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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 14, 2010 - 03:14am PT
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at some point it is meditative, and working together with someone happens in a lot of silence as you are selecting rock for a particular section... I have a very good three-dimensional visualization going so I can somehow choose the right rock... and also judge rock weight, that got me into a little trouble with Debbie. She was going to lift a rock and I said, abruptly with no diplomacy at all "don't lift that rock, it's too heavy" and she gave me a wilting stare, hefted the rock up about 6", put it down and went in the house. The lack of sensitivity on my part cost me my rock laying partner for a month or so as she recovered from a pulled lower back...
...you've got to leave your ego behind to do this sort of work or else you just destroy your body. The rock was "hand loaded" but those guys at the quarry were doing this all summer, all day, and got stronger and stronger... at least faster than I did only working on the weekends. By the end of summer some of those "hand loaded" stones were pretty damn large.
Stephanie reminded me that we rolled some of the larger rocks for the foundation on logs, like the Egyptians... rigging is an ancient technique, little is new I think, except that we have machines that take the place of lots of people. Amazing what can be accomplished, though, by people, just laying a stone atop another.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 14, 2010 - 10:09am PT
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Nice unit there Weld_it! Those welds are the POOP!
Have you squat tested the sucker or otherwise used it in your floor show...yet?!?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 14, 2010 - 11:00am PT
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Cranking out product for the holiday craft shows. I'm a non-stop soldering machine.
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Sep 17, 2010 - 07:00pm PT
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I've been done a while now but here's a follow up on the bath addition:
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Sep 18, 2010 - 01:02am PT
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HellYeah
Big Wall climber
CA
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Sep 21, 2010 - 02:41pm PT
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Here is what I built this summer...
Theres another smaller, mostly vert wall to the left, a hydraulically adjustable systems board, and three hangboards.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Sep 22, 2010 - 01:41am PT
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 22, 2010 - 10:11am PT
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Nice work folks...on all fronts!
From the Ark to the ever crafty Skip! Very cool!!!
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jopay
climber
so.il
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Sep 22, 2010 - 12:26pm PT
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HellYeah, I would sure like to see how you framed this, was it dimensional lumber? I married a 30 degree to a 40 degree with a "pie" shaped piece, which is cool but it took me and my guitar maker friend to figure out the how.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Sep 22, 2010 - 12:38pm PT
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this thread reminded me that i promised tess and shane i would build them a giant mouse that will rid the world of fish sticks. not sure why they want all the fish sticks gone, but...
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Sep 27, 2010 - 10:53pm PT
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mountain side
tower foundation.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Sep 27, 2010 - 11:10pm PT
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I used to build museum quality furniture and cabinetry,now I replace toilet seals and broken tiles to pay my mortgage.
Life is an interesting event isn't it? Life is what happens while your planning something else.........I can show you pictures of sleigh bed couches, Lathe turn pillars on $15k tables, but it doesn't matter anymore does it? That game is over and we need to diversify our skill set and recreate a Job for ourselves........,
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Sep 27, 2010 - 11:18pm PT
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i'd rather have
a working toilet
than the museums
furniture.
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Wonder
climber
WA
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Sep 27, 2010 - 11:27pm PT
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Hey mark, I have no worries about a mortgage because I now live in my shop.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Sep 27, 2010 - 11:30pm PT
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Hey Wonder ain't that the truth my friend......
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apples
Boulder climber
Atlanta, GA
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Oct 15, 2010 - 06:11pm PT
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Chicken coop built by the husband and painted by me.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
where are you going to is what matters
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Oct 15, 2010 - 06:23pm PT
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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Oct 15, 2010 - 08:54pm PT
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I'm a finish carpenter by trade.
I sure wish I had time to stop and take pictures of my current project.
I'll try to get some pictures, it's really fun and beautiful stuff.
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Oct 15, 2010 - 09:10pm PT
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Just finished most of the work on this unusual kayak paddle. It need a few coats of something to finish it off but it's otherwise done.
Now I need to wait for spring to use it.
Dave
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