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What are you doing today, II

FrancSevin said:
The older one gets, the less they want to do. Truth is, one should do more.

"Purpose, Life must have."
yoda
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I know. He'll be 68 tomorrow and he's been working since he was 10. He's more than entitled to rest. But he used to be so active up until my mother died and his divorce a few years later. So many things happened, I just feel as if it broke him. He just doesn't have the motivation for anything anymore. I just want him around for a long time to come, still.
 
Melensdad said:
Are you using recycled wood from old fences? And branches that you find/cut? What type of finish are you applying? I'd love to see more more detailed photos.
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Gary O' said:
The front and back walls, and floor are from Home Depot's cedar fence boards
The sides are cedar underlayment shakes
The whimsically twisty 'branches' are actually roots from blow over lodgepole pine trees
I have plenty up at the cabin

The finish is liberally applied linseed oil
Birds aren't offended by it

I do feather the rises of the grain with a dark stain

I'll take photos in stages next build
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Started one today

Here's some pics;

I center on knotholes or features that will encompass the entry hole in halo or ray like features from the raised grain
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Then I select the roots from those collected from my cabin property

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It's a pretty tough call, since what I settle on will sacrifice some of the unique twists when cutting to fit

I drill a very small entry....for small birds

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and bevel the ridges to a smooth edge

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I buy the flap wheels 20 at a time
About a buck apiece
Beats the local hardware stores at around $8 each

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I feather the raised grain with a dark stain
Creating halos and rays around the entry

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I use a block of wood to create the right sized room

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Then the wall adventure
Getting whimsical with cuts and shapes

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I'll post more pics tomorrow
 
My son's wife is losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. I have tobuild a ramp so she can be wheelchair into our home in Springfield MO.

$500 worth of materials and a few days of labour. Just for a few weeks of comfortable access.
Fortunately, I can repurpose the ramp as a front porch at Hippie Ridge
 
Sorry to hear that franc.

I went to the city to pick up a reverse osmosis water filtration system for the house then came back home to continue working on the house garage. Since we moved in, it's been a mess and a catch all. We've been working on it all summer to get organized. My wife's ford expedition is now parked in it. But I have a pressing reason to get it done as we're at a point with sorting through things of dad's that his toolbox and a few hand tools are left and we need a place to put them as mom's place is up for sale. Since my son will eventually inherit them, it makes sense to move them here. And I'm talking a fully stocked 5ft tall toolbox full of higher end tools dad used when he owned logging trucks.
 
FrancSevin said:
My son's wife is losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. I have tobuild a ramp so she can be wheelchair into our home in Springfield MO.

$500 worth of materials and a few days of labour. Just for a few weeks of comfortable access.
Fortunately, I can repurpose the ramp as a front porch at Hippie Ridge
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Sorry to your family, especially you daughter in law. No one deserves, that especially family.
 
Going to the gym this morning. They're having a presentation about human trafficking here on October 11. I've taken it on myself to get flyers out all over town to invite people....I'll probably call the police chief because he's had some great ideas on where to take them. Later I have a VFW meeting and then a conservative political meeting.
 
The dogs, long ago, chewed up some weather stripping on one of our sliding patio doors. So after several years of looking at it, the lovely Mrs_Bob ordered some "E-Z Install" replacement weather stip. Let me just say that there is a lot of FALSE ADVERTISING in the product description. I gave up on installing it after about 30 minutes. Tried stuffing it into the track with my fingers, a screwdriver, a hammer, and caulk removal tool and a lot of swearing. After hurting myself and barely getting back up off the ground, I called it quits. There is no way that new weather strip is getting installed.

I ordered a different type with Prime delivery, should arrive tomorrow. I'm both too old, and too crabby, to spend hours trying to do a 5 minute task.
 
FrancSevin said:
My son's wife is losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. I have tobuild a ramp so she can be wheelchair into our home in Springfield MO.

$500 worth of materials and a few days of labour. Just for a few weeks of comfortable access.
Fortunately, I can repurpose the ramp as a front porch at Hippie Ridge
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Well, they took her to hospital tonight. Doc says she won't be coming home. So this weekend is a vigil in Springfield.
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I suspect the "ramp" will just be delivered to Hippie Ridge.

Sad times.
 
FrancSevin said:
Well, they took her to hospital tonight. Doc says she won't be coming home. So this weekend is a vigil in Springfield.
And
I suspect the "ramp" will just be delivered to Hippie Ridge.

