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Some kind of composite/Masonite type of stuff my wife gets form work. I use it for tons of different things. Takes nailing with the brad nailer pretty good, takes gluing with the glue gun really good too. It’s pretty versatile stuff, I try to get it as much as I can because I use it for a lot of stuff.

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Built a shelf specced out to fit binders, quick easy build


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And the saga continues…

Cr8ondt wrote:

2 hours ago, Cr8ondt said:

And the saga continues…

 

Awesome!! 

This is what i grew up on while younger, then dad switched strictly to roofing in my early teen years. All kinds of fun…

Looks like you’re going to swallow that little entrance doorway, but i’m assuming it’s going to stay because the electrical is coming in there?

JimboS1ice wrote:

23 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

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Oh boy wait til you see the project my wife found on Pinterest! 

I’m assuming I’m in for it now, there’s no end to her wants lol

KnarlyCarl wrote:

3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

 

Oh boy wait til you see the project my wife found on Pinterest! 

I’m assuming I’m in for it now, there’s no end to her wants lol

There will never be an end in sight my friend….

KnarlyCarl wrote:

14 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Looks like you’re going to swallow that little entrance doorway, but i’m assuming it’s going to stay because the electrical is coming in there?

lol, yeah thats gotta stay, odd ball local lake front codes prevent “new” construction on this lake so to get around it there has to be a certain amount of existing structure, had to goto the zoning board more than a few times over it, but thats not my problem lol.  The electrical is “temp” not exactly sure where its going to end up but sure looks permanent, it actually was moved there recently.  

Screw the electricians and their silly conduit, I’m using this on plumbing. It’s an abomination

Lol!!

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KnarlyCarl wrote:

 
Oh boy wait til you see the project my wife found on Pinterest! 
I’m assuming I’m in for it now, there’s no end to her wants lol

Worked on drawing a house plan in Revit today for school. First floor is mostly complete. Just doing more interior work now. Did a lot with the kitchen this week and learned a lot about the program. I made sure to include a dedicated room for a shop cause TIA for life. Also did a purdy render of the unfinished kitchen. It took over an hour to complete. Looks almost real. 

JimboS1ice wrote:

On 3/2/2017 at 9:40 PM, JimboS1ice said:

Ya I come from work and I get the i need a shelf for my classroom ha ha deadly Pinterest is the death of me!

Jimbo

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Almost got it complete, but ran short a little piece of cedar, and forgot some screws! D’oh!

So i’m going to disassemble everything now that I get it how I want it, sand it a bit, seal it up and put it back together with some stainless screws

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And of course, i didn’t think about getting the sand either, we’ll have to get some at a later date, when it warms up more

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Looks good dude, don’t show any other wives will all be in trouble


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Upstairs coming together….

Cr8ondt wrote:

3 hours ago, Cr8ondt said:

Very cool, that’s the type of work i grew up on but with a much larger body of water in front of us… Dad built houses along lake Michigan, just him and the crew, my brother and I got immersed in that from early on, 

KnarlyCarl wrote:

9 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

 

Very cool, that’s the type of work i grew up on but with a much larger body of water in front of us… Dad built houses along lake Michigan, just him and the crew, my brother and I got immersed in that from early on, 

I’m about an hour east of Lake Mi, got a buddy that wanted me to work on a project over there, but I had already committed to this one. it’s basically just my brother-in-law and I on the build, ya we call in some help from time to time and have some trades guys in here and there but most of it is the 2 of us.  My old man was a GC and I remember being on a roof with him when I was 6 so.  All my life I’ve been around building is some shape or form so when I lost my “real” job about 5 years ago(but that’s another story) I called an uncle (he’s a GC too) and been busy ever since.  

Cr8ondt wrote:

15 hours ago, Cr8ondt said:

I’m about an hour east of Lake Mi, got a buddy that wanted me to work on a project over there, but I had already committed to this one. it’s basically just my brother-in-law and I on the build, ya we call in some help from time to time and have some trades guys in here and there but most of it is the 2 of us.  My old man was a GC and I remember being on a roof with him when I was 6 so.  All my life I’ve been around building is some shape or form so when I lost my “real” job about 5 years ago(but that’s another story) I called an uncle (he’s a GC too) and been busy ever since.  

There ya go! 

Gotta make do and might as well be with something you like doing! 

Well spent some quality time with my 887&886 the past 2 days, I got a wee bit of a project, a doctor’s office had some water damage so insurance is paying for a 50% +/- remodel of the place. 3 rooms get top to bottom new “kitchen” cabinets and tops, new floor, trim, and a bathroom.  887 spent most of the time in mode 1 for cabinet and drawer assembly while 886 was doing mounting duty.  Am I too lazy to flick the switch to 2 or 3 on the 887? 

Yep! if ya got em use em!

Side note, Ya know its kinda funny when half of the time I go to look for my impact my brother-in-law has it while his GenX 5 is sitting right there…. I mean LITERALLY right next to him while he’s using mine!   

