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north fork
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Jan 31, 2014 - 10:58am PT
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They are Stainless Steel (Chromium, Nickel).
Thanks E.
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Jan 31, 2014 - 03:55pm PT
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Vulcan
Sport climber
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Pyrosis
Could you tell us the angle and length of the walls.
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Looks like the far walls are 8' wide and the near walls are 12' wide.
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pyrosis
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Right you are, the far walls are 8' wide and 8' high, linked with an 8'x8' roof. The left wall is 12' wide and 11' high, the right wall is 12' wide and 10' high. Out of sight is another wall 12' wide and 8' high. I can only hope that it is enough....
Angles, from left to right - close left 45, far left 57, straight back 27, back right 37, front right 60 to 20. Out of sight, 15.
Still need to add just a bit of framing to blend the 57 and 45, the 37 with the 60/20, and to link from the low roof to the upper ceiling. Then on to lighting, then ply :)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Brandon, your cupola projects keeps sparking my memories of the wooden church on the island of Kizhi, In Lake Ladoga (?) Russia.
No nails used in this. We were told that after completion the carpenter threw his ax in the lake, because he could never do it again. Or maybe didn't want to be tempted to attempt to do so!
When I get back to storage in California, I will retrieve a series of black and white photos I took of this when I was a teenager.
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MisterE
climber
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I was volunteering for Patch Adams back in the late '90's and we did one of those onion domes for the staff house (pictured below on the left).
It was hundreds upon hundreds of 2" strips of "wacky wood" - plywood that was almost-parallel rather than cross-grained so it would bend easily around the frame...layers and layers.
Here's a picture of the staff house:
It was also used for the dome on the main house:
I actually got to sleep in the darker one on the right (in the first picture) a few night. It had 1/2" rods of plexiglass through the dome that lit it during the day and looked like constellations from the inside at night - really cool.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Cool structure, E.
It's finally done, thank god. I pulled the last of the roof brackets down, put on the final trim, and installed cap up to the trim today. Eleven hours without so much as a five minute break. At least I was working alone so I didn't have to hear anyone else bitch about burly work days (I've worked eight out of the last nine days. Nine to eleven hours each, with no stopping to rest or eat. Good way to lose weight!).
This is the finished product. I finished in the dark, and realized that the light inside the gazebo filters onto the shingles right where the rafters lay. Really cool. The photo is blurry, but you get the idea.
Tomorrow, framing a house. Gotta be at the boss's house at 5:15. Goodnight!
Since I'm delirious from busting my ass, here's some music to go with the day and night theme.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Nice job, Brandon!!! Where is that?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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New London.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Yeah looks good, hopefully you can go back with a tripod and get another night shot. Framing is goin to feel great after all that finish work.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Good job brandon...You should sue for hostile work environment and then get a shingles vaccine...
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dfinnecy
Social climber
'stralia
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That's cool, squishy! I'm going to read that Motherboard article later to get a better understanding of what you're up to.
What am I building? A Bevins Skiff. I spent months looking for a boat to buy to learn to sail. Eventually I figured out with the kids still pretty young even if I bought a boat I would never get to actually sail it. But I can build a boat, sneaking an hour each evening after everyone else is asleep.
Cutting the stem (my photos on Flickr)
I'll put up a few more photos later on.
*Edited to clean up uggo code.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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dfinnecy, good start! Still got yer fingers? ;-)
From: The Overkill Dept:
My deck rail post that goes against the lap-sided house.
Is this overkill or just plain OCD?
(Yeah, RJ, I know I have too much time on my hands)
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dfinnecy
Social climber
'stralia
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Like so many others have said, I love this thread and take inspiration from the skills everyone has here. The attention to detail in all the projects is really cool. I'm not much of a craftsman but the effort is rewarding. I take my time and do things as well as I possibly can.
I'm building a small sail boat and I need to scarf a couple sheets of marine ply for the side panels and bottom. I've never done this before, so have been practicing on some scrap before I screw up the expensive stuff.
by dfinnecy on Flickr
by dfinnecy on Flickr
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dfinnecy
Social climber
'stralia
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Reilly, yep, kept my fingers so far. I'm terrified of that saw.
rSin - It's called a Mujingfang. I bought it in Hong Kong. Still learning to set the blade right which is really tough.
I should also mention I started the scarf with an electric wood razor and only finished with the plane. Not too happy with the results so I think I'll build a jig to do it with the router.
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