Sad times.
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Sorry to hear this news. My mom had cancer, twice. Finally wasted away. It would have been a blessing if she had gone quickly, but she lingered on. A fate I would never wish upon anyone. I hope she goes peacefully, and quickly and I pray for your whole family.
 
I watched two of my grandparents pass from cancer and one wither away for years losing one limb at a time to diabetes. It's never easy and those that are closest to the person are left on the sidelines powerless to do anything about it. I pray for comfort for you and your family going through this.

It's Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend. Normally we would be at camp but we decided to close up last weekend for the Season. We still need to go out one more time to do a final sweep of the camper and pull in the slides. But we're home this weekend hosting Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. Tonight though, we're hosting a drop in bonfire for anyone who wants to come. So I'll be out trimming grass around the firepit area and getting wood ready. I already mowed yesterday then used the tow behind lawn sweeper to clean up the lawn clippings. Mowing is pretty much done for the year but I'll still be going at it with the lawn sweeper for a couple weeks cleaning up fallen leaves. Plus the annual fall changeover of pulling the batteries from the boat and storing it and hauling out the snowmobiles for winter
 
. . . how big . . .

did that once for the kids, big big biggie bonfire....
they had a ball.
softened/sagged the vinyl siding . . . which I had no ball fixing . . .
 
Weekend work and campfire, Hippie Ridge
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My rock guy did not deliver three loads of ballast rock, so I could not assemble the entire 36 feet of deck across the front of the cabin.

Once done this 5'X 36' deck will suffice for a season whilst we finish the interior. The two windows will be replaced by patio window/doors, bringing light into the two main rooms.
Next year this deck will be repurposed to the back of the house, and a new 12' X 36' permanent deck will be erected.

If you look closely at the roof, one can see the damage done at delivery.
 
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Weekend work and campfire, Hippie Ridge
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My rock guy did not deliver three loads of ballast rock, so I could not assemble the entire 36 feet of deck across the front of the cabin.

Once done this 5'X 36' deck will suffice for a season whilst we finish the interior. The two windows will be replaced by patio window/doors, bringing light into the two main rooms.
Next year this deck will be repurposed to the back of the house, and a new 12' X 36' permanent deck will be erected.

If you look closely at the roof, one can see the damage done at delivery.
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Lookin good Franc, after you fix your ruffled eve, you caught up to where I am after 3 years of remodeling, in a couple days.
 
FrancSevin said:
The interior is a blank canvass.

I cannot wait to get started.
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Im leaving mine an open floor plan, the bathroom is closed in, with only 850 sq feet to play with ,including the loft and the bathroom, there isn't much left and would be closterfobic to me if I divided it up further. Im doing 4" wide v groove t&g cedar on the walls and Pergo wood look on the floor. The first plan was tile, but I'm afraid the floor isn't up to it without cracking at some point. Also the temperature up there from summer around 90 on some days to -15 on some winter days, I already noticed the bathroom door closes as it should in the summer ( I installed it in the summer ) but in winter it is tight when you close it. Have you decided on your interior or still in than planning/dreaming stage?
 
My wife wants to get into maple syrup game , for a project when she retires in a year from now. I get to be her "assistant" this spring, I guess... and I don't really care for the stuff , but I'm game to collect the sap with a J5 and trailer.
So we started a 10x16ft "Sugar Shack'' at the end of august, old hydro poles, new tin mismatched on the roof and 110 plus year old tin on the walls that my great grandfather bought in 1910 to build a barn , and a few barn beams for the frame. Finished the windows today , have to install the chimney and door , the rest is inside work for later , just glad it's done before the weather takes a turn.
J5 Bombardier
 

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J5 Bombardier said:
My wife wants to get into maple syrup game , for a project when she retires in a year from now. I get to be her "assistant" this spring, I guess... and I don't really care for the stuff , but I'm game to collect the sap with a J5 and trailer.
So we started a 10x16ft "Sugar Shack'' at the end of august, old hydro poles, new tin mismatched on the roof and 110 plus year old tin on the walls that my great grandfather bought in 1910 to build a barn , and a few barn beams for the frame. Finished the windows today , have to install the chimney and door , the rest is inside work for later , just glad it's done before the weather takes a turn.
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That looks so good. All you need now is Maple sap and customers.

Maple syrup?

Where are you?
 
Drove out to camp to finish closing up for the season and haul the golf cart home. Then I moved the fifth wheel to it's winter storage spot after winterizing the water system.
 
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