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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 15, 2012 - 02:59pm PT
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Brandon,
Unfortunately I never took any photo's with a modern digital camera.
I have many photo's of the construction, but there all in print form. It would be nice to show all the joinery here, but it would mean taking photo's of the prints I have etc.
I also built 4 different hydraulic cranes along the way, one of which could lift 3-4 ton. They all rolled around on heavy duty casters. One of my beams weighed in at 2600 lbs.--after air drying under cover for 20 years!
That beam is in the garage and supports the second floor loft. It is an oak beam measuring 12"x14"x24 feet long.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 15, 2012 - 03:01pm PT
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Nice! Who needs steel when you've got oak that size?
That's an impressive dimension.
How much crown did it develop?
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 15, 2012 - 03:09pm PT
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Brandon,
I cut all my beams with a chainsaw, by snapping lines. All the beams dried out for many years, under cover. After all the twisting and checking etc, I planed them with electric planers. Since they were pretty well cured, very few warped, after the final planing.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
The Frayed End of Insanity
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:03pm PT
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Well, aside from the stairway to heaven I've been working on for the last decade, I build these things now.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:30pm PT
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Those guitars are sick! I'm sure eKat will be stoked to see them, amongst others (myself included).
I'm still in awe of a 12"x14"x28' piece of oak. That must have been the sh#t to see it from felling to installation, over twenty years! Proud.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:32pm PT
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Brandon,
I'm not sure my house was worth the back problems I have now.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
The Frayed End of Insanity
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:44pm PT
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Thanks Jim, but it's more like a return from exile than a fresh entrance.
The old dads (and moms) will know who I am, but I'm not looking to rekindle old bonfires.
Took some time off to work on myself.
Studied under some great teachers, and learned a lot about being a better person.
So with any luck, the humor is back without the venom...
We shall see.
But I guess it depends if HE is still here... LOL
Hey Kath! ( the E stands for El) if you can't guess the rest...
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:51pm PT
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Ekat,
My daughter is climbing in Joshua Tree right now. When she gets back East, after Xmas, I'll have her take some photo's with her camera and then I'll post them.
I'm not really exaggerating when I say that the total manual effort in building this house, could be compared to doing 500-600 El cap routes. I just did the math, based on an assumption of taking 5 days per route.
Some of my beams took a day to make from the tree, and I would say the suffering was perhaps worse than a day on El Cap. I could expound on the details but it would get boring.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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Nice house SteveA!
Now that I'm home I can post a few photos of the little project I did at my sister's when I was back in CT:
Here is a piece of the hideous wall in the guest bedroom that has been making me crazy for the 7 years since my sister bought the house:
Apparently, when he got sick of the cheap panelling, the previous owner covered it up with 1/2" of joint compound rather than pilling it off the wall. Here's what the wall looked like after I tore the paneling off:
And then I had to break the 4x8 panels apart to get them in the dumpster:
While I was at it, I convinced my brother-in-law to come over and help me change out the room plugs, which looked like this:
Here's that back wall now, fixed up and painted a beautiful grey with blue/green tones:
A few years ago I tore up the 40 year old carpet, so for now the floor is just painted ply subfloor. Maybe in another year or so we'll be able to afford a real floor. There's a Lumber Liquidator's nearby and you can get click together floating floor for about $4 a square. I think I can install it myself, but I also have all the moulding to re-do so I may add $$ in the budget to bring BRANDON down from NH to help me. What do you say Brandon?
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ECF
Big Wall climber
The Frayed End of Insanity
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Dec 15, 2012 - 06:01pm PT
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That was the worst texture job I have ever seen, and my house was built during the depression by a chicken farmer...
Edit... So I just searched the forum for any sign of him, and found a two month old apology for bag tossing...
Breathe....
Let it go...
Say nothing...
Thanks, I needed a smile!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 15, 2012 - 06:17pm PT
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I didn't know that Oscar died in Canada.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
The Frayed End of Insanity
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Dec 15, 2012 - 06:20pm PT
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You gotta admire style!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dec 17, 2012 - 01:35am PT
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This is our current project at work. It's a 30ft.x80ft. walk in/freezer combo box. That steel beam is 30ft in length and about 13 ft. off the floor. Glad we had two lifts to get it up there.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 17, 2012 - 10:59am PT
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I guess I'll have to post some pics of a 75' x 300' floating freezer. ;-)
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:23am PT
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I still can't show you what I've been building...
but I can tell you it's DONE!!!
1.5 years on this bad boy.
The completion of the project is bittersweet, though, as it is my mentor's last.
He's 77 and a legend, finally "retiring"(yeah right- we'll have to pry the spherometer and polishing compound from his cold, dead hands).
I feel fortunate to have worked with him so closely and grateful for the passing down of knowledge in what is becoming a lost art/trade/science.
ps- good job phyl.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:30am PT
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Can you tell us, rather than show us?
My interest is piqued.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:32am PT
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some wide plank flooring I installed and finished in my last project
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:35am PT
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Kenny T, very cool floor. Do you ever jump over the pass to Bear to do work?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:44am PT
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Brandon-
sorry. nope. can't.
just thought folks around here could relate to that sense of accomplishment and also to the apprentice/mentor relationship.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Dec 17, 2012 - 11:44am PT
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I'll go just about anywhere depending on the size of the job and its proximity to climbing. I just started a big job in Incline Village.
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