KnarlyCarl wrote:
11 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:I made a video, thought I’d give the vlog style a shot, incorporate a few tools into the mix as well, any critiques, feel free to share… I want to expand on this, give an insight into what this trade involves and include the tools of the trades as well…
We’ll see where this takes me…
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Really cool bro keepem coming??
Progress…
Looking good !
Well, I got to use my most favorite tool a caulk gun (sarcasm) to caulk around some exterior mel-rol (flashing). It was a good time, especially since it’s 93 degrees and the sun reflects right off the curtain wall into your face. With that, I also used a puddy knife and a jab saw. On a side note, it literally all pays the same.
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Couple more pics…
Oh, and some how this little guy found his way on to the pick I was working off…
Cr8ondt wrote:
Love the grey and white dude
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started out the day by helping lay pipe for farm fields then I went back to the current jobsite to clean the house to get it ready for paint. Probably 30 minutes in from getting back from the farm work I got a bucket of water dumped on me. My old phone somehow survived haha.
having to do it in sections because of our great Michigan weather lol. Forgot to get pics before we ripped off the old roof but got some pictures of the progress..
We’re doing a “Team Member of the Month” at work now, so we’ve been prepping two parking lot spaces for them. One of the guys has been painting the spots so we can stencil them with “Team Member of the Month” and we’re gonna add our company emblem to them too. Yesterday I made a stencil for the O’Reilly “O” out of masonite. Nothing special, but it was fun making it, and I got to play with my jigsaw…
Jscott wrote:
12 hours ago, Jscott said:having to do it in sections because of our great Michigan weather lol. Forgot to get pics before we ripped off the old roof but got some pictures of the progress..
Yeah our Michigan weather is bipolar.
Nice job. Love the metal roof. Wish my town would let me put on a metal roof
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Eric – TIA wrote:
8 hours ago, Eric – TIA said:Nice job. Love the metal roof. Wish my town would let me put on a metal roof
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That sucks…. They are all over around me(SW MI), also metal roofs get a home owners insurance break here too.
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Added a room, a bathroom, new kitchen and all in time for 106 degree weather 🙂
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Trimming out the windows and doors, plus some of the tile guys work…
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One done now building the same house just flipped around Across from it.
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Had a blast setting this glulam beam. It’s the first of roughly 30 to set. The seat cut fit perfectly on the first one, we shall see how they go the rest of the way. The tools used on this, spud wrench by Klein, DeWalt 1/2″ impact, Milwaukee Fuel 1/4″ Impact, Bosch angle finder, Stabila 4′ level, plumb bob, common sense
Tuesday: Ex-horse stall into a bathroom and laundry. All to code, if anyone was wondering. inspected and passed no problem
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Wednesday: Another underground plumbing install, missed getting the finished pic, a brand new house we’ll be doing the plumbing and HVAC at.
Concrete guys sets their forms ALMOST in the way, but i had spray painted a location we need to be so they stayed to the right of our work. I didn’t understand why the builder wanted us to do the underground before the foundation walls were up, but as long as they don’t hit our pipes, should be ok
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Thurdsay: these guys sent me a Pick Up stix to try out: so so much easier moving a toilet around, with or without the tank on the bowl http://www.pickupstix.ca/
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I got to set some pre-hung doors for a buddy today. Tools used: paslode 16g cordless nailer, stabila 16″, 32″, 78″ levels, pry bar and multi tool for cutting shims. Not really liking the paslodes anymore, I’m debating about getting DEWALT or Milwaukee cordless nailers.
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Not really a work thing today, just trying to clean and organize my garage. As you can see in this small sample sized photo, I just have stuff all over at the moment. Unfortunately, I live In hail country during the summer, so I have to have space in the garage to pull a car in. Otherwise, I would probably never have the miter saw or table saw folded up against the wall. Also, I feel like I do this about monthly… then I buy something new and start the process all over again trying to create room and remaining organized. The life of a craftsman.. I guess?
FrosBros82 wrote:
13 hours ago, FrosBros82 said:Not really a work thing today, just trying to clean and organize my garage. As you can see in this small sample sized photo, I just have stuff all over at the moment. Unfortunately, I live In hail country during the summer, so I have to have space in the garage to pull a car in. Otherwise, I would probably never have the miter saw or table saw folded up against the wall. Also, I feel like I do this about monthly… then I buy something new and start the process all over again trying to create room and remaining organized. The life of a craftsman.. I guess?
