners needed because of the way we assembled it. There was about a 6 inch sag in the roof where several porch posts had been blown inward, and now laying on the porch floor. Two main support beams, that were sitting on three of the posts were in front of the two story porch. Nails had pulled out of the Simpson Hurricane ties, required by code, that were nailed into the 4x8 WRC porch rafters. Nothing was beyond repair. The house next door took a direct hit, and has trees all over it. My house just caught the edge of it. It picked up the roof, and shook it. The standing seam copper roof never knew the difference. My temporary post design leaves us enough room to reassemble the posts, and handrails in front of them. It will have to sit on these until we get that old chimney stabilized. I'm in the middle of the 18th Century chimney saving job, that can't wait, so we jacked the porch roof back up to correct plane, and stuck some 2x6 T-posts together to hold it up until be can reassemble the posts, beams, and railings. When we finished today, it was 3 o'clock, and 97 degrees. On a regular working day in this heat, we would have stopped a couple of hours earlier. The 20 ton jacks told me that the roof was VERY heavy, but the lack of damage told me that it was Very Strong. The owner, and I have already designed a tie-together system that won't depend on Simpson ties, but be part of the overall design. Quite a Sunday to remember. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Had to clean the clogged 4” dust port on my Sawstop. Never had that happen before my guess is it was the 2x material I was ripping into 2x2’s felt a bit moist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Be careful with moist wood. I have heard stories of SawStop triggers because of wet wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Mark J said: Be careful with moist wood. I have heard stories of SawStop triggers because of wet wood. Yep I've read that too. I had the saw in bypass mode which I typically do if i'm not positive there will be no issues and definitely anytime I run 2x material through it which is rare. Unfortunately the 2x2's you can by at HD are at best kindling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 14 hours ago, pkinneb said: Had to clean the clogged 4” dust port on my Sawstop. I have had this happen when a sliver of off cut went down the chute and ended up getting caught crosswise at the port and then the flex hose inside of the saw would clog up slowly over time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Slowly but steadily making progress on my ukulele. Glued the last large piece of binding today, just have a small piece left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 6 hours ago, JohnG said: Slowly but steadily making progress on my ukulele. Glued the last large piece of binding today, just have a small piece left. Progress without pics don’t hold water here, you should know that by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JohnG Posted July 23, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Here’s a little sneak preview- maybe I’ll make a project journal or showcase thread if there is interest. I don’t have any idea what I’m doing so it would be more of a slideshow or gallery. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted July 23, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Experience is that magical stuff you acquire right after you needed it. Journals are good for showing trouble spots so others have an opportunity to help, not just for showing off the successes! And I'd rather learn from your mistakes, than mine! 2 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: Experience is that magical stuff you acquire right after you needed it. That's brilliant. I hope it's your line, but I'm stealing it anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted July 23, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Taking a few days break from woodworking. I have a flower bed that's been nasty looking and I've wanted to change it for some time now. The tree drops a lot of sticks in the rock and they are impossible to clean out. So ism getting rid of the rock and am planting more plants. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but i prefer beds that are just dirt and have more dense plants that choke out weeds. From my experience set up this way they have less maintenance. Was going to post this last night so it was something i did "today" but i fell asleep..... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chip Sawdust Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 We put some fake vines on the tree branches my wife had me prop up for our bird area. Ok, her bird area she feeds them, has her own names for the various species, and she loves watching them across the back yard so who am I to say no to fake vines? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 The landscaping continues. I needed a way to separate the dirt from the rock. So i made a screen from hardware cloth and wallwood. I put it on an angle so the rock will tumble down and the dirt falls through. It works awesome. It's the thing on the right side of the picture. Just a frame with 2 legs. The new home for the rock, my boat parking spot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Actually yesterday but got a couple of items recommended by Chet and Bmac for my Bday 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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