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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Oct 15, 2010 - 09:23pm PT
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Hey Apples..."THEY" let you have TURQUOISE in Atlanta these days?????
Damn, times have changed since I last lived in the South.
Do you at least have some red brick somewhere???????????
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apples
Boulder climber
Atlanta, GA
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Oct 15, 2010 - 09:33pm PT
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No one can really tell us what color the house is since we don't live in a neighborhood with homeowner's association.
The house was that color when we bought it. I hated it at first and now I love it.
There is some red brick on the front porch.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 15, 2010 - 10:09pm PT
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We have a 1927 California bungalow. I'd rather not admit how long we've
lived with the bookshelves which flank the Batchelder tiled fireplace.
You've heard about the cobbler's children, right?
Suffice it to say that this lovely faux antique job wasn't original. One
bonus for my long-suffering wife to the collapse of the economy has been a
little more time for me to chip away at the honeydo list. Hence, the Big
Hammer came out!
Here's a close-up of the creative 'wood graining' applied to the plaster
between the shelves! SUWEEET!
Here's the loverly fireplace sans mantle. Just under the right hand wire
I finally found the treasure I've long sought while remodeling many houses.
I found this photo, about 2" x 3", which looks older than the 60's to 70's
era faux antiqueing. I think she looks like a 20's or 30's little girl and
the photo is, obviously, quite deteriorated. It must have slipped between
the back of the mantle and the wall although it was fit pretty tightly.
I was rather hoping for something a little more lucrative but it was still a fun find.
A MYSTERY!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Oct 16, 2010 - 12:19am PT
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apples, cool house!
reilly, wow I was just in old Pasadena visiting old friends and colleagues touring Green & Green's originals badly preserved and now being restored.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oct 16, 2010 - 03:42pm PT
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apples, I like the colors of your house and coup.
There is a lot of fun stuff on this thread. I've been enjoying it so I thought I would do my part to keep it rolling.
My family has a log cabin built in the late 50s from a kit. It is starting to show its age. I knew there was a little rot in one of the corners and thought I could just replace a couple of logs but it didn't work out that way. Wendy ended up documenting the whole thing.
More than just a few logs were rotten.
I decided to cut out the whole corner...
and cap it with a vertical post.
Here’s a pic of the drawing of the planned post section.
A few pics of making the post.
The post in place temporarily...
with some help from the car jack.
Part two, skinning the wall, still to come.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 16, 2010 - 04:09pm PT
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Elegantly simple fix Zander!
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Oct 16, 2010 - 05:36pm PT
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What a great thread! So much talent in our community.
Here's the current object of my obsession.
Slewing ring and hinge assembly adapting Prolyte HD30 aluminum truss to Christie 16" aluminum truss.
Completed mobile modular jib/tower crane for FX, Stunts and vertical freight handling.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oct 17, 2010 - 03:03pm PT
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Cool crane Chief!
Part two of fixing the cabin corner.
The right wall had a lot of rot so we decided to skin it with siding that looked like logs.
It was starting to rain so we put up the tarp. My brother, Turtle, friend Alice and I spent the day working on it.
Here they’ve foamed and caulked the wall.
Then we put up tarpaper and vertical strips of wood.
Then we ran the siding.
A good time was had by all.
Zander
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 17, 2010 - 03:42pm PT
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wonderful to see all these efforts!
Zander's is one that I've at least experienced directly... more than a year ago the experience is still very memorable...
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Oct 18, 2010 - 10:43pm PT
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After 25 years of working in residential construction, and after experiencing the slowest business season in all that time, I find myself involved in one of the most satisfying projects yet.
A friend of mine scored a project with the Forest Service building 10 miles of trail north of Butte, Mt.
This is part of the Continental Divide Trail. We are about 1 1/2 miles into it, and have made good progress due to friendly soil and great weather.
The work environment is hard to beat!
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Wonder
climber
WA
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Oct 18, 2010 - 10:59pm PT
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Ok you loser, dont ever come around her again, I mean uhhh,
Do you need a day laborer?
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Oct 18, 2010 - 11:06pm PT
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Sorry Wonder, I am the day laborer
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Jonnnyyyzzz
Trad climber
San Diego,CA
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Oct 19, 2010 - 01:33am PT
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Stair Climbing [photo[photo[photo[photo[photo[photo[photoid=174119]id=174118]id=174117]id=174116]id=174115]id=174114]id=174113]
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Oct 19, 2010 - 10:47am PT
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Thanks everyone, it all looks fabulous
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Oct 19, 2010 - 11:41am PT
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Remember this thread, where I detailed the dovetailing on a drawer?
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1256854/Hand-Cut-Dovetails
Well, here is the whole piece, nearing completion. I am just waiting for the mirror (inside back of cabinet) and glass (sides, door, and shelving) to arrive so I can finish up and get paid.
Curly cherry, pau ferro (Bolivian rosewood), and brass.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 19, 2010 - 11:43am PT
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SUHWEEET!
You too Jonnnyyyyzzzz!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 19, 2010 - 11:52am PT
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Very nice, Edge. Not sure I should post my wood butchery now but what the hey...
Got clamps?
Installed - pulls are extra...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Oct 19, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
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Jeeeez Reilly-I think I would have at least gone to gray duct tape.
Yep-got clamps!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 19, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
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HaHaHa Guido! But duct tape leaves evidence of indifference.
That's a fortune in clamps! One question: why does it look like the keel
is wider than it is tall?
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Gene
Social climber
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Oct 19, 2010 - 12:11pm PT
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One question: why does it look like the keel is wider than it is tall?
Not trying to answer for Guido, but in my experience, greater keel width enhances the effect of keel hauling.
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