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Since I get picture requests when I don’t will put all construction here. Dirt work complete we have a driveway This is. Back porch wife had to have a picture final work before pour tomorrow. Dirt work on shop to start next week.
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My house was painted by professional painters 4 years ago. They did a fine job. Here in the Denver area we get hail many times each year. After a recent such storm, I saw some hail damage on the northwest side of my house. Not much, some of the larger bare areas were as big as a quarter. It was and is very puzzling to me. The damage only went up about 10 feet. There is another 2 story house about 10 feet away and it was not touched. I felt good about not having to go up high and only needed an 8 ft step ladder. That is when I discovered that the siding was not wood or aluminum. It was pressed fiber wood and has been there for more than 30 years. It wasn’t much of a task to paint the bare spots. When I got out the paint out that the painters had left, it was well marked. I made another discovery. The paint cans were NOT metal, but plastic. I remember thinking “This is cheap junk”. When I opened the cans I was surprised. The paint needed little stirring. There was very little on the bottom and I was ready to go in a few minutes. Those plastic containers made a big difference and the paint was still very much liquid. It used to take some time with an electric drill stir to get it thoroughly mixed. After I was finished I had to admit that I was wrong about cheap stuff being used. As for the fiber board………………There is NOT one good stick of wood in the whole house. It is all plywood and cheap pine. But that is how they make them now days. My old house in Ohio was all Oak and real wood. Times have changed, as I found out
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Just run across this picture of bird houses in the air
Smallpatch posted a topic in Patio and Outdoors
and thought if any one is thinking of wanting bird houses up in the air then this is great if you can weld. This type of set up makes cleaning and repairing the bird houses very easy to bring them down to the ground for maintenance instead of falling off a ladder like you might do. These are oil field pipe which is 1/4" thickness walls of both the 2 3/8" and also the 3 1/2" walls which is the common sizes and very useful for a welder for everything I have here except the house was made with oil field pipe as the back bones of my dock, the dock walkways, the garage, the shop and the three decks around the house is all pipe as the starting points. The break over pole is about 20 foot long. You can see the bolt in the middle of the smaller pipe and an extra pipe has been added down at the bottom of the swinging pipe to offset the weight of the platform and the bird houses on the top so when ready to lower the houses to the ground simply take out the bolt through the pipe down at the bottom after you have attached a rope to that end so you can gently let out some rope till the houses touch the ground. I had installed a large I beam on top of the retaining wall when we first moved herea few feet back from the water and this is what I welded the shorter large pipe to for the foundation of said breakover set up...
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Our daughter and son-in-law have just purchased their first house in Springs, NY, south of Montauk. Their street address starts with just the #5 and then the street name. I thought that I could give them a house warming present, with a carving of just the #5, and it will be painted/gilded. Here's the start of the rough carving/layout for this project. The number carving is in basswood and the second disk of wood is pine, and the use of it will be apparent later on. Again, this is just a rough carving...... finishing will take place later.
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Good day folks, we are looking at Whole House Fans, our early evenings and nights are very cool outside, and we would love to get that cool air into our hot home instead of the AC. Any recommendations in brands or technology? Thanks!
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(Yard)Workbench Magazine May-June 1967 24 Apartment Martin House
John Morris posted a topic in Plans and Software
View File Workbench Magazine May-June 1967 24 Apartment Martin House This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. Submitter John Morris Submitted 10/10/2019 Category Yard and Outdoors -
Workbench Magazine May-June 1967 24 Apartment Martin House
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This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use.-
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I have built some fancy birdhouses for my wife. I used fencing Cedar because it weathers good. Well, I thought it did. Now a few years later, all of them are badly cracked or weathered away. I must also add that they were hit by some big hail. (That I can do nothing about.) However I am up for suggestions on a better wood or perhaps a finish that would help them last longer. The Colorado sun is brutal and destroys most wood in short order. I am not going to repair or rebuild till winter, so there is no rush. Birds are now starting their nests and I discovered how bad they were when I cleaned them out. I patched and repaired enough to get thru summer. They now look NOTHING like they did in the picture
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(Wooden Toys)-Workbench Magazine March-April 1967 Doll's Tree House
John Morris posted a topic in Plans and Software
View File Workbench Magazine March-April 1967 Doll's Tree House This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. Submitter John Morris Submitted 05/01/2019 Category Wooden Toys-
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I may have posted this before Years ago, I made a gnome home with a surprise in it. The kids would come home from school past our house and see this tree. They got the biggest kick out of what they saw and would bring other kids and even their parents over to open that door
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Ron Altier posted some bird cages and they were really beautiful . I really want to try some of those. I made a few more birdhouse ornaments to add to inventory.
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View File House House by Mahendra Submitter John Morris Submitted 11/01/2016 Category Scroll Saw Patterns
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I made this old doll house more than 30 years ago. It sat in storage for about the last 20 and got damaged. I spent the morning replacing shingles, bricks, etc. Each brick, shingle,, siding are single pieces glued on. I even cut each shutter angle piece and made my own. I must of had a lot more patience then As you can see, I have a new tenant.
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