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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Feb 23, 2014 - 08:32pm PT
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The stairs at San Loreto were built by a graduate of Le Companion. A trade school of some renown in France.
There are no metal fasteners in the stairs.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 23, 2014 - 08:32pm PT
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Regardless of the matter of divine intervention I would like to know what locally available wood he used. I assume he laminated 1x material that he soaked. Given that would Ponderosa have sufficed? I'm also wondering about Limber Pine although I don't think it grows big or straight enough.
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Meagher
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Feb 23, 2014 - 09:37pm PT
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Pyrosis, that is one sweet at home climbing wall. Very nice work!!!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 23, 2014 - 09:47pm PT
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Reilly...Now i know where you got the inspiration for your mortised deck railing...Poser..!
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 23, 2014 - 09:52pm PT
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It looked like veneered MDF to me, but they made me stop scratching at the stairs with my Swiss Army knife before I could uncover the truth.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 24, 2014 - 12:23am PT
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did some back country skiing in the early am and then built a couple of roofs in the gym. Haven't changed anything major in about ten years. My son has been spending a lot of time out there and thought he would enjoy some more three demential type features. Did it all with all recycled materials and stuff I had laying around.
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Roughster
Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
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Feb 27, 2014 - 08:17pm PT
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Just built a fishing platform for my Fish & Ski boat so I can stand in the Bow up by the trolling motor and Bow mounted Fish Finder. Really happy with how it turned out! First time ever upholstering something after I cut out the form to fit the open space.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 27, 2014 - 08:47pm PT
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I hate my job.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Feb 27, 2014 - 08:54pm PT
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Reilly I had heard that stair story before--There was a similar story of some mand doing great work at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood during the Depression- and then one day he just up and left. I forget the story but I love the theme of the angel appearing when most needed and then moving on to the next place down the road
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 28, 2014 - 12:17pm PT
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Brandon, sorry to hear that. You know in yer heart what to do.
Who likes to scribe?
Damn, it rained on my railing...
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MisterE
climber
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OK, it's not much - but a fun project for me. I love working on doors.
Back Door Man
Musical accompaniment:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
I took the back door down to do a little power-planing because the door had swollen after the storm.
Well, it turned out to be more than that - here's the outside when I had gotten most of the rot away:
The inside was pretty bad too. Do ya think it's toast?
The wife came home for lunch and gave the go-ahead to get a new door. She said she paid $7 for the interior French door 10 years ago.
The frame is in an add-on with a terrible pour over a septic, so it has moved around a lot. It was 1/2" out of square measured diagonally and 3/8" out of plumb. Also, a nice hump in the middle of the pad below, and falls off 3/4 of an inch in 30" away from the hinge side.
No worries, this was a free install, so I figured she is getting what she paid for either way!
Got the door scribed, milled and set:
with good reveals:
Gotta love the Forestner bits for this kind of work on VG fir!
The idea is to not blow through the other side on splintery wood, as any good carpenter knows:
Almost there, don't look too close at the mortice - what do you expect, it was a free install! ;)
Done with the hanging - still needs the sweep installed:
And the wife still has to switch her stained glass windows to the new door - not an easy task now that all the frames are glued and not nailed.
Pulled the door off at 11 and cleaned up by 3 - not too shabby!
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Not to shabby at all MisterE. I don't know what it is about doors, but they always make me curse a lot. That's Gunna look real good with JTM's glass. Good job.
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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"Ladies & gentlemen, the Doors." [/Ed Sullivan]
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I quit my job/finished the frame.
Headed back to the liberal hippie NPR high end crew that I've been working with on and off for four years. Five dollars an hour more and no more hearing about snowmobiling, deer hunting, and ice fishing.
Life is good.
Nice work, all.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Sketchy window trim.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Build out #2
The box on the left is storage for the aux batteries/converter and other swag. Got a nice RV access door with lock throw in too. Fold down mini table going in on the left toward the rear of the box tonight.
Bed is a single, and a plank will slide over to accommodate the lady, 2 part custom cushion.
Fold up seat in the back left to be added soon, and a H2o system with pump on the way.
Trying to get serious at the bivy
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Saw this in our boatyard in NZ recently. Tuna tower to the moon, under construction and take a gander at the temporary tie-down. Ouch!
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Euroford
Trad climber
Louisville, CO
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this thread always delivers!
and thanks for the compliments ya'll! the jeep is driving great. so nice to have it back on the road!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Good day at work, raising a timberframe is fun and fast.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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What, nobody appreciates a timberframe?
It's the most elegant, precise form of building, IMO.
I'm not looking for compliments, as I didn't cut the frame, but it's really great to see someone's work come together quickly. The frame was cut seven years ago, and just now was assembled.
The precision on the mortises and tenons is beautiful.
When a board is tuned with a plane rather than a sander speaks volumes for ones dedication and craft. My friend is an incredibly talented timberframer. He couldn't build a stick framed wall to save his life, but he does what he knows to the nth degree.
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