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adatesman
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philadelphia, pa
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Nov 20, 2013 - 11:50am PT
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Ah, that makes much more sense, Euroford. I don't want to think how much a sheet of 1/8" 1080 would cost. Yikes!
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Euroford
Trad climber
Louisville, CO
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Nov 20, 2013 - 11:53am PT
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ha! no joke! i get this stuff @ $.50/pound :)
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 21, 2013 - 11:59am PT
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Put the finishing touches on the cherry floor this morning.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 21, 2013 - 12:16pm PT
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Brandon, nice work! But I woulda talked 'em into using rhe cherry for a built-in and something
harder for flooring.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 21, 2013 - 12:23pm PT
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I hear you Reilly, but the tree grew on the property and they really wanted to use it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 21, 2013 - 12:29pm PT
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Well, as long as they don't have rug rats or friends in stiletto heels then
they might see it last a few years. ;-)
I erred in saying you did a 'nice' job, I meant 'muy excelente'!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2013 - 12:31pm PT
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Holy buckets you guys are good.
Always amazes me.
Glad I didn't have to move that table!!!
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Nov 23, 2013 - 10:01am PT
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Brandon, how was that cherry dried, air or kiln? Do you know the moisture content?
I did an entire kitchen a few years back with cherry boards from the property, although none wider than 14". I managed to cut out all of the sapwood, but left various bug defects, knots, and bark inclusions to suit the country farmhouse look. The boards had been rough sawn to full inch and air dried for 5 years by the time I got them; that stuff was tough as nails.
Reilly, in New England it is quite traditional to use wide pine boards for flooring (eastern white pine). I had them in my old house which was built around 1850 and had the original flooring, though it had been sanded once prior to us buying it. It had a gorgeous patina of color, scratches, dents, and other character marks that you can't get out of a can.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 23, 2013 - 03:07pm PT
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Edge, the rough sawn sat air drying in the barn for three years, then we had them milled to their current dimensions. I'm not sure of the moisture content. I tried to get the homeowners to let us store the lumber in the house for a few weeks to stabilize, but they weren't having it. Oh well, everything was super tight the first day but was gapped a fat sixteenth by the next morning. To be expected, and the rest of the house is wide pine, with large gaps, so no worries.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 23, 2013 - 08:42pm PT
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Edge, yes, I've seen me some of those nice old wide plank floors back there.
No arguments on their beauty. I'm just a hardwood flooring guy. Had
me a house in Seattle with Doug Fir floors :-( Just put quarter sawn red oak
in the new kitchen (to match the 85 yr old floors in the rest of the joint)
and dropped a glass on it the other day - major ding! My new deck is gonna
be Ipe. Now that's a proper hardwood! ;-)
It just occurred to me I have a bunch of wide plank cherry flooring I tore
out of a mansion* near here. Man, it hurt to rip that stuff out.
* They filmed the horse head in the bed scene from "The Godfather" in that
house! And the house belonged to a well-know trainer at Santa Anita/Del Mar! :-)
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nov 23, 2013 - 09:56pm PT
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Framing away . . . just a little cabin at 10,000 feet.
Nice views!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Nov 23, 2013 - 10:04pm PT
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Very cool Kalimon. Beautiful.
Hennek and I use to have a piece of property near there on Hasting Mesa, back in the early 80s.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nov 23, 2013 - 10:12pm PT
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Nice one Guido!
I was wondering who would identify the location . . . didn't take you very long. LOL!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 23, 2013 - 10:13pm PT
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Kalimon,now that's what I call a site.
Nice looking work.
Same to you Brandon.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nov 23, 2013 - 10:19pm PT
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Thanks Wilbeer . . . probably the most beautiful I've had the good fortune of being involved with . . . there are some other really awesome ones too. As an Ophir lover, this one is special.
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salad
Big Wall climber
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Nov 24, 2013 - 06:35pm PT
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well ive never really built anything, but today decided to give a shot at a shed. we'll see how it goes.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Nov 24, 2013 - 06:51pm PT
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Props to all the building folks, so much beautiful work here and I just love the diversity.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 24, 2013 - 07:26pm PT
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So... I got in Medieval marshal arts and heavy fighting... So I needed some armor to keep from getting concussions and broken bones. So I made a 14th Century set of armor and Coat of Plates based on the Wisby finds. My friend Sam did most of the metal work, but I did all the rest.
Total weight of the armor kit is 60 pounds.
-The steel helmet was purchased, but I added a maille aventail to protect my neck. The facial grid obviously protects my face from direct hits.
-I made the coat of plates from 5-oz oil-tanned leather, and riveted metal plates to the leather using copper rivets. Shoulder armor is made from lames of metal connected with leather straps and rivets.
-The arm harness consists of metal elbow cops and metal vambraces for the forearms. The mitten gauntlets are not "period" but anything less protective would lead to severe hand injuries.
-The leg harness consists of heavy cuir bouilli riveted thigh plates, metal knee cops and leather boots. I am wearing soccer shin pads inside of the boots.
-The shield is metal with a painted leather cover.
I have been fighting in this kit, and it stands up well to blows from the hardest hitters. No broken ribs yet! But I took a direct hit on the gauntlet from a two-handed glaive, and even with the metal plates and underlying padding it tore open all of my knuckles and I couldn't make a fist for a week. ):
If you've not seen the heavy fighting that we do, there's a video at the bottom. Full-speed, full-force fighting. The "meat" of the vid starts at 0:25 sec.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 24, 2013 - 07:31pm PT
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That is awesome SLR.
Like the shield.
edit;That vid is hilarious ,what squirt boating was not tough enough for you ,Harry?
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 24, 2013 - 07:40pm PT
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Like the shield.
I fight with a hard-hitting mercinary group known by our foes as "The Bastards with Black Hammers."
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