My garage is the same way bro a total mess at the moment
FrosBros82 wrote:
On 7/3/2017 at 9:52 AM, FrosBros82 said:Also, I feel like I do this about monthly…
You know…you’re not the only one. My garage looks like a demented game of Tetris with how everything is puzzle-pieced together. The way shit is built you have to be a rocket scientist and have 3 hands to take it apart any time you want to redo anything. It’s the only way I can manage to fit two cars in there. I actually had to completely rebuild “my side” of the garage so I could fit my car in. Which brings me to my tail of adventure for today…
In my boredom today I thought I’d go into the garage and play with some tools just for shits and giggles. Was planning to rehang my vac hose so I set out to do it. Managed to bring down a shelf while I was doing it…which was holding the corner of another shelf…and also made me learn that apparently I’m stronger than EZ-Anchors. It’s also funny how you can find stuff you forgot about when it’s all scattered across the garage floor. Anyhoo, rebuilt that with the help of the wife because I had to hold the shelves with one hand and operate tools with the other. Awesome wife.
Got reorganized and hung the vac hose, then did what I originally was planning to do…get the planer out and make a huge woodchip mess. Gotta say…it really impresses me at how much something as simple as a thickness planer can make me as giddy as a pig-tailed little schoolgirl with ice cream and new barrettes. When the wood comes out all clean and flat and pretty it makes me happy. I must really love tools
Well awesome. At least my garage isn’t the only one with a monthly cleaning schedule…..
Been working on this drawing today for a side job I have. I hope to start building it soon. Just using our old tv as a second larger screen for a bit. The desk is one I built 4 years ago. I’m at that point where I get to figure up materials. I will be using my new spreadsheet I created which happens to include a prototype of a logo a friend of mine is making for me. 
overanalyze wrote:
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That’s fun work, good job! It looks great.
Spent yesterday organizing and adding shelfs and storage to the tool trailer, it’s got alot more to be done but much more useful now.
I sanded floors today.
As usual, at work with only a Gerber multitool on my person. Waiting to pick up machine guns and my phone needed a charge but the Durastar “deuce” cigarette lighter hasn’t worked for at least a year, so some basic troubleshooting was in order.
Checked the fuse and swapped it out with another 15A fuse from the panel: nothing.
Removed the trim and a storage compartment just above the lighter and checked the connections: all was good.
Removed the lighter, disassembled it, and found some oxidation on the housing and internal components; cleaned, reassembled and put it back: success!
Now I’m streaming the Jason Ellis Show on SiriusXM and browsing the web while using my DeWalt inverter to charge the phone.
We have been using the DeWALT brushless wrench for some giant lags and through bolts on a glulam structure. Have not used it too much, but from what I can tell it seems to be awesome.
Wow all you guys make me look like a lazy a**. You guys do nice work
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Back at the CIP TIG game with a chemical injection manifold piece.
I wanted to install some skylights but they were turning out to be very expensive if bought pre-made and I didn’t have guys with enough expertise that would make it on the spot.
Also heard about leaking issues and the general inexperience of workers in India in installing skylights made it even more difficult for me go ahead with installing them.
So I had to find an alternate. The roof is made of metal sheets. I found a manufacturer who was willing to build me transparent polycarbonate sheets with the same profile as those of my metal sheets. That meant I could install them without any chances of leakage. Cost was also very cheap at just $2 per sq ft. So ordered them and installed them today.
This is going to be either a small home gym or a home office. These are two 10 ft sheets running through the length of the roof of this room in the centre.
This is one of the bedrooms –
And this is how it looks from the outside –
As you can see they have the same profile as the metal sheets so there won’t be any chance of leakage. The polycarbonate sheets are treated with UV protection and come with a 10 year guarantee.
After the installation of the vaulted false ceiling it will look just like a skylight. Will post pics when that work is finished.
rdst_1 wrote:
5 hours ago, rdst_1 said:I wanted to install some skylights but they were turning out to be very expensive if bought pre-made and I didn’t have guys with enough expertise that would make it on the spot.
Also heard about leaking issues and the general inexperience of workers in India in installing skylights made it even more difficult for me go ahead with installing them.
So I had to find an alternate. The roof is made of metal sheets. I found a manufacturer who was willing to build me transparent polycarbonate sheets with the same profile as those of my metal sheets. That meant I could install them without any chances of leakage. Cost was also very cheap at just $2 per sq ft. So ordered them and installed them today.
This is going to be either a small home gym or a home office. These are two 10 ft sheets running through the length of the roof of this room in the centre.
This is one of the bedrooms –
And this is how it looks from the outside –
As you can see they have the same profile as the metal sheets so there won’t be any chance of leakage. The polycarbonate sheets are treated with UV protection and come with a 10 year guarantee.
After the installation of the vaulted false ceiling it will look just like a skylight. Will post pics when that work is finished.
Looks great!
rdst_1 wrote:
On 7/23/2017 at 10:51 AM, rdst_1 said:I wanted to install some skylights but they were turning out to be very expensive if bought pre-made and I didn’t have guys with enough expertise that would make it on the spot.