Something small, just a test piece on a cheap piece of scrap from the lumber yard. I have a nicer piece of cherry I will make the real one out of, then I will try to do larger pieces. This all started when I saw a post on IG, I liked it but she seemed to refuse to talk about how she did it…so I did some trial and error and figured out a way to do it.
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I used my antique routers from my pawn shop find a couple months back. First time doing a lot of stuff I did on here, don’t do much woodwork other than shelves and fences…trying to do more. I want to also eventually do optical illusion cutting boards.

BMack37 wrote:

1 hour ago, BMack37 said:

Something small, just a test piece on a cheap piece of scrap from the lumber yard. I have a nicer piece of cherry I will make the real one out of, then I will try to do larger pieces. This all started when I saw a post on IG, I liked it but she seemed to refuse to talk about how she did it…so I did some trial and error and figured out a way to do it.
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I used my antique routers from my pawn shop find a couple months back. First time doing a lot of stuff I did on here, don’t do much woodwork other than shelves and fences…trying to do more. I want to also eventually do optical illusion cutting boards.

Looks awesome!

We craned in a giant lazy susan this morning. The platform can easily be spun by one person with a car on top of it.

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BMack37 wrote:

On 3/13/2017 at 0:05 AM, BMack37 said:

Something small, just a test piece on a cheap piece of scrap from the lumber yard. I have a nicer piece of cherry I will make the real one out of, then I will try to do larger pieces. This all started when I saw a post on IG, I liked it but she seemed to refuse to talk about how she did it…so I did some trial and error and figured out a way to do it.
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I used my antique routers from my pawn shop find a couple months back. First time doing a lot of stuff I did on here, don’t do much woodwork other than shelves and fences…trying to do more. I want to also eventually do optical illusion cutting boards.

Brian, that looks awesome dude!

KnarlyCarl wrote:

On 3/4/2017 at 11:30 PM, KnarlyCarl said:

 

Almost got it complete, but ran short a little piece of cedar, and forgot some screws! D’oh!

 

So i’m going to disassemble everything now that I get it how I want it, sand it a bit, seal it up and put it back together with some stainless screws

 

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And of course, i didn’t think about getting the sand either, we’ll have to get some at a later date, when it warms up more

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Cough….gasp….arghhhh…..is that…..is that…..is that grass?!?!?!?!?!?

Looks awesome bro! I hope you don’t mind but something like that may end up in the back yard at my house!

ChrisK wrote:

3 hours ago, ChrisK said:

Cough….gasp….arghhhh…..is that…..is that…..is that grass?!?!?!?!?!?

 

Looks awesome bro! I hope you don’t mind but something like that may end up in the back yard at my house!

Thanks! Yeah that was crazy warm weather and then it got cold and Friday it snowed a bunch but warmed up a bit so the snow is gone again.

I actually thought it was a slick idea for a sandbox. I think if I do it again, or feel like making modifications at all, it will be to beef up the back rest braces with something thicker. It’s only for little kids but they can be awful rough on things!

Cleaned and lubed the garage door rollers and shifted the door over. For some reason it’s been riding all the way to the right, finally said “fuck it” and slid it back to somewhat center. Stained a plaque. Refilled the spray bottle of cleaner/degreaser. Took apart the grease gun to find the grease turned gummy, said “fuck it” again and put it back together. I’ll deal with it another time. Reorganized the socket drawer a little bit. Cleaned/waxed the headlights on my car. Cleaned the dash and the inside of the doors. Vacuumed the car.

Well cleaned some windows yesterday and the day before. The glass had stain and finish on it. I would’ve expected our guys to do a better job at stain and finish. I wonder if my boss was mad or anything.

She’s got a lid!

Just need an alligator for your moat lol looks good dude

Jimbo

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JimboS1ice wrote:

10 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

Just need an alligator for your moat lol looks good dude

Jimbo

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Been at this place place since January and I’ve yet to see a single fish in this lake, granted it’s been ice covered most of the time but it’s probably because the alligators ate all the fish 🙂

I finally had enough of the chaos in my shop, so I decided to start cleaning stuff out. Every winter I accumulate a real mess from trying to do everything inside but with all the work going on with the house, it was especially bad this year.

In order to do anything with the shop, I had to first clean the building out. Man did I fuck up. I have a 7×14 trailer FULL of shit to go to the dump. It’s all shit I have no idea why we ever thought about keeping in the first place.

I was able to get most of the excess bulky shit out of the shop and into the building, and actually got started cleaning out the shop. I have so much crap stuffed anywhere it will fit it’s not even funny. Hardware, scrap metal, cable, chain, all shit I can’t justify throwing away, But I’ve got to find some organization. 

I cut 80 year old cast iron pipe the other day with my flexvolt recip and torch blades.

Jronman wrote:

On 3/28/2017 at 9:59 AM, Jronman said:

I cut 80 year old cast iron pipe the other day with my flexvolt recip and torch blades.

man that’s my work a LOT

How many cuts? I’ll tell you right now the Diablo carbide thick metal cutting blade will do better and last longer if you cut your speed to about half to keep the heat down….. then just bear down on the pipe…

That’s what I love about the onekey sawzall, i set it to 1500 strokes per minute, then pull the trigger and it holds that speed.  Then when i cut through it completely it stops the saw dead because it’s through the cut.. pretty awesome for tight spots where cast snapper is a no go…

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But I would love to get this cast snapper to try in the press tools at work:

It’s a Ridgid jaw and goes up to 4″

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KnarlyCarl wrote:

On 3/30/2017 at 8:11 PM, KnarlyCarl said:

man that’s my work a LOT

How many cuts? I’ll tell you right now the Diablo carbide thick metal cutting blade will do better and last longer if you cut your speed to about half to keep the heat down….. then just bear down on the pipe…

That’s what I love about the onekey sawzall, i set it to 1500 strokes per minute, then pull the trigger and it holds that speed.  Then when i cut through it completely it stops the saw dead because it’s through the cut.. pretty awesome for tight spots where cast snapper is a no go…

 

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But I would love to get this cast snapper to try in the press tools at work:

It’s a Ridgid jaw and goes up to 4″

 

 

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Ima say we got around 24 cuts that day. Not sure how good that is or not. I tried to go slower cause I knew the blades would last longer. Seemed like the blades last awhile. We got most of the pipe cut out today. I enjoyed the work. Was challenging figuring out where to cut. Hardest part was making sure the pipe didn’t clamp on the blade. Does that press tool cut the pipe? Do you still instal cast iron pipe or does plastic and copper pipe only get installed?

Grrrrrrr 2 days of trim… Hitachi miter and I have been having grown up conversations about the stupid Rockwell table saw… Kinda funny 3 windows alone needed 72 cuts!  That’s not counting any base, doors, or odd ball crap, almost every cut required a 1/8 mile hike…….. Each way……… The DeWalt OMT got a workout too, actually that was kinda fun, battery saw had some fun too

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Built this bad boy yesterday, speced to fit a queen sized mattress


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looks nice. This also the first pics of the new workshop?

Looks super solid Jimbo great job dude!

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Built this bad boy yesterday, speced to fit a queen sized mattress
 

Well…that beats the shit out of the bed frame I made for my daughter. Good work!!

Jronman wrote:

looks nice. This also the first pics of the new workshop?

Kato wrote:

5 hours ago, Kato said:

 

 

Well…that beats the shit out of the bed frame I made for my daughter. Good work!!

Hold the accolades until he moves it up a flight of stairs ? 

Are those 2×6 cross beams?

As for me, with the forecast calling for rain and snow, I went ahead and mowed for the first time this year. If I’d waited until next week I’d have had to borrow my neighbor’s bailer.

I waited too long really. Most people have already mowed twice ?. I was using a 3 cylinder diesel Tractor, but it might have been a struggle for a mere mortal mowing apparatus.

Odd too because I’m typically the first one to mow and firmly believe the two most important days of the year are the first time you mow and the last time you mow. 

Conductor562 wrote:

 
Hold the accolades until he moves it up a flight of stairs [emoji23] 
Are those 2×6 cross beams?
 
As for me, with the forecast calling for rain and snow, I went ahead and mowed for the first time this year. If I’d waited until next week I’d have had to borrow my neighbor’s bailer.
 
I waited too long really. Most people have already mowed twice [emoji51]. I was using a 3 cylinder diesel Tractor, but it might have been a struggle for a mere mortal mowing apparatus.
 
Odd too because I’m typically the first one to mow and firmly believe the two most important days of the year are the first time you mow and the last time you mow. 

Conductor562 wrote:

13 hours ago, Conductor562 said:

 

Hold the accolades until he moves it up a flight of stairs ? 

Are those 2×6 cross beams?

 

As for me, with the forecast calling for rain and snow, I went ahead and mowed for the first time this year. If I’d waited until next week I’d have had to borrow my neighbor’s bailer.

 

I waited too long really. Most people have already mowed twice ?. I was using a 3 cylinder diesel Tractor, but it might have been a struggle for a mere mortal mowing apparatus.

 

Odd too because I’m typically the first one to mow and firmly believe the two most important days of the year are the first time you mow and the last time you mow. 

I should check my yard to see if it is ready to mow but I’m not sure the mower is back from its yearly tuneup.

I did this…

Kato wrote:

3 hours ago, Kato said:

I did this…

 

 

 

That’s pretty cool. I’d love to be able to free hand stuff like that, but I just don’t have that kind of artistic touch. 

One more day and my shop will be the leanest and most organized it’s been in a long time. It’s been ground zero for every project imaginable sine we moved in and I had accumulated an insane amount of clutter. By the time I get everything loaded I will have gotten rid of 2 7×14 trailer loads of excess shit. 

I’m still putting stuff off until I redo my shop next year, but I can’t go another year with no place to do anything. I’ve got so much shit backed up to do it isn’t even funny. 

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Got the first coat of paint on, well technically second if you include the primer coat


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JimboS1ice wrote:

On 4/12/2017 at 2:51 PM, JimboS1ice said:

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Looks really good Jimbo. Pocket hole jig?

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T75R wrote:

Looks really good Jimbo. Pocket hole jig?

Trades are getting rough ins done this week then spray insulation and drywall next week.

Cr8ondt wrote:

19 minutes ago, Cr8ondt said:

 

Wheres the Tyvek? Looks nice.