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john hansen
climber
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Mar 28, 2019 - 09:59pm PT
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My Dad and Mom had eight kids and I was sixth.
He was putting my brother and sister thru colledge, and was making 100 grand a year building houses in 1979.
Construction sounded like a pretty good way to make a living to me
Plus you could keep in really good shape and climb on the weekends.
Of the two remaining partners the son of one and a daughter of another
are working with them and will keep moving the company forward.
It was fun.
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fragglerockjoe
Trad climber
space-man from outer space
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I built these saw-horses from a pine tree that I mill with an Alaskan chainsaw mill.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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Fragglejoe... Love the saw horses!
I salvaged some pine boards from an old milking parlor to frame this snake for a friend. Long story short, my friend (Pech Indian) wacked the fer de lance... I was determined to salvage the remains. He would not get near the skin even after I shucked the hide off.
His sister was killed by one.
Skin turned out but my carpentry skills are lacking.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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I always wanted a snake skin jacket As a symbol of my individuality and belief in personal freedom...
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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I traipsed all over Costa Rica and Nicaragua, staring at the surf in flip flops without a clue of what was lurking.
I love those sawhorses! A critical skill in framing was to build a burly set of hoarses at the start of every frame job.
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fragglerockjoe
Trad climber
space-man from outer space
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Thought I would post these up.
Does anyone have any insight to frame work for a home climbing wall?
I have four (4X8) sheets of 3/4" plywood.
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skywalker1
Trad climber
co
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Yes nice saw horses! We had a job where we were moving from one building to the next remodeling these apartment complexes. First thing we would do is build saw horses. We got pretty quick at it. They would be destroyed by time we moved to the next building. So when we moved to the next building someone would make two in like 10 minutes. Not as nice as yours but yes a good skill to have.
Oh the good ol' days.
Maybe now are the good days ;-)
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fragglerockjoe
Trad climber
space-man from outer space
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Jim B.
I used to have wall with four vertical feet sit start; and twelve feet of roof. That wall topped at seven feet.
Thanks for the responses, any ideas will be taken into consideration.
I'm open to suggestion.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Time for a slow rebuild.
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skywalker1
Trad climber
co
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Now that's a project. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Repair.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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1970 750 KO
She has been with me her whole life.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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About as big as they get. Large female a farmer shot. It did turn into some good jerky.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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How sad ^^^
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fragglerockjoe
Trad climber
space-man from outer space
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Q-ball , Wow ! That'ss a huge bitch, lol.
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perswig
climber
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1970 750 KO
She has been with me her whole life.
That's pretty cool, Frumy.
Dale
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F
climber
away from the ground
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8 doors. 3 panel shaker style. Laminated white oak with white oak plywood panels.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Nice doors, F. I’ve done a couple almost exactly the same.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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The Ray patterns on that bottom rail are very cool. I hope the finisher does it justice.
We used to have our painter do the stain on our doors but when it came to White and Red Oak the stuff would come out looking like the interior of an Olive Garden Restaurant. I finally hired a specialized finisher who used an HVLP sprayer with conversion varnish. He'd build up lightly tinted shade coats. The finished product looked like Stickley furniture.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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I have been renovating room by room. The master bedroom was last week. 50 year old wood paneling, popcorn ceiling and no flooring. The closet has bare drywall for the ceiling and goes the full length of the room.(13'). I tented the walls and floor first and took of the popcorn. A bit of soapy water in a sprayer and a large scraper did that nicely. I then got a couple buckets of mud and a handful of single-use plastic bags from shopping and textured the ceiling. A couple coats of Zinsser ceiling paint finished that. Then I hit the wood paneling. It was a little beat up and faded in places and dry, very dry. Howard Products make some good wood restoration products. First I used "Clean-a-finish" which is rubbed on with a dry cloth. then I used a damp cloth to wipe it clean and then dried it right away. No sopping water for wood paneling. Then I used their "Feed-n-Wax", which is orange oil and beeswax. It had to be rubbed in then wiped down later. The doors and their trim got a treatment of "Restor-a-Finish" which is a mix of stain, solvents and varnish. Works really well. The window trim was bare wood so I took it down and stained and varnished it. Whew, can anyone say, "wax on, wax off"? I am sore. A lot harder than painting, but it looks great and the wood panelling is still in great shape. Now my wife needs to decide on flooring. I don't really have a preference. I would like the experience of putting in real wood, only for a couple hundred square feet.
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