Also heard about leaking issues and the general inexperience of workers in India in installing skylights made it even more difficult for me go ahead with installing them.
So I had to find an alternate. The roof is made of metal sheets. I found a manufacturer who was willing to build me transparent polycarbonate sheets with the same profile as those of my metal sheets. That meant I could install them without any chances of leakage. Cost was also very cheap at just $2 per sq ft. So ordered them and installed them today.
This is going to be either a small home gym or a home office. These are two 10 ft sheets running through the length of the roof of this room in the centre.
This is one of the bedrooms –
And this is how it looks from the outside –
As you can see they have the same profile as the metal sheets so there won’t be any chance of leakage. The polycarbonate sheets are treated with UV protection and come with a 10 year guarantee.
After the installation of the vaulted false ceiling it will look just like a skylight. Will post pics when that work is finished.
Definitely interesting and different framing in there. That’s cool seeing your part of the country. The panels you put in are common enough around here in barns and shops that I would have done the same thing as you to save a lot of money vs a skylight. The red looks sharp too, like Milwaukee red!!
Got the old tired Polaris running again finally!!! Bosch 12v helping out putting things back together after it helped disassemble it first. Cleaned out the carb, new gas, cleaned out transfer case cover where some mice had built a nest… But it runs!!!
KnarlyCarl wrote:
On 7/31/2017 at 5:57 AM, KnarlyCarl said:Definitely interesting and different framing in there. That’s cool seeing your part of the country. The panels you put in are common enough around here in barns and shops that I would have done the same thing as you to save a lot of money vs a skylight. The red looks sharp too, like Milwaukee red!!
That’s some old school framing style for sure. Usually people prefer to build a frame using square hollow iron tubing by welding it together but that doesn’t work well for a vaulted ceiling unless using heavy U-channels. Have seen enough century old houses built with this type of framing and it is still quite prevalent over here when people want a vaulted false ceiling made from wood planks.
These are eucalyptus logs and then fir rafters put on top to make the surface level for the metal sheets.
The metal sheets have also become the de-facto choice for houses in the hilly areas over here. These come with a 25 year color warranty and have replaced the roof tiles made from slate stone that were used earlier.
I’ll post some pics of the house later.
The DeWALT had enough for the day…
That sucks!FrosBros82 wrote:
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Well this project is coming to completion, the owners have moved in and the inside is 99.999999% done with what I’m contracted for. Sure there’s some exterior work to be finished, mostly the decks but I’m happy to see the place lived in (actually I suprized myself for warm and fuzzy I feel about it lol)
Not today but recently, made a couple of large jigsaw puzzles for the company picnic. They’re around 4 feet on the long side. Fun to make, made out of some cheapo Masonite/composite/shitty compressed board-type stuff that comes in with some of the products we sell. I use the stuff for a ton of things at work, comes in really handy…
The Flexvolt 12″ is making it’s first appearance on the site! Seems to be plenty powerful for what we are using it for!
I drilled holes for my workbench stretchers, oiled a cutting board, and cut some dados into the aprons for the gaming table. [External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied][External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied][External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
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New house, new plumbing rough in
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spent most of the week using gel stain with an artist brush to touch up trim.
Tried fixing up an old work table in my garage. I suppose I did alright for my first time rebuilding a workbench. I added casters, a shelf, and attempted to strengthen/resquare. I just hope my tools are square. I haven’t done any “calibration” on my tools. I wouldn’t know where to start if I did. I also put up some cheap light fixtures to give some extra light. I hung them off some ceiling utility hooks. Will next attempt to repurpose an old dresser we use in the garage as a second work surface.
Today I had to pat myself on the back a little. My dad dropped his glasses yesterday and broke the tiny screw off in the tiny hole that holds them together.
He he went to the eye Doctor and was told he’d have to replace the frames as they had no way of getting the screw fragment out without tearing them up.
I cut a wood wood block to the exact height of the hinge, chucked a .65 mm drill bit designed for a dremel up in my drill press, and using extreme finesse, drilled that little bitch right out like a boss. No damage to the threads at all.
I bought this little bit set years ago for under $10. Prior to today they had only been used a handful of times to drill through fingernails to release the pressure after I smashed them. By the time you figure what a doctor would have charged to do that, and the cost of a new pair of glasses, these little bastards have been a pretty strong investment.
Conductor562 wrote:
18 hours ago, Conductor562 said:Prior to today they had only been used a handful of times to drill through fingernails to release the pressure after I smashed them.
Purposely drilling through fingers is new to me haha
Log home total rewire, for good money, on a beautiful 70-degree sunny fall day, and on a lake with loons calling all day – workdays don’t get much better![External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
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Let’s play I spy the bad hub. 