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F
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Dec 15, 2016 - 08:20am PT
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Paint, IMHO, is just lipstick on a pig.
Use Ipe for rails and decking. Super hard, insect and rot resistant. Looks great. Will dull your blades quickly. But if you sharpen your own blades, it's no big deal.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Dec 15, 2016 - 10:57am PT
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SteveA
impressive work
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 15, 2016 - 11:40am PT
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Rain is great and all, unless it's starts when you're in the middle of building/roofing a shed.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 15, 2016 - 01:17pm PT
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Steve, that's a damn fine plane! I'll give you $75 for it.
I once had a neighbor in New Hampshire bring me a Norris plane in pristine condition and asked me if I wanted to buy it for $45. I couldn't short the guy, so after explaining to him what he was holding, I helped facilitate a sale with a fellow NH Furniture Master for $400, and even that was a deal.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 15, 2016 - 01:36pm PT
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Contractor, F has it right with his 'lipstick on a pig' comment. Up here in the PNW I'd go further and say paint is more like a recurring employment and business opportunity that only marginally slows down the inevitable. If I build our next house I'm totally dedicated and committed to two non-negotiables: no exterior painted surface and no drywall.
As for exterior railings, here's a couple of better shots of it from this morning:
But in that earlier post I should have said 'rebuilt' as my wife was quite ill for several years and our usual fastidious annual maintenance on the railing didn't happen so it rotted at a remarkable rate and I had to rebuild it.
Total pain in the ass...
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Dec 15, 2016 - 01:44pm PT
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Hey Lauren,
That was a good story. I guess that I'll turn you down on your offer, ha, ha.
I've only shown about 1/20th of the things that I've made over the years, and I often wonder whether my kids will value any of it, after I'm gone. Perhaps I will post a few more images, since my daughter had "borrowed" my camera for quite a while, and now I have it back.
I have a rather complete shop in the basement, and I'm trying to get motivated to work harder, during these Winter months, to complete a few projects that I started years ago. If I ever get back to Boulder, I'll look you up!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 15, 2016 - 02:05pm PT
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Definitely post that sh#t up...
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 15, 2016 - 06:33pm PT
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Great comments and ideas!
healyje-
Looks great! There's quite a bit of lay-out there.
Speaking of lay-out, are there other's out there that love the sh#t out of a good pattern or story pole? I use them for everything (the poles for finish work look much nicer).
This is a story pole for building heights and grades.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Dec 15, 2016 - 06:46pm PT
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There is a rest collective of woodsmen here,from now on maybe one should just say " look me up on ST".
Steve,I will give you 100 bucks.
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Dec 15, 2016 - 06:51pm PT
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Prototype of a rifle vise. Did a little design work on the CNC router with some left over Black Limba. Came out kinda cool. Still need to line the jaws with leather to finish it up.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 15, 2016 - 06:55pm PT
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Nine months building a house, and then, bang! Four garage re-roofs in a row.
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Zander
climber
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Dec 19, 2016 - 10:52am PT
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"Attic" stair in a restricted space. Still code though. Came out alright. Budget didn't allow for a lot of messing around.
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F
climber
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Dec 19, 2016 - 11:04am PT
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Nice work, Zander. What material were you using for laminating the handrail? I can't tell from the photo. 1/2x1/2 fir or cedar? How did you do the final shaping?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 19, 2016 - 11:09am PT
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Clean!
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 19, 2016 - 01:30pm PT
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Nice work Zander, someone knows how to make patterns!
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Dec 19, 2016 - 01:38pm PT
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Nice job on the stair finish work. That was my stock in trade for many years before the teaching gig. I always dug the challenge of the complexity... laminations, angles, spacing, heights, clearances, etc. all while meeting building codes.
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Zander
climber
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Dec 19, 2016 - 02:16pm PT
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We used MDF for the laminations. For a 1 3/4" handrail we used a 5 x 5 grid of 25 pieces with the corner ones chamfered. For paint grade the MDF works great because the pieces bend without any fancy steaming and such. I tried 4x4 but they were too stiff. We routed the round on the handrail with a big 1/4 round bit. Z
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F
climber
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Dec 19, 2016 - 02:22pm PT
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Copy. Maybe it's iron stains on the MDF that look like knots? I couldn't figure out why you wouldn't use MDF...
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dec 19, 2016 - 02:30pm PT
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I'm not construction guy but that looks beautiful- I would not have imagined wood for something like that. I bet you have a happy customer. My cousin specializes in doing rails like that with iron and has a pretty good business for himself.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Dec 19, 2016 - 04:54pm PT
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That is one sexy handrail!
If I slid my hand all the way down I'd need a smoke at the bottom